Most popular girls’ names in Connecticut, 1912

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	471
2	Helen	285
3	Margaret	188
4	Anna	185
5	Dorothy	178
6	Elizabeth	136
7	Rose	129
8	Ruth	126
9	Mildred	119
10	Alice	113
11	Frances	109
12	Lillian	105
13	Florence	104
14	Josephine	103
15	Marion	82
16	Catherine	72
16	Julia	72
18	Irene	70
19	Eleanor	66
20	Gertrude	64
20	Grace	64
20	Marie	64
23	Louise	63
24	Doris	60
24	Evelyn	60

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ann	58
27	Ethel	56
28	Edith	54
29	Katherine	53
30	Anne	51
31	Marjorie	48
32	Elsie	46
33	Bertha	45
34	Theresa	44
35	Edna	43
36	Esther	41
36	Jennie	41
36	Sophie	41
36	Stella	41
40	Beatrice	38
40	Betty	38
40	Virginia	38
43	Agnes	35
44	Nellie	34
44	Pauline	34
46	Hazel	33
46	Jean	33
48	Jane	32
49	Genevieve	31
49	Ida	31
51	Emma	28
51	Lucy	28
51	Sylvia	28
54	Antoinette	27
54	Clara	27
56	Charlotte	26
57	Barbara	25
57	Gladys	25
59	Madeline	24
59	Sarah	24
59	Viola	24
62	Eva	23
62	Kathryn	23
62	Martha	23
65	Bernice	22
65	Lena	22
65	Marguerite	22
65	Sally	22
69	Laura	21
69	Lucille	21
71	Adeline	20
71	Myrtle	20
73	Angelina	19
73	Estelle	19
73	Harriet	19
73	Pearl	19
77	Amelia	18
77	Loretta	18
77	Mae	18
77	Olga	18
77	Winifred	18
82	Mabel	17
82	Violet	17
84	Blanche	16
84	Dorothea	16
84	Vera	16
84	Victoria	16
88	Ellen	15
88	Emily	15
88	Jessie	15
88	Marian	15
88	Minnie	15
93	Angeline	14
93	Ella	14
93	Hilda	14
93	Muriel	14
93	Veronica	14
98	Caroline	13
98	Flora	13
98	Susan	13