Most popular girls’ names in Connecticut, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,078
2	Helen	698
3	Anna	421
4	Margaret	363
5	Dorothy	343
6	Rose	318
7	Elizabeth	295
8	Ruth	286
9	Josephine	250
10	Frances	238
11	Lillian	199
12	Florence	198
13	Marion	172
14	Ann	170
15	Catherine	169
16	Eleanor	162
17	Alice	157
17	Mildred	157
19	Evelyn	150
20	Marie	143
21	Anne	142
22	Doris	135
23	Jennie	126
23	Louise	126
23	Virginia	126

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	125
27	Grace	120
28	Sophie	113
29	Edith	110
30	Julia	109
31	Gertrude	108
32	Stella	105
33	Ethel	95
34	Beatrice	94
35	Elsie	92
35	Jean	92
37	Lucy	91
38	Katherine	89
38	Marjorie	89
40	Pauline	88
40	Rita	88
42	Barbara	85
43	Esther	83
44	Edna	81
45	Jane	79
46	Gladys	77
47	Bertha	73
48	Theresa	71
49	Antoinette	70
50	Olga	69
51	Genevieve	68
52	Bernice	63
53	Lena	62
54	Emma	61
54	Martha	61
56	Agnes	60
57	Viola	52
58	Charlotte	51
58	Nellie	51
60	Betty	50
60	Laura	50
60	Sylvia	50
63	Hazel	49
64	Eva	48
65	Kathryn	44
66	Lucille	43
67	Nancy	42
68	Emily	41
68	Ida	41
68	Loretta	41
68	Muriel	41
72	Phyllis	40
72	Shirley	40
74	Adeline	39
75	Angelina	38
75	Victoria	38
75	Winifred	38
78	Clara	37
78	Constance	37
78	Estelle	37
78	Harriet	37
82	Madeline	35
82	Marian	35
84	Anita	34
84	Caroline	34
86	Amelia	33
86	Ellen	33
86	Geraldine	33
89	Pearl	32
90	Lois	31
90	Marguerite	31
90	Thelma	31
93	Olive	30
93	Sarah	30
93	Vera	30
96	Wanda	29
97	Adele	28
98	Angeline	27
98	Carmela	27
98	Claire	27
98	Dorothea	27
98	Eileen	27
98	Henrietta	27
98	Veronica	27