Most popular girls’ names in Connecticut, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,138
2	Helen	792
3	Anna	408
4	Dorothy	395
5	Margaret	361
6	Elizabeth	347
7	Ruth	324
8	Rose	316
9	Josephine	260
10	Frances	252
11	Florence	219
12	Alice	212
13	Lillian	211
14	Eleanor	191
15	Marion	188
16	Catherine	187
17	Mildred	180
18	Evelyn	176
19	Anne	165
20	Doris	150
20	Jennie	150
22	Marie	147
23	Irene	144
24	Virginia	142
25	Julia	139

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rita	137
27	Gertrude	135
28	Louise	134
29	Edith	132
29	Marjorie	132
31	Sophie	129
32	Beatrice	127
33	Ann	125
34	Stella	123
35	Barbara	122
36	Grace	119
37	Jean	114
38	Katherine	109
39	Theresa	101
40	Ethel	99
41	Agnes	93
42	Pauline	90
43	Lucy	86
44	Bernice	82
45	Lena	81
46	Edna	80
47	Elsie	79
48	Charlotte	78
49	Genevieve	77
49	Gladys	77
51	Jane	75
52	Olga	71
53	Esther	69
53	Phyllis	69
55	Nellie	66
56	Bertha	63
56	Harriet	63
58	Martha	62
59	Hazel	61
59	Sylvia	61
61	Betty	60
62	Emma	59
63	Ida	57
64	Antoinette	55
65	Lucille	54
66	Marguerite	53
67	Victoria	52
68	Eva	50
68	Muriel	50
70	Veronica	48
71	Clara	46
71	Nancy	46
73	Christine	45
74	Amelia	44
74	Emily	44
74	Vera	44
77	Shirley	42
78	Blanche	41
79	Laura	40
79	Lois	40
79	Madeline	40
82	Janet	39
82	Thelma	39
84	Loretta	38
84	Viola	38
86	Claire	37
87	Ellen	36
87	Kathryn	36
87	Sarah	36
90	Angeline	35
90	Eileen	35
92	Angelina	33
92	Estelle	33
94	Marian	32
95	Adeline	31
95	Anita	31
95	Helene	31
98	Adele	30
98	Kathleen	30
98	Winifred	30