Most popular girls’ names in Connecticut, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,119
2	Helen	833
3	Anna	425
4	Dorothy	416
5	Margaret	383
6	Ruth	316
7	Elizabeth	302
8	Rose	292
9	Josephine	281
10	Frances	268
11	Evelyn	205
12	Florence	204
13	Lillian	196
14	Mildred	195
15	Marie	185
16	Eleanor	180
17	Alice	177
18	Marion	175
19	Ann	165
19	Doris	165
21	Anne	160
22	Virginia	158
23	Catherine	157
23	Irene	157
25	Sophie	153

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jennie	138
27	Barbara	136
28	Edith	135
28	Julia	135
30	Jean	133
31	Marjorie	123
32	Gertrude	121
32	Grace	121
34	Rita	119
35	Agnes	117
36	Louise	112
37	Ethel	111
38	Stella	106
39	Lucy	103
40	Pauline	93
41	Beatrice	90
42	Katherine	89
43	Esther	85
44	Theresa	84
45	Gladys	82
46	Shirley	81
47	Elsie	78
47	Jane	78
49	Bertha	77
49	Genevieve	77
51	Nellie	73
52	Antoinette	72
52	Edna	72
52	Sylvia	72
55	Olga	69
56	Betty	68
57	Lorraine	67
58	Lena	64
59	Charlotte	62
60	Ida	60
61	Phyllis	59
62	Emma	58
62	Laura	58
64	Marguerite	57
65	Bernice	56
65	Lucille	56
67	Lois	55
68	Nancy	54
68	Veronica	54
70	Harriet	53
70	Madeline	53
72	Emily	52
72	Victoria	52
74	Angelina	50
75	Hazel	49
75	Martha	49
77	Muriel	47
78	Marian	45
79	Eva	42
80	Clara	41
81	Pearl	39
81	Viola	39
83	Angeline	38
83	Vivian	38
85	Blanche	37
85	Claire	37
85	Ellen	37
85	Janet	37
89	Wanda	36
90	Vera	35
91	Loretta	34
92	Amelia	33
92	Estelle	33
92	Mae	33
92	Myrtle	33
92	Norma	33
97	Eunice	32
97	Patricia	32
99	Concetta	31
100	Alma	30
100	Constance	30
100	Jeannette	30
100	Miriam	30
100	Sally	30