Most popular girls’ names in Connecticut, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	970
2	Helen	706
3	Dorothy	455
4	Margaret	354
5	Anna	307
6	Ruth	298
7	Elizabeth	294
8	Frances	244
9	Rose	243
10	Josephine	227
11	Eleanor	213
12	Florence	209
13	Doris	205
14	Evelyn	192
15	Marion	186
16	Alice	183
16	Mildred	183
18	Virginia	175
19	Irene	169
20	Barbara	164
20	Marie	164
22	Lillian	163
23	Catherine	148
24	Ann	137
24	Jean	137

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Julia	137
27	Gertrude	126
28	Louise	123
29	Rita	122
30	Shirley	121
31	Marjorie	120
32	Anne	118
33	Jennie	114
34	Jane	112
35	Sophie	109
36	Edith	106
36	Grace	106
38	Gladys	92
39	Agnes	89
40	Beatrice	87
41	Lucy	85
41	Theresa	85
43	Esther	84
44	Ethel	81
44	Pauline	81
46	Katherine	80
46	Stella	80
48	Olga	79
49	Elsie	78
50	Betty	77
51	Genevieve	75
52	Lena	71
53	Nellie	69
54	Angelina	65
55	Bernice	64
55	Edna	64
57	Bertha	62
58	Phyllis	61
59	Muriel	58
60	Antoinette	57
61	Nancy	56
62	Charlotte	55
62	Martha	55
64	Sylvia	54
65	Eileen	51
65	Harriet	51
67	Eva	50
68	Lucille	49
69	Lois	46
69	Norma	46
69	Veronica	46
72	Marian	44
73	Janet	43
73	Marguerite	43
73	Wanda	43
76	Madeline	42
77	Caroline	41
77	Ida	41
77	Viola	41
80	Emily	40
81	Adeline	39
81	Angeline	39
83	Carmella	38
83	Laura	38
85	Amelia	37
85	Constance	37
85	Emma	37
85	Jeanette	37
89	Estelle	36
89	Jeanne	36
89	Lorraine	36
92	Hazel	35
92	Kathleen	35
92	Kathryn	35
95	Claire	34
96	Victoria	33
97	Blanche	32
97	Clara	32
99	Anita	31
99	Patricia	31
99	Pearl	31
99	Sarah	31
99	Vivian	31