Most popular girls’ names in Connecticut, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	751
2	Dorothy	426
3	Helen	420
4	Shirley	288
5	Barbara	275
6	Ruth	245
7	Margaret	241
8	Jean	231
9	Elizabeth	228
10	Anna	214
11	Rose	197
12	Doris	196
13	Frances	191
14	Eleanor	189
15	Irene	183
16	Marie	174
17	Virginia	168
18	Theresa	165
19	Josephine	159
20	Florence	152
21	Gloria	151
22	Alice	144
23	Betty	138
24	Lillian	137
24	Rita	137

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marion	133
27	Mildred	130
28	Ann	126
29	Jane	122
30	Evelyn	117
31	Lois	112
32	Marjorie	107
33	Catherine	106
34	Lorraine	101
35	Phyllis	96
36	Louise	94
37	Anne	90
37	Patricia	90
39	Nancy	88
40	Grace	83
41	Jennie	80
42	Joan	78
43	Gertrude	77
44	June	74
45	Edith	73
46	Elaine	67
46	Gladys	67
48	Lucille	66
49	Antoinette	63
49	Jeanne	63
51	Beatrice	61
52	Norma	59
53	Katherine	58
54	Julia	57
55	Bernice	56
55	Lucy	56
55	Muriel	56
58	Claire	55
58	Elsie	55
58	Marilyn	55
61	Ethel	50
62	Kathleen	49
63	Joyce	47
64	Bertha	46
65	Pauline	45
65	Sylvia	45
67	Beverly	44
68	Stella	43
69	Edna	42
69	Genevieve	42
69	Sophie	42
72	Agnes	41
72	Dolores	41
74	Harriet	40
74	Marguerite	40
74	Martha	40
77	Laura	38
78	Arlene	37
78	Audrey	37
78	Eileen	37
78	Esther	37
78	Jacqueline	37
78	Janet	37
78	Marian	37
85	Angelina	35
85	Clara	35
85	Constance	35
85	Olga	35
89	Charlotte	34
89	Emily	34
91	Lena	33
92	Carolyn	32
93	Geraldine	31
93	Rosemary	31
95	Jeanette	30
96	Ellen	29
96	Eva	29
96	Teresa	29
99	Eunice	27
99	Pearl	27
99	Wanda	27