Most popular girls’ names in Delaware, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	161
2	Helen	93
3	Margaret	83
4	Elizabeth	82
5	Dorothy	64
6	Anna	51
7	Catherine	50
8	Ruth	48
9	Mildred	47
10	Frances	38
11	Virginia	35
12	Florence	29
13	Grace	28
14	Edna	27
15	Alice	26
15	Eleanor	26
15	Pauline	26
18	Louise	25
19	Lillian	23
19	Marie	23
21	Evelyn	22
22	Josephine	20
22	Sara	20
24	Ann	19
24	Ethel	19

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Hazel	19
24	Irene	19
24	Rose	19
29	Doris	17
30	Elsie	16
31	Anne	15
31	Sarah	15
33	Bertha	14
33	Betty	14
33	Edith	14
33	Emma	14
33	Mabel	14
38	Jean	13
38	Marian	13
38	Thelma	13
41	Agnes	12
41	Beatrice	12
41	Esther	12
41	Gertrude	12
41	Janet	12
41	Marguerite	12
41	Pearl	12
48	Blanche	11
48	Kathryn	11
48	Laura	11
51	Alma	10
51	Gladys	10
51	Hilda	10
51	Ida	10
51	Julia	10
51	Katherine	10
51	Martha	10
58	Bernice	9
58	Ella	9
58	Ellen	9
58	Jane	9
58	Madeline	9
58	Marjorie	9
64	Alberta	8
64	Bessie	8
64	Marion	8
64	Nellie	8
64	Sophie	8
64	Vera	8
64	Viola	8
71	Charlotte	7
71	Elva	7
71	Jeanette	7
71	Jeannette	7
71	Kathleen	7
71	May	7
71	Nancy	7
71	Stella	7
79	Audrey	6
79	Emily	6
79	Hattie	6
79	Irma	6
79	Isabelle	6
79	Jennie	6
79	Lucille	6
79	Sophia	6
79	Vivian	6
79	Wanda	6
89	Clara	5
89	Geneva	5
89	Helena	5
89	Inez	5
89	Lena	5
89	Lillie	5
89	Mae	5
89	Minnie	5
89	Myrtle	5
89	Rachel	5
89	Theresa	5
89	Veronica	5
89	Violet	5