Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	88
2	Dorothy	49
3	Helen	44
4	Margaret	39
5	Evelyn	34
6	Elizabeth	32
7	Louise	28
8	Catherine	27
9	Ruth	26
10	Alice	23
11	Frances	22
11	Grace	22
13	Thelma	21
14	Gladys	20
14	Mildred	20
14	Virginia	20
17	Edith	17
18	Rose	16
19	Bernice	15
19	Josephine	15
21	Lillian	14
22	Marie	13
23	Beatrice	12
23	Elsie	12
23	Esther	12

Rank	Name	Babies
23	Ethel	12
27	Edna	11
27	Eleanor	11
27	Florence	11
27	Katherine	11
27	Viola	11
32	Alma	10
32	Anna	10
32	Sarah	10
35	Agnes	9
35	Annie	9
35	Clara	9
35	Doris	9
35	Gertrude	9
35	Julia	9
35	Pearl	9
35	Vivian	9
43	Hazel	8
43	Ida	8
43	Mabel	8
43	Marion	8
43	Marjorie	8
48	Ann	7
48	Blanche	7
48	Ellen	7
48	Juanita	7
48	Marguerite	7
48	Nellie	7
54	Anne	6
54	Bertha	6
54	Charlotte	6
54	Emma	6
54	Fannie	6
54	Hilda	6
60	Jean	5
60	Laura	5
60	Lucille	5
60	Lucy	5
60	Madeline	5
60	Naomi	5
60	Pauline	5