Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	122
2	Dorothy	88
3	Helen	59
3	Margaret	59
5	Elizabeth	56
6	Catherine	50
7	Evelyn	40
8	Virginia	37
9	Ruth	35
10	Lillian	31
10	Mildred	31
12	Frances	26
12	Thelma	26
14	Anna	25
15	Ethel	22
15	Louise	22
15	Marie	22
18	Alice	20
18	Gladys	20
20	Edna	18
21	Eleanor	16
21	Florence	16
23	Jean	15
24	Beatrice	14
24	Edith	14

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Lucille	14
24	Marion	14
28	Marjorie	13
29	Bernice	12
29	Viola	12
31	Hazel	11
31	Katherine	11
31	Rose	11
34	Agnes	10
34	Annie	10
34	Bertha	10
34	Clara	10
34	Gertrude	10
34	Grace	10
40	Ann	9
40	Julia	9
40	Myrtle	9
43	Audrey	8
43	Cora	8
43	Elsie	8
43	Emma	8
43	Josephine	8
43	Laura	8
43	Marguerite	8
43	Pauline	8
51	Bessie	7
51	Harriet	7
51	Ida	7
51	Irene	7
51	Martha	7
51	Rosa	7
57	Doris	6
57	Eva	6
57	Kathryn	6
57	Mabel	6
57	Mae	6
57	Marian	6
57	Nellie	6
57	Pearl	6
57	Sarah	6
66	Alma	5
66	Cecelia	5
66	Daisy	5
66	Ella	5
66	Ellen	5
66	Geneva	5
66	Katharine	5
66	May	5
66	Vivian	5