Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	136
2	Dorothy	91
3	Helen	78
4	Margaret	75
5	Elizabeth	54
6	Ruth	45
7	Catherine	44
7	Frances	44
9	Louise	32
10	Lillian	30
10	Thelma	30
12	Alice	28
12	Evelyn	28
12	Mildred	28
15	Florence	26
16	Gladys	22
17	Ethel	21
18	Anna	20
19	Irene	19
19	Virginia	19
21	Audrey	17
22	Beatrice	16
22	Esther	16
22	Jessie	16
22	Marie	16

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gertrude	15
26	Rose	15
28	Edith	14
28	Grace	14
28	Josephine	14
28	Julia	14
32	Anne	13
32	Bertha	13
34	Doris	12
34	Edna	12
34	Eleanor	12
34	Marion	12
34	Marjorie	12
39	Emma	11
40	Bernice	10
40	Charlotte	10
40	Elsie	10
40	Hazel	10
40	Naomi	10
40	Sarah	10
40	Viola	10
47	Agnes	9
47	Annie	9
47	Jane	9
47	Marguerite	9
51	Estelle	8
51	Jean	8
51	Kathryn	8
51	Lucille	8
51	Martha	8
51	Pauline	8
51	Sylvia	8
58	Barbara	7
58	Bessie	7
58	Clara	7
58	Emily	7
58	Eva	7
58	Mabel	7
64	Alma	6
64	Ann	6
64	Betty	6
64	Ellen	6
64	Laura	6
64	Pearl	6
70	Henrietta	5
70	June	5
70	Katharine	5
70	Katherine	5
70	Lois	5
70	Mae	5
70	Marian	5
70	Nellie	5
70	Patricia	5
70	Sara	5
70	Vivian	5