Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	176
2	Dorothy	115
3	Margaret	100
4	Helen	93
5	Ruth	57
6	Elizabeth	46
7	Catherine	45
8	Frances	42
8	Louise	42
10	Evelyn	36
11	Thelma	32
11	Virginia	32
13	Alice	30
13	Mildred	30
15	Lillian	26
16	Marie	25
17	Anna	22
17	Ethel	22
17	Florence	22
17	Katherine	22
21	Gladys	21
22	Edith	20
23	Bernice	18
23	Edna	18
23	Eleanor	18

Rank	Name	Babies
23	Sarah	18
27	Marion	17
28	Clara	16
28	Grace	16
28	Josephine	16
31	Jean	15
31	Marian	15
33	Elsie	14
33	Lucille	14
33	Marjorie	14
36	Anne	13
36	Martha	13
36	Nellie	13
39	Barbara	12
39	Doris	12
39	Jane	12
39	Julia	12
43	Alma	11
43	Esther	11
43	Pearl	11
46	Gertrude	10
46	Mabel	10
46	Pauline	10
46	Rose	10
50	Agnes	9
50	Hazel	9
50	Jeanette	9
50	Marguerite	9
50	Viola	9
55	Beatrice	8
55	Bertha	8
55	Bessie	8
55	Blanche	8
55	Charlotte	8
55	Emily	8
55	Laura	8
55	Lucy	8
55	Mamie	8
64	Anita	7
64	Audrey	7
64	Christine	7
64	Henrietta	7
64	Lois	7
64	Miriam	7
64	Muriel	7
64	Myrtle	7
64	Regina	7
64	Ruby	7
64	Shirley	7
75	Betty	6
75	Claire	6
75	Elisabeth	6
75	Hattie	6
75	Irene	6
75	Jennie	6
75	Juanita	6
75	Leona	6
75	Madeline	6
75	Mae	6
75	Rita	6
75	Vivian	6
87	Annie	5
87	Daisy	5
87	Emma	5
87	Estelle	5
87	Genevieve	5
87	Hilda	5
87	Ida	5
87	Kathleen	5
87	Lorraine	5
87	Nancy	5
87	Violet	5