Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	195
2	Dorothy	121
3	Helen	102
4	Margaret	92
5	Elizabeth	81
6	Ruth	68
7	Evelyn	56
8	Frances	51
8	Virginia	51
10	Mildred	47
11	Catherine	45
12	Louise	44
13	Eleanor	36
14	Thelma	34
15	Anna	33
16	Bernice	30
16	Doris	30
16	Lillian	30
16	Marie	30
20	Edith	29
20	Ethel	29
20	Florence	29
20	Grace	29
24	Alice	26
25	Gertrude	24

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marion	21
27	Gladys	20
27	Rose	20
29	Rita	19
30	Esther	18
31	Jane	17
31	Martha	17
33	Anne	16
34	Agnes	15
34	Betty	15
34	Edna	15
34	Marguerite	15
34	Marjorie	15
39	Jean	14
39	Sylvia	14
41	Ann	13
41	Naomi	13
41	Pauline	13
41	Sarah	13
45	Charlotte	12
45	Elsie	12
45	Ida	12
45	Josephine	12
45	Julia	12
45	Miriam	12
45	Rebecca	12
45	Vivian	12
53	Bessie	11
53	Clara	11
53	Ellen	11
53	Theresa	11
53	Viola	11
58	Annie	10
58	Audrey	10
58	Beulah	10
58	Blanche	10
58	Emma	10
63	Alberta	9
63	Ella	9
63	Irene	9
63	Lois	9
63	Lorraine	9
63	Myrtle	9
63	Patricia	9
63	Pearl	9
71	Alma	8
71	Beatrice	8
71	Bertha	8
71	Christine	8
71	Hilda	8
71	Juanita	8
71	Katherine	8
71	Laura	8
71	Lucille	8
71	Mabel	8
71	Nancy	8
82	Ada	7
82	Barbara	7
82	Estelle	7
82	Inez	7
82	Madeline	7
82	Mamie	7
88	Dorothea	6
88	Isabel	6
88	Kathryn	6
88	Marian	6
88	May	6
88	Nellie	6
88	Winifred	6
95	Caroline	5
95	Carolyn	5
95	Constance	5
95	Dolores	5
95	Eloise	5
95	Emily	5
95	Eva	5
95	Genevieve	5
95	Harriette	5
95	Hazel	5
95	Jennie	5
95	Katharine	5
95	Lillie	5
95	Lottie	5
95	Lucile	5
95	Minnie	5
95	Norma	5
95	Phyllis	5
95	Roberta	5
95	Rosalie	5
95	Ruby	5
95	Sue	5