Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	200
2	Margaret	140
3	Dorothy	129
4	Helen	106
5	Ruth	92
6	Elizabeth	89
7	Evelyn	58
8	Frances	51
9	Louise	46
9	Virginia	46
11	Thelma	44
12	Anna	43
12	Mildred	43
14	Catherine	42
14	Doris	42
16	Alice	41
17	Florence	38
18	Edith	32
19	Lillian	30
19	Marie	30
21	Katherine	26
22	Ethel	25
23	Edna	24
24	Jane	23
25	Audrey	22

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Gertrude	22
25	Jean	22
25	Rita	22
29	Martha	21
30	Eleanor	19
30	Ellen	19
30	Gladys	19
33	Josephine	18
34	Anne	17
34	Grace	17
34	Marjorie	17
37	Bernice	16
38	Betty	15
38	Esther	15
38	Marion	15
38	Rose	15
38	Vivian	15
43	Hilda	14
43	Kathryn	14
43	Lois	14
43	Marguerite	14
47	Sarah	13
48	Kathleen	12
48	Mabel	12
50	Charlotte	11
50	Estelle	11
50	Harriet	11
50	Jeannette	11
54	Ann	10
54	Emma	10
54	Irma	10
54	Theresa	10
58	Hazel	9
58	Ida	9
58	Irene	9
58	Laura	9
58	Lorraine	9
58	Marian	9
58	Viola	9
65	Annie	8
65	Beatrice	8
65	Bessie	8
65	Emily	8
65	Nellie	8
70	Agnes	7
70	Barbara	7
70	Bertha	7
70	Elsie	7
70	Eva	7
70	Georgia	7
70	Geraldine	7
70	Inez	7
70	Juanita	7
70	Lucy	7
70	Miriam	7
70	Norma	7
70	Sylvia	7
83	Alberta	6
83	Alma	6
83	Beulah	6
83	Clara	6
83	Constance	6
83	Dorothea	6
83	Elaine	6
83	Ella	6
83	Julia	6
83	June	6
83	Lena	6
83	Lillie	6
83	Lucille	6
83	Nancy	6
83	Vera	6
98	Adele	5
98	Blanche	5
98	Cecelia	5
98	Eloise	5
98	Genevieve	5
98	Leona	5
98	Lucile	5
98	Madeline	5
98	May	5
98	Muriel	5
98	Naomi	5
98	Olive	5
98	Regina	5
98	Rosa	5
98	Sue	5
98	Winifred	5