Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	255
2	Dorothy	179
3	Margaret	154
4	Helen	128
5	Ruth	93
6	Elizabeth	92
7	Mildred	81
8	Doris	80
9	Catherine	76
10	Evelyn	66
10	Frances	66
12	Virginia	61
13	Marie	60
14	Alice	48
15	Louise	47
16	Lillian	43
17	Marjorie	41
17	Thelma	41
19	Betty	39
19	Eleanor	39
21	Lois	33
22	Edith	32
22	Gladys	32
22	Jean	32
25	Barbara	30

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anna	29
26	Charlotte	29
26	Jane	29
26	June	29
30	Florence	28
30	Grace	28
32	Marion	27
33	Edna	26
34	Anne	25
34	Lucille	25
36	Bernice	24
36	Katherine	24
38	Shirley	23
39	Ethel	22
39	Pauline	22
39	Rita	22
42	Vivian	21
43	Beatrice	20
43	Elsie	20
43	Gertrude	20
43	Martha	20
47	Agnes	19
47	Josephine	19
47	Marguerite	19
47	Rose	19
51	Sarah	18
52	Ellen	17
52	Emma	17
52	Esther	17
52	Irene	17
52	Sylvia	17
52	Viola	17
58	Ann	16
58	Constance	16
58	Elaine	16
58	Nancy	16
62	Alma	15
62	Audrey	15
62	Hazel	15
65	Jeanne	14
65	Juanita	14
65	Norma	14
68	Ida	13
68	Julia	13
68	Lorraine	13
71	Marian	12
72	Annie	11
72	Kathleen	11
72	Patricia	11
72	Pearl	11
76	Carolyn	10
76	Clara	10
76	Eileen	10
76	Janet	10
76	Phyllis	10
81	Bessie	9
81	Henrietta	9
81	Irma	9
81	Jeannette	9
81	Naomi	9
86	Ada	8
86	Alberta	8
86	Bertha	8
86	Blanche	8
86	Dolores	8
86	Dorothea	8
86	Ella	8
86	Hilda	8
86	Joyce	8
86	Kathryn	8
86	Mae	8
86	Nellie	8
86	Sara	8
99	Anita	7
99	Christine	7
99	Estelle	7
99	Gwendolyn	7
99	Harriet	7
99	Inez	7
99	Jacqueline	7
99	Katharine	7
99	Laura	7
99	Mabel	7
99	Mamie	7
99	Marcia	7
99	Muriel	7
99	Myrtle	7
99	Natalie	7
99	Olive	7
99	Regina	7
99	Ruby	7
99	Theresa	7
99	Winifred	7