Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	362
2	Dorothy	157
3	Margaret	146
4	Helen	95
5	Elizabeth	82
6	Doris	79
6	Frances	79
6	Mildred	79
9	Evelyn	70
10	Ruth	68
11	Catherine	63
12	Louise	55
13	Virginia	51
14	Anna	49
15	Thelma	48
16	Betty	45
17	Lillian	44
18	Alice	42
19	Marjorie	39
20	Eleanor	36
21	Florence	34
21	Gladys	34
21	Martha	34
24	Ethel	33
25	Jean	31

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rose	30
27	Barbara	29
27	Edith	29
27	Grace	29
30	Gertrude	28
30	Jane	28
32	Katherine	26
33	Marie	25
33	Marion	25
33	Nancy	25
36	Ann	24
37	Audrey	21
37	Bernice	21
39	Agnes	20
39	Charlotte	20
39	Juanita	20
39	Patricia	20
43	Anne	19
43	Gloria	19
43	Josephine	19
43	Shirley	19
47	Edna	18
47	Irene	18
47	June	18
47	Lucille	18
47	Marguerite	18
47	Norma	18
53	Elsie	17
53	Vivian	17
55	Geraldine	16
55	Miriam	16
57	Jeanne	15
57	Julia	15
57	Rita	15
57	Sarah	15
57	Sylvia	15
62	Beatrice	14
62	Bessie	14
62	Kathryn	14
65	Alma	13
65	Annie	13
65	Ellen	13
65	Esther	13
65	Lois	13
65	Pearl	13
71	Elaine	12
71	Emma	12
71	Lorraine	12
71	Lucy	12
75	Dolores	11
75	Estelle	11
75	Hazel	11
75	Janet	11
75	Marian	11
75	Rosemary	11
75	Theresa	11
82	Alberta	10
82	Bertha	10
82	Clara	10
82	Constance	10
82	Emily	10
82	Kathleen	10
82	Pauline	10
89	Ada	9
89	Adele	9
89	Erma	9
89	Eva	9
89	Ida	9
89	Madeline	9
89	Rosa	9
89	Viola	9
97	Annette	8
97	Cora	8
97	Jeanette	8
97	Laura	8
97	Loretta	8
97	Naomi	8
97	Nellie	8
97	Rosalie	8