Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	347
2	Margaret	163
3	Dorothy	150
4	Helen	127
5	Ruth	93
6	Frances	88
7	Elizabeth	84
8	Doris	81
9	Mildred	76
10	Catherine	75
10	Evelyn	75
12	Betty	73
13	Virginia	67
14	Jean	61
15	Alice	52
16	Anna	44
17	Audrey	39
18	Louise	38
18	Marie	38
20	Bernice	36
20	Gloria	36
22	Edith	33
23	Gladys	32
24	Ann	30
24	Jane	30

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillian	29
26	Lois	29
26	Thelma	29
29	Anne	28
29	Barbara	28
29	June	28
29	Nancy	28
33	Ethel	27
33	Patricia	27
35	Marjorie	26
35	Norma	26
37	Eleanor	25
37	Katherine	25
37	Shirley	25
40	Marion	23
41	Florence	22
41	Jeanne	22
43	Grace	21
43	Josephine	21
43	Marguerite	21
43	Vivian	21
47	Geraldine	20
47	Ida	20
47	Rose	20
50	Edna	19
50	Esther	19
50	Irene	19
50	Phyllis	19
54	Beatrice	18
54	Pauline	18
56	Charlotte	17
56	Elsie	17
56	Gertrude	17
56	Martha	17
60	Emma	16
61	Elaine	15
61	Ellen	15
61	Julia	15
64	Lorraine	14
64	Lucille	14
64	Rita	14
67	Ella	13
67	Marian	13
67	Pearl	13
67	Theresa	13
71	Eileen	12
71	Juanita	12
71	Kathleen	12
71	Muriel	12
71	Sarah	12
71	Sylvia	12
77	Agnes	11
77	Annie	11
77	Regina	11
77	Ruby	11
81	Bettie	10
81	Constance	10
81	Harriet	10
81	Hazel	10
81	Vera	10
86	Alma	9
86	Clara	9
86	Jessie	9
86	Kathryn	9
86	Margie	9
86	Miriam	9
86	Peggy	9
93	Bertha	8
93	Bessie	8
93	Carrie	8
93	Emily	8
93	Hilda	8
93	Inez	8
93	Jacqueline	8
93	Janet	8
93	Jeannette	8
93	Laura	8
93	Mamie	8
93	Violet	8