Most popular girls’ names in Florida, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	585
2	Dorothy	218
3	Annie	180
3	Margaret	180
3	Ruth	180
6	Elizabeth	152
6	Willie	152
8	Louise	150
9	Mildred	138
10	Helen	136
11	Thelma	132
12	Ruby	128
13	Frances	126
14	Edna	124
15	Evelyn	118
16	Marie	105
17	Doris	104
18	Lillie	102
19	Alice	101
20	Ethel	97
20	Gladys	97
22	Rosa	93
23	Hazel	86
24	Edith	82
25	Emma	81

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	80
27	Josephine	79
28	Lucille	77
29	Myrtle	75
30	Alma	74
30	Bessie	74
32	Catherine	73
33	Beatrice	72
33	Lillian	72
33	Martha	72
36	Sarah	70
37	Eva	69
37	Lois	69
39	Florence	66
39	Ida	66
39	Minnie	66
42	Grace	64
43	Jessie	61
44	Bertha	60
44	Irene	60
44	Juanita	60
47	Anna	59
48	Nellie	58
49	Laura	56
50	Clara	55
50	Essie	55
52	Julia	54
53	Lucile	53
53	Mamie	53
53	Marjorie	53
56	Agnes	52
56	Bernice	52
56	Gertrude	52
56	Lula	52
60	Inez	51
61	Carrie	48
61	Daisy	48
61	Ella	48
61	Fannie	48
61	Mae	48
61	Viola	48
67	Mattie	47
67	Vera	47
69	Esther	44
69	Lena	44
69	Marguerite	44
72	Betty	42
72	Hattie	42
74	Pearl	40
74	Rose	40
74	Susie	40
77	Elsie	38
77	Eula	38
77	Mable	38
77	Pauline	38
81	Dora	36
81	Eunice	36
81	Vivian	36
84	Eleanor	34
84	Katherine	34
86	Eloise	32
86	Kathryn	32
88	Sara	31
89	Mabel	30
90	Leola	29
90	Leona	29
90	Maggie	29
93	Cora	28
94	Jean	26
94	Lola	26
94	Nancy	26
94	Wilma	26
98	Alberta	25
98	Ellen	25
98	Hilda	25
98	Lucy	25
98	Marion	25