Most popular girls’ names in Florida, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,068
2	Dorothy	612
3	Betty	495
4	Margaret	332
5	Helen	284
6	Doris	250
7	Mildred	246
8	Frances	242
9	Ruth	237
10	Annie	235
11	Elizabeth	230
12	Louise	213
13	Evelyn	210
14	Virginia	207
15	Alice	176
16	Barbara	170
16	Thelma	170
18	Martha	163
19	Edna	152
20	Willie	150
21	Gloria	149
22	Ruby	147
23	Juanita	139
24	Hazel	132
25	Lillian	130

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Lois	130
25	Marjorie	130
28	Jean	123
29	Rosa	120
30	Gladys	117
31	Catherine	116
32	Edith	113
33	Bernice	112
34	Ethel	105
35	Lillie	104
35	Marie	104
37	Sarah	100
38	Patricia	99
39	Pauline	93
40	Joyce	91
41	Ida	89
42	Katherine	88
43	Florence	87
44	Josephine	85
45	Bertha	81
45	Mattie	81
47	Julia	79
47	Lucille	79
47	Marion	79
50	Anna	78
50	Myrtle	78
50	Nancy	78
53	Emma	77
53	Irene	77
53	Shirley	77
56	Ella	76
57	Clara	75
57	Grace	75
59	Geraldine	74
59	Rose	74
61	Beatrice	73
61	Minnie	73
63	Eleanor	72
64	Bessie	70
65	Ann	68
65	Eva	68
67	Norma	67
68	Vivian	65
69	Essie	62
69	Vera	62
71	Inez	61
71	Laura	61
73	Lula	60
74	Carrie	58
75	Alma	57
75	Jane	57
77	Carolyn	56
77	Jessie	56
77	Kathryn	56
80	Margie	55
81	Charlotte	54
81	Johnnie	54
81	June	54
81	Nellie	54
81	Sara	54
86	Geneva	53
86	Mae	53
86	Peggy	53
86	Wilma	53
90	Audrey	52
90	Eloise	52
92	Cora	51
93	Ernestine	50
93	Mamie	50
95	Hilda	48
95	Marian	48
97	Christine	47
97	Maggie	47
99	Eunice	46
100	Esther	45
100	Gertrude	45