Most popular girls’ names in Indiana, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,223
2	Helen	1,004
3	Dorothy	864
4	Margaret	705
5	Ruth	657
6	Mildred	535
7	Martha	434
8	Virginia	405
9	Frances	363
10	Anna	362
11	Elizabeth	310
12	Evelyn	304
13	Alice	279
14	Marjorie	272
15	Esther	254
16	Thelma	246
17	Marie	242
18	Florence	238
19	Edna	232
20	Catherine	222
21	Irene	216
22	Doris	210
23	Pauline	206
24	Lois	201
25	Edith	197

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Lucille	197
27	Hazel	196
28	Louise	186
29	Betty	177
30	Gladys	176
31	Kathryn	174
32	Ruby	172
32	Wilma	172
34	Lillian	170
35	Maxine	162
36	Ethel	153
37	Josephine	146
38	Katherine	133
39	Bernice	131
39	Clara	131
41	Vera	126
42	Grace	125
42	Mabel	125
44	Ann	121
44	Gertrude	121
46	Eleanor	119
47	Sarah	117
48	Juanita	111
49	Violet	109
50	Elsie	108
51	Jane	107
51	Julia	107
51	Opal	107
54	Eva	104
54	Rose	104
56	Emma	103
57	June	102
58	Agnes	100
59	Alma	99
60	Genevieve	98
61	Bertha	97
62	Vivian	95
63	Nellie	94
64	Jean	93
65	Marian	92
66	Beulah	91
67	Geraldine	86
68	Leona	85
69	Marguerite	84
70	Geneva	82
71	Bessie	80
71	Velma	80
73	Ellen	77
74	Pearl	76
75	Ida	75
76	Anne	73
76	Laura	73
78	Rosemary	72
79	Viola	70
80	Beatrice	69
80	Charlotte	69
80	Kathleen	69
83	Norma	68
84	Naomi	67
85	Eileen	65
86	Stella	64
87	Barbara	63
88	Alberta	62
89	Olive	61
90	Harriet	60
91	Audrey	59
92	Hilda	58
92	Loretta	58
94	Georgia	57
94	Myrtle	57
94	Sylvia	57
97	Fern	55
97	Jessie	55
97	Roberta	55
100	Wanda	53
100	Winifred	53