Most popular girls’ names in Indiana, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,316
2	Helen	1,097
3	Dorothy	932
4	Ruth	784
5	Margaret	706
6	Virginia	639
7	Mildred	526
8	Martha	498
9	Betty	471
10	Frances	386
11	Evelyn	383
12	Elizabeth	372
13	Marjorie	349
14	Alice	319
15	Anna	312
16	Thelma	265
17	Esther	246
18	Doris	238
19	Lois	230
20	Florence	227
21	Irene	225
21	Marie	225
23	Pauline	215
24	Edna	214
25	Maxine	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	200
26	Wilma	200
28	Lucille	192
29	Louise	189
30	Edith	184
31	Lillian	180
32	Ruby	177
33	Hazel	159
34	Kathryn	158
35	Josephine	156
36	Gladys	147
37	Ethel	144
38	Grace	140
38	June	140
40	Clara	138
41	Katherine	132
42	Jean	130
43	Agnes	129
44	Rose	127
45	Eleanor	125
46	Violet	124
47	Juanita	123
48	Leona	121
48	Vivian	121
50	Bernice	119
50	Jane	119
52	Ann	118
53	Gertrude	116
54	Phyllis	113
54	Vera	113
56	Rosemary	112
57	Norma	107
57	Opal	107
59	Emma	106
60	Elsie	104
61	Sarah	102
62	Geraldine	101
63	Mabel	100
64	Barbara	99
64	Charlotte	99
64	Nellie	99
67	Bertha	96
68	Marguerite	94
69	Eva	90
69	Laura	90
71	Eileen	89
72	Julia	84
73	Beulah	83
73	Genevieve	83
75	Beatrice	82
75	Geneva	82
77	Wanda	81
78	Alma	80
79	Viola	79
80	Marcella	78
81	Bessie	77
82	Anne	76
82	Ida	76
84	Georgia	75
85	Marian	74
86	Alberta	70
86	Ellen	70
86	Naomi	70
86	Stella	70
90	Velma	69
91	Myrtle	67
91	Olive	67
93	Harriet	66
94	Pearl	63
95	Joan	62
96	Janet	59
97	Kathleen	58
98	Audrey	57
99	Jeanne	56
100	Jeanette	55