Most popular girls’ names in Indiana, 1919

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary2,209
2Helen1,018
3Dorothy812
4Ruth754
5Margaret690
6Mildred559
7Betty557
8Virginia527
9Martha441
10Evelyn377
11Frances363
12Marjorie336
13Elizabeth313
14Anna305
15Thelma254
16Alice244
17Marie236
18Doris234
19Lois219
20Esther209
21Wilma202
22Lucille201
23Irene200
24Florence196
25Maxine192
RankNameBabies
26Edna191
27Catherine190
28Pauline184
29Ruby176
30Jean175
31Edith164
32Josephine153
33Kathryn148
34Ethel147
35Rose146
36Gladys143
36Lillian143
38Louise140
39June131
40Katherine130
41Juanita129
42Clara128
42Hazel128
42Violet128
45Eleanor125
46Rosemary121
47Jane118
48Bernice117
49Geraldine116
50Julia112
50Vera112
52Vivian109
53Elsie108
54Norma104
55Grace103
56Sarah102
57Geneva100
58Eva98
59Mabel96
60Bertha93
61Agnes92
61Alma92
61Ann92
64Charlotte91
64Leona91
64Nellie91
67Emma90
68Phyllis89
69Opal88
70Gertrude86
71Marguerite84
72Barbara83
72Ellen83
72Viola83
75Marian81
76Eileen80
77Alberta75
78Wanda74
79Beulah73
79Genevieve73
81Velma71
82Kathleen68
82Laura68
84Bessie66
84Georgia66
84Myrtle66
87Beatrice64
87Ida64
89Joan63
90Marcella60
91Anne59
92Naomi58
93Harriet57
94Jeanette56
95Loretta55
96Fern54
97Roberta53
98Erma52
98Janet52
98Stella52