Most popular girls’ names in Indiana, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,395
2	Helen	1,055
3	Dorothy	958
4	Ruth	764
5	Betty	760
6	Margaret	742
7	Virginia	574
8	Mildred	521
9	Martha	460
10	Marjorie	435
11	Frances	381
12	Evelyn	356
13	Elizabeth	323
14	Anna	315
15	Doris	285
16	Lois	269
17	Thelma	268
18	Alice	259
19	Wilma	238
20	Irene	229
21	Catherine	227
22	Esther	225
22	Florence	225
24	Marie	209
25	Pauline	208

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	194
27	Jean	189
28	Maxine	188
29	Lucille	184
30	Rosemary	181
31	Ruby	179
32	Hazel	174
33	Lillian	172
34	Norma	167
35	Edith	164
36	Eleanor	163
37	June	162
38	Kathryn	152
38	Louise	152
40	Vivian	151
41	Ethel	148
41	Juanita	148
43	Violet	147
44	Josephine	141
45	Clara	140
46	Gladys	138
47	Phyllis	131
48	Jane	126
49	Grace	122
49	Katherine	122
51	Emma	119
51	Rose	119
51	Vera	119
54	Barbara	118
55	Geraldine	116
56	Elsie	114
57	Julia	113
58	Leona	108
58	Mabel	108
60	Bernice	107
61	Geneva	105
62	Eva	102
63	Gertrude	99
64	Charlotte	97
65	Sarah	94
66	Kathleen	93
67	Ann	92
68	Agnes	91
68	Bertha	91
68	Genevieve	91
71	Wanda	87
72	Laura	86
73	Viola	85
74	Joan	84
75	Naomi	83
76	Marian	80
76	Opal	80
78	Velma	79
79	Alma	78
80	Ellen	77
80	Nellie	77
80	Pearl	77
83	Beulah	73
83	Eileen	73
83	Roberta	73
86	Ida	72
87	Alberta	69
88	Olive	68
89	Jeanette	67
90	Anne	66
91	Georgia	64
91	Rita	64
93	Jeanne	63
94	Beatrice	62
94	Myrtle	62
96	Audrey	61
96	Janet	61
98	Patricia	60
99	Marguerite	58
100	Bessie	57
100	Stella	57