Most popular girls’ names in Indiana, 1921

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary2,632
2Dorothy1,073
3Betty1,044
4Helen972
5Ruth777
6Margaret717
7Virginia658
8Mildred542
9Martha536
10Marjorie492
11Evelyn412
12Frances395
13Anna345
14Doris341
15Elizabeth327
16Alice286
17Thelma263
18Wilma241
19Lois232
20Norma227
21Jean226
22Esther225
23Florence207
24Irene192
25Phyllis191
RankNameBabies
26Ruby188
27Edna187
28Lillian185
29Marie183
30Lucille181
31Maxine177
32Catherine175
33Gladys174
34June173
35Pauline167
36Kathryn164
37Rosemary163
38Barbara161
38Juanita161
40Hazel160
41Clara155
42Edith154
43Louise150
44Rose147
45Ethel139
46Violet136
47Josephine135
47Wanda135
49Eleanor133
50Jane130
51Emma120
51Vivian120
53Geraldine119
54Vera116
55Katherine115
56Elsie109
57Kathleen106
57Marian106
59Charlotte104
60Alma101
61Eva100
62Naomi96
63Bernice95
64Beulah94
64Julia94
66Agnes93
67Viola92
68Grace90
69Patricia89
70Mabel88
71Bertha86
72Jeanne84
73Laura83
73Marcella83
73Sarah83
76Eileen82
76Geneva82
78Alberta81
78Beatrice81
78Leona81
81Opal80
82Gertrude78
83Ellen77
84Joan76
85Genevieve74
86Margie73
86Roberta73
88Nellie72
88Olive72
90Anne70
91Audrey69
92Velma68
93Bessie67
93Ida67
95Ann66
95Bette66
97Stella65
98Bonnie63
98Georgia63
100Ella62