Most popular girls’ names in Indiana, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,222
2	Betty	1,843
3	Dorothy	984
4	Helen	800
5	Ruth	627
6	Margaret	603
7	Virginia	548
8	Martha	481
9	Norma	446
10	Doris	435
11	Marjorie	415
12	Phyllis	399
13	Barbara	363
14	Mildred	362
15	Anna	322
16	Evelyn	320
16	Lois	320
16	Patricia	320
19	Alice	318
20	Wilma	270
21	Jean	268
22	Frances	256
23	Elizabeth	237
24	Joan	219
25	Thelma	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rosemary	179
27	Wanda	168
28	Esther	161
28	Juanita	161
30	Catherine	157
30	June	157
32	Maxine	153
33	Marie	148
34	Shirley	145
35	Irene	143
35	Kathryn	143
37	Gloria	142
37	Rose	142
39	Edna	138
39	Pauline	138
41	Florence	135
41	Lillian	135
43	Marilyn	134
44	Ruby	133
45	Ethel	127
45	Jane	127
47	Bonnie	122
48	Edith	117
49	Eleanor	110
49	Violet	110
51	Louise	108
52	Eva	104
53	Dolores	103
54	Elsie	102
54	Gladys	102
54	Marian	102
54	Vera	102
58	Hazel	101
59	Donna	100
59	Emma	100
59	Lucille	100
62	Geraldine	98
63	Charlotte	95
64	Clara	93
64	Vivian	93
66	Joyce	92
67	Katherine	90
68	Josephine	89
69	Julia	87
70	Laura	86
71	Carolyn	84
72	Bernice	82
72	Carol	82
72	Leona	82
75	Eileen	81
75	Kathleen	81
75	Rita	81
78	Beverly	80
79	Alberta	78
80	Ellen	77
80	Naomi	77
82	Grace	75
83	Janet	74
84	Velma	73
85	Jeanne	72
86	Delores	71
86	Viola	71
88	Agnes	70
89	Ann	69
89	Jeanette	69
91	Bette	68
91	Peggy	68
93	Alma	67
93	Nancy	67
95	Georgia	66
95	Sarah	66
97	Beulah	64
98	Margie	63
99	Geneva	62
99	Lorraine	62