Most popular girls’ names in Indiana, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,064
2	Betty	1,760
3	Dorothy	871
4	Helen	720
5	Margaret	557
6	Ruth	544
7	Doris	502
8	Norma	494
9	Virginia	484
10	Barbara	456
11	Phyllis	446
12	Marjorie	414
13	Martha	406
14	Patricia	384
15	Mildred	367
16	Lois	328
17	Anna	305
18	Evelyn	295
19	Joan	280
20	Alice	270
21	Wilma	263
22	Frances	258
23	Elizabeth	231
24	Jean	214
25	Rosemary	192

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wanda	181
27	Marilyn	180
28	Juanita	174
29	Thelma	171
30	Gloria	155
31	June	154
32	Rose	151
33	Donna	147
34	Shirley	141
35	Irene	140
36	Maxine	138
37	Edna	137
37	Marie	137
39	Esther	134
40	Dolores	133
41	Ruby	132
42	Florence	130
43	Catherine	128
43	Pauline	128
45	Lucille	123
46	Kathryn	118
47	Eleanor	114
47	Joyce	114
49	Beverly	111
50	Bonnie	107
51	Carolyn	104
51	Clara	104
51	Edith	104
51	Hazel	104
55	Emma	103
56	Lillian	101
57	Geraldine	100
58	Charlotte	95
59	Vivian	94
60	Ethel	93
61	Jane	92
62	Marian	91
63	Gladys	90
63	Violet	90
65	Louise	89
65	Rita	89
67	Josephine	85
68	Vera	84
69	Eva	81
70	Julia	80
71	Audrey	79
72	Elsie	76
72	Laura	76
74	Sarah	75
75	Bertha	74
75	Opal	74
77	Janet	72
78	Ellen	71
78	Leona	71
80	Delores	70
80	Georgia	70
80	Peggy	70
80	Roberta	70
84	Ann	69
84	Grace	69
84	Nancy	69
87	Agnes	67
87	Geneva	67
87	Katherine	67
87	Margie	67
91	Bernice	66
91	Naomi	66
93	Imogene	65
94	Velma	64
95	Carol	62
95	Eileen	62
95	Kathleen	62
98	Gertrude	61
98	Janice	61
100	Alberta	60