Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	718
2	Margaret	410
3	Dorothy	398
4	Helen	313
5	Elizabeth	287
6	Anna	268
7	Ruth	225
8	Catherine	210
9	Mildred	206
10	Evelyn	193
11	Marie	179
12	Lillian	146
13	Frances	129
14	Virginia	125
15	Thelma	124
16	Louise	107
17	Edna	106
18	Alice	103
19	Gladys	97
20	Eleanor	93
21	Gertrude	90
22	Florence	87
23	Edith	86
24	Ethel	82
24	Rose	82

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Doris	81
27	Agnes	79
28	Sarah	78
29	Martha	74
30	Pauline	73
31	Grace	71
31	Katherine	71
33	Ida	70
34	Clara	67
35	Elsie	66
35	Hazel	66
37	Emma	63
38	Hilda	62
39	Josephine	61
40	Pearl	59
41	Esther	58
41	Julia	58
43	Myrtle	57
44	Beatrice	56
45	Bertha	51
46	Bessie	50
47	Anne	49
47	Eva	49
47	Viola	49
50	Irene	48
50	Kathryn	48
52	Charlotte	42
52	Naomi	42
54	Bernice	41
54	Carrie	41
56	Ella	40
56	Genevieve	40
56	Mabel	40
59	Blanche	39
60	Ann	36
61	Minnie	35
61	Nellie	35
63	Audrey	34
63	Madeline	34
65	Ellen	33
65	Marguerite	33
67	Alma	32
68	Annie	31
68	Laura	31
68	Sylvia	31
71	Lucille	30
72	Jessie	29
73	Fannie	28
74	Mae	27
75	Leona	26
75	Rebecca	26
75	Ruby	26
78	Jane	25
79	Estelle	24
79	Sadie	24
79	Sara	24
79	Violet	24
83	Emily	23
83	Geraldine	23
83	Jean	23
83	Marion	23
83	Stella	23
88	Ada	22
88	Beulah	22
88	Cora	22
88	Henrietta	22
92	Betty	21
92	Irma	21
92	Lucy	21
92	Theresa	21
96	Carolyn	20
96	Dora	20
96	Elva	20
96	Isabelle	20
96	Nancy	20
96	Rosalie	20