Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	963
2	Margaret	489
3	Dorothy	486
4	Helen	414
5	Ruth	328
6	Anna	318
7	Elizabeth	310
8	Catherine	289
9	Evelyn	264
9	Mildred	264
11	Marie	213
12	Frances	185
13	Lillian	171
14	Virginia	169
15	Thelma	163
16	Alice	139
17	Doris	138
18	Louise	137
19	Edna	131
20	Ethel	128
21	Emma	118
21	Gladys	118
23	Grace	116
24	Gertrude	110
25	Florence	109

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rose	106
27	Katherine	104
28	Edith	95
29	Agnes	94
30	Eleanor	93
31	Elsie	91
31	Martha	91
31	Pauline	91
34	Hilda	88
35	Sarah	87
36	Esther	84
37	Hazel	83
38	Bertha	81
39	Beatrice	76
40	Clara	75
41	Ida	67
42	Irene	66
43	Annie	65
43	Josephine	65
43	Laura	65
46	Charlotte	62
47	Bessie	60
47	Julia	60
49	Anne	58
49	Myrtle	58
51	Genevieve	56
52	Ann	55
53	Kathryn	54
53	Viola	54
55	Mabel	53
55	Pearl	53
57	Ella	51
58	Naomi	49
59	Audrey	46
59	Leona	46
61	Jane	45
62	Bernice	44
62	Sylvia	44
64	Jean	43
65	Eva	42
66	Alma	41
66	Lucille	41
66	Madeline	41
66	Nellie	41
70	Marguerite	40
71	Ellen	39
71	Emily	39
71	Marion	39
74	Blanche	35
74	Irma	35
76	Jennie	34
76	Minnie	34
78	Mae	33
79	Jessie	32
79	Theresa	32
81	Cora	30
81	Loretta	30
83	Carolyn	29
83	Dorothea	29
83	Lena	29
86	Beulah	28
86	Georgia	28
88	Carrie	27
88	Estelle	27
88	Goldie	27
88	Nancy	27
92	Barbara	26
92	Geraldine	26
92	Henrietta	26
92	Rachel	26
96	Olive	25
97	Betty	24
97	Harriet	24
97	Marian	24
97	Regina	24
97	Sara	24