Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	961
2	Margaret	572
3	Dorothy	498
4	Helen	447
5	Ruth	338
6	Anna	334
7	Elizabeth	310
8	Catherine	302
9	Mildred	251
10	Virginia	217
11	Marie	216
12	Evelyn	211
13	Lillian	184
14	Frances	171
15	Doris	156
16	Thelma	137
17	Alice	127
17	Edna	127
17	Ethel	127
20	Louise	121
21	Grace	119
22	Edith	107
23	Eleanor	106
23	Florence	106
23	Sarah	106

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Katherine	104
27	Emma	100
28	Elsie	99
28	Hilda	99
30	Agnes	97
31	Rose	95
32	Gertrude	93
33	Gladys	92
34	Hazel	87
35	Irene	83
36	Bertha	79
37	Martha	78
38	Josephine	77
39	Clara	75
39	Esther	75
39	Pauline	75
42	Ida	72
43	Charlotte	65
44	Beatrice	63
45	Pearl	60
46	Mabel	59
47	Laura	58
48	Myrtle	57
49	Naomi	55
50	Bernice	54
51	Jane	52
52	Bessie	51
53	Julia	50
54	Eva	48
54	Nellie	48
56	Jean	47
57	Anne	46
57	Marguerite	46
59	Audrey	44
59	Ella	44
59	Marjorie	44
62	Ann	43
62	Kathryn	43
62	Marian	43
65	Lucille	42
66	Betty	41
66	Leona	41
68	Beulah	40
68	Ellen	40
68	Viola	40
71	Emily	39
72	Blanche	38
72	Madeline	38
72	Theresa	38
75	Genevieve	37
76	Ada	35
76	Annie	35
76	Carrie	35
79	Marion	34
79	Miriam	34
81	Rita	33
82	Sara	32
82	Vera	32
82	Violet	32
85	Eileen	31
85	Sylvia	31
87	Carolyn	30
87	Mae	30
89	Barbara	29
90	Cecelia	28
90	Geraldine	28
90	Nancy	28
90	Stella	28
94	Alma	27
94	Rebecca	27
94	Rosalie	27
94	Sadie	27
98	Dolores	25
98	Goldie	25
98	Jeanette	25
98	Jessie	25
98	Kathleen	25
98	Lena	25
98	Minnie	25