Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,031
2	Margaret	528
3	Dorothy	525
4	Helen	488
5	Ruth	335
6	Elizabeth	321
7	Anna	299
8	Mildred	290
9	Catherine	266
10	Marie	263
11	Virginia	239
12	Evelyn	234
13	Frances	198
14	Doris	189
15	Lillian	185
16	Alice	147
17	Florence	137
18	Thelma	131
19	Ethel	129
20	Edna	126
21	Louise	124
22	Gertrude	114
23	Rose	111
24	Grace	110
25	Eleanor	108

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	107
27	Gladys	104
28	Emma	101
29	Katherine	97
30	Elsie	94
31	Martha	93
32	Ida	91
33	Charlotte	89
34	Agnes	88
34	Bertha	88
34	Hilda	88
37	Josephine	87
38	Hazel	86
39	Pauline	84
39	Sarah	84
41	Beatrice	83
42	Esther	82
43	Irene	80
44	Clara	79
45	Mabel	71
46	Jane	70
47	Blanche	60
47	Julia	60
49	Anne	58
50	Bessie	57
51	Betty	56
52	Bernice	55
53	Ann	54
54	Laura	52
54	Rita	52
56	Myrtle	51
56	Nellie	51
58	Ella	50
58	Kathryn	50
58	Pearl	50
61	Genevieve	48
62	Annie	47
62	Ellen	47
62	Madeline	47
62	Marjorie	47
66	Marguerite	46
66	Miriam	46
68	Dolores	44
69	Vera	43
70	Marian	42
70	Theresa	42
72	Viola	41
73	Audrey	40
73	Lucille	40
75	Alma	39
75	Marion	39
75	Sylvia	39
78	Eva	38
78	Naomi	38
80	Mae	37
81	Carrie	36
81	Leona	36
83	Emily	35
83	Jean	35
83	Kathleen	35
83	Sara	35
87	Carolyn	34
87	Loretta	34
87	Ruby	34
87	Violet	34
91	Minnie	33
92	Ada	32
92	Barbara	32
94	Lena	31
95	Beulah	30
95	Geraldine	30
97	Irma	28
97	Stella	28
97	Vivian	28
100	Lucy	26
100	Rebecca	26
100	Regina	26