Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,076
2	Margaret	592
3	Dorothy	538
4	Helen	516
5	Ruth	399
6	Anna	365
7	Elizabeth	326
8	Mildred	304
9	Evelyn	287
10	Catherine	279
11	Virginia	249
12	Frances	242
13	Marie	240
14	Doris	237
15	Lillian	185
16	Thelma	161
17	Alice	148
18	Ethel	147
19	Louise	138
20	Edna	137
20	Florence	137
22	Edith	125
23	Katherine	122
24	Rose	119
25	Gladys	114

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Grace	114
27	Gertrude	110
28	Martha	107
28	Pauline	107
30	Hilda	106
30	Sarah	106
32	Eleanor	99
33	Agnes	93
34	Bertha	91
35	Esther	87
36	Hazel	86
37	Clara	85
37	Emma	85
39	Elsie	84
40	Ida	80
41	Beatrice	78
42	Charlotte	77
42	Jane	77
44	Julia	76
45	Josephine	74
46	Nellie	73
47	Irene	72
48	Rita	68
49	Audrey	67
50	Myrtle	66
50	Pearl	66
52	Jean	64
53	Anne	63
53	Betty	63
53	Laura	63
56	Ann	61
56	Naomi	61
58	Mabel	58
59	Lucille	56
60	Bernice	55
61	Annie	54
62	Bessie	53
62	Kathryn	53
62	Marguerite	53
65	Ella	51
66	Ellen	50
67	Viola	49
68	Marion	47
69	Sylvia	45
69	Theresa	45
71	Beulah	44
71	Eva	44
73	Blanche	42
73	Geraldine	42
75	Miriam	41
75	Vera	41
77	Emily	40
78	Genevieve	39
78	Minnie	39
80	Dolores	36
80	Loretta	36
80	Marjorie	36
80	Norma	36
84	Vivian	35
85	Carrie	34
86	June	33
86	Leona	33
86	Sara	33
89	Mae	32
89	Marian	32
91	Ada	31
91	Alma	31
91	Barbara	31
91	Cora	31
91	Jeanne	31
91	Lorraine	31
97	Kathleen	30
98	Henrietta	29
98	Irma	29
98	Madeline	29
98	Nancy	29
98	Stella	29