Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,069
2	Dorothy	572
3	Margaret	563
4	Helen	522
5	Ruth	412
6	Anna	361
7	Mildred	300
8	Catherine	288
9	Elizabeth	283
10	Virginia	265
11	Doris	262
12	Evelyn	260
13	Marie	253
14	Frances	238
15	Lillian	197
16	Alice	167
17	Ethel	164
18	Louise	152
19	Thelma	142
20	Edna	141
21	Florence	136
22	Gladys	133
23	Eleanor	118
24	Grace	113
25	Katherine	106

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Martha	106
27	Edith	101
27	Pauline	101
29	Gertrude	99
30	Emma	96
31	Sarah	94
32	Rose	91
33	Irene	89
34	Agnes	88
34	Betty	88
34	Charlotte	88
34	Hazel	88
38	Bertha	86
38	Elsie	86
40	Hilda	85
41	Esther	82
42	Beatrice	81
42	Josephine	81
44	Jane	80
45	Ida	78
46	Laura	72
47	Clara	71
48	Audrey	69
48	Bernice	69
48	Julia	69
48	Lucille	69
52	Myrtle	68
53	Pearl	67
54	Genevieve	63
54	Viola	63
56	Annie	62
56	Jean	62
56	Sylvia	62
59	Naomi	58
59	Norma	58
61	Nellie	57
61	Rita	57
63	Ann	56
63	Eva	56
65	Kathryn	55
65	Sara	55
67	Marion	53
68	Geraldine	52
68	Vivian	52
70	Bessie	48
70	Blanche	48
70	Ella	48
70	Marjorie	48
70	Shirley	48
75	Mabel	47
76	Ellen	46
77	Anne	45
77	Lorraine	45
79	Marguerite	44
80	Phyllis	42
81	Irma	39
81	Madeline	39
83	Nancy	38
84	Miriam	36
84	Theresa	36
86	Carolyn	35
86	Regina	35
88	Lena	34
88	Marian	34
88	Violet	34
91	Ada	33
91	Beulah	33
91	Lois	33
91	Rebecca	33
95	Carrie	32
95	Dolores	32
97	Cora	31
97	Eileen	31
97	Mae	31
97	Rosalie	31