Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,208
2	Margaret	642
3	Dorothy	583
4	Helen	488
5	Ruth	446
6	Anna	346
7	Doris	345
8	Elizabeth	330
9	Mildred	326
10	Catherine	313
11	Marie	294
12	Frances	265
13	Virginia	259
14	Evelyn	246
15	Lillian	198
16	Alice	169
17	Thelma	152
18	Florence	145
19	Ethel	137
19	Louise	137
21	Gladys	123
22	Edith	122
23	Elsie	119
24	Edna	118
25	Hilda	116

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlotte	113
26	Pauline	113
28	Eleanor	111
29	Grace	105
30	Sarah	103
31	Emma	100
32	Martha	98
33	Agnes	97
33	Rose	97
35	Gertrude	96
36	Jane	95
36	Josephine	95
36	Katherine	95
39	Irene	91
40	Betty	88
41	Audrey	79
42	Mabel	78
43	Bertha	77
43	Ida	77
45	Beatrice	76
46	Rita	75
47	Esther	72
48	Hazel	71
49	Bernice	68
49	Bessie	68
49	Clara	68
49	Ella	68
49	Norma	68
54	Pearl	66
55	Ellen	65
56	Marjorie	63
57	Anne	61
57	Lucille	61
57	Marion	61
57	Nellie	61
61	Annie	59
61	Jean	59
63	Alma	58
63	Vivian	58
65	Ann	57
66	Blanche	56
67	Genevieve	55
67	Julia	55
67	Naomi	55
70	Laura	54
71	Dolores	53
71	Madeline	53
73	Viola	52
74	June	51
75	Kathryn	49
75	Marguerite	49
75	Shirley	49
78	Eva	48
79	Leona	47
79	Marian	47
79	Myrtle	47
79	Theresa	47
83	Geraldine	46
83	Phyllis	46
85	Sylvia	45
86	Eileen	43
87	Constance	42
87	Regina	42
89	Miriam	41
89	Sara	41
91	Nancy	40
92	Elaine	39
93	Barbara	37
94	Jeanette	36
94	Lorraine	36
94	Minnie	36
94	Violet	36
98	Emily	34
98	Loretta	34
98	Stella	34