Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,302
2	Dorothy	669
3	Margaret	600
4	Helen	512
5	Ruth	400
6	Doris	350
7	Anna	343
8	Elizabeth	328
9	Mildred	327
10	Catherine	286
11	Virginia	259
12	Frances	252
13	Evelyn	248
14	Marie	244
15	Alice	180
16	Lillian	179
17	Betty	153
18	Thelma	151
19	Ethel	136
20	Florence	135
21	Edna	132
22	Louise	126
23	Eleanor	122
24	Gladys	120
25	Edith	119

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jane	112
27	Grace	111
28	Irene	110
29	Emma	107
30	Josephine	105
31	Charlotte	104
32	Hazel	103
32	Katherine	103
34	Martha	98
34	Rose	98
36	Hilda	96
37	Sarah	95
38	Agnes	94
39	Audrey	93
39	Elsie	93
39	Gertrude	93
42	Marjorie	92
43	Bernice	90
43	Pauline	90
45	Clara	89
45	Rita	89
47	Bertha	81
47	Esther	81
49	Norma	78
50	Jean	74
51	Beatrice	72
52	June	71
53	Mabel	69
54	Naomi	66
54	Pearl	66
56	Lucille	65
57	Kathryn	64
58	Ann	63
59	Ida	62
60	Anne	61
60	Viola	61
62	Annie	59
62	Shirley	59
64	Vivian	57
65	Nellie	55
66	Eileen	54
67	Bessie	53
68	Ella	52
68	Ellen	52
68	Julia	52
68	Marion	52
72	Dolores	51
72	Genevieve	51
72	Geraldine	51
75	Vera	50
76	Blanche	48
76	Sylvia	48
78	Eva	47
78	Lorraine	47
78	Myrtle	47
81	Phyllis	46
81	Theresa	46
83	Marguerite	45
83	Miriam	45
83	Regina	45
86	Nancy	44
87	Alma	43
87	Elaine	43
87	Laura	43
90	Barbara	41
90	Emily	41
92	Leona	39
92	Loretta	39
94	Violet	38
95	Madeline	37
95	Marian	37
97	Gloria	36
98	Beulah	35
98	Rosalie	35
100	Carolyn	33
100	Carrie	33