Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,189
2	Dorothy	646
3	Margaret	619
4	Helen	450
5	Ruth	379
6	Doris	334
7	Anna	323
8	Elizabeth	316
9	Catherine	297
10	Mildred	279
11	Virginia	245
12	Evelyn	216
13	Marie	210
14	Betty	207
15	Frances	202
16	Lillian	178
17	Alice	154
18	Florence	139
19	Thelma	130
20	Eleanor	121
21	Louise	116
22	Edna	112
23	Ethel	109
23	Martha	109
25	Edith	107

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	105
27	Hilda	103
27	Jean	103
29	Pauline	100
30	Gertrude	98
31	Bertha	94
32	Agnes	93
32	Gladys	93
32	Hazel	93
35	Sarah	89
36	Jane	88
37	Charlotte	84
38	Norma	83
39	Bernice	82
39	Elsie	82
41	Irene	81
41	Shirley	81
43	Audrey	80
43	Katherine	80
45	Ida	79
45	Rose	79
47	Esther	75
48	Emma	73
49	Clara	71
49	Josephine	71
49	Julia	71
52	Marjorie	69
53	Ann	68
54	Marion	67
55	Beatrice	61
55	Lucille	61
55	Mabel	61
55	Naomi	61
55	Pearl	61
60	Rita	60
61	Geraldine	58
62	Anne	57
62	Bessie	57
62	Dolores	57
62	Madeline	57
62	Myrtle	57
67	Ellen	56
67	Gloria	56
67	June	56
70	Lorraine	55
71	Ella	54
71	Genevieve	54
73	Kathleen	53
73	Laura	53
75	Marguerite	51
76	Eva	50
77	Blanche	49
77	Theresa	49
77	Vivian	49
80	Elaine	46
80	Marian	46
80	Nellie	46
83	Sylvia	45
84	Annie	44
84	Vera	44
84	Viola	44
87	Irma	40
87	Nancy	40
87	Phyllis	40
90	Lois	39
91	Alma	38
91	Barbara	38
91	Carolyn	38
91	Violet	38
95	Regina	37
96	Eileen	35
96	Janet	35
96	Mae	35
99	Carrie	34
99	Jeanne	34
99	Juanita	34
99	Kathryn	34