Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,181
2	Dorothy	574
3	Margaret	480
4	Betty	433
5	Helen	408
6	Doris	405
7	Ruth	348
8	Anna	280
9	Elizabeth	263
10	Catherine	258
11	Virginia	231
12	Mildred	223
13	Frances	200
14	Evelyn	197
15	Marie	188
16	Alice	164
17	Lillian	158
18	Gloria	155
19	Thelma	140
20	Shirley	132
21	Jean	126
22	Gladys	112
23	Eleanor	111
24	Florence	104
25	Edith	103

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Edna	103
27	June	101
28	Ethel	100
28	Louise	100
30	Irene	98
31	Charlotte	95
32	Grace	91
33	Sarah	89
34	Bernice	88
34	Rose	88
36	Agnes	86
37	Emma	84
37	Norma	84
39	Hilda	82
40	Josephine	81
41	Gertrude	80
41	Martha	80
43	Elsie	78
44	Jane	77
45	Geraldine	76
45	Marion	76
47	Dolores	74
48	Rita	73
49	Clara	70
50	Hazel	69
50	Pauline	69
52	Marian	68
52	Nancy	68
54	Audrey	67
54	Katherine	67
54	Phyllis	67
57	Beatrice	64
57	Esther	64
59	Ellen	63
59	Lorraine	63
59	Lucille	63
62	Ida	62
63	Barbara	60
64	Bertha	59
65	Ella	58
66	Mabel	56
66	Viola	56
66	Vivian	56
69	Julia	55
70	Anne	53
71	Ann	52
72	Naomi	50
72	Patricia	50
72	Pearl	50
72	Peggy	50
76	Lois	49
76	Theresa	49
78	Marjorie	46
79	Ruby	45
80	Elaine	44
81	Bessie	43
81	Regina	43
83	Eva	42
84	Laura	41
85	Alma	39
85	Jeanne	39
87	Blanche	38
87	Carolyn	38
87	Emily	38
90	Annie	37
90	Leona	37
90	Nellie	37
93	Miriam	36
93	Rosalie	36
93	Sylvia	36
96	Kathleen	35
96	Marguerite	35
96	Myrtle	35
96	Violet	35
96	Wanda	35