Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,145
2	Betty	502
3	Dorothy	491
4	Margaret	451
5	Helen	404
6	Doris	379
7	Ruth	330
8	Elizabeth	272
9	Catherine	257
10	Anna	247
11	Mildred	244
12	Frances	203
13	Evelyn	195
13	Virginia	195
15	Shirley	186
16	Marie	171
17	Jean	160
18	Lillian	136
19	Gloria	135
20	Thelma	125
21	Alice	115
22	Edith	114
23	Louise	109
24	Audrey	106
24	Charlotte	106

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eleanor	105
27	Gladys	104
28	Edna	103
29	Florence	101
30	Irene	97
31	Martha	95
32	Ethel	93
33	Rose	92
34	June	88
35	Josephine	87
35	Pauline	87
37	Grace	86
38	Katherine	85
39	Jane	84
40	Phyllis	79
41	Dolores	74
41	Norma	74
43	Agnes	73
43	Theresa	73
45	Bernice	72
46	Barbara	71
47	Elsie	70
47	Hilda	70
49	Ann	69
50	Nancy	68
50	Sarah	68
52	Gertrude	67
53	Rita	64
54	Emma	63
54	Marian	63
56	Geraldine	61
57	Bertha	60
57	Ida	60
59	Patricia	59
60	Clara	58
60	Viola	58
62	Beatrice	57
62	Lucille	57
62	Vivian	57
65	Hazel	55
66	Ellen	54
67	Annie	51
67	Elaine	51
67	Esther	51
70	Julia	50
71	Anne	49
71	Lois	49
71	Lorraine	49
74	Marjorie	48
75	Pearl	47
75	Regina	47
77	Naomi	45
77	Sylvia	45
79	Mabel	44
79	Peggy	44
81	Marion	43
82	Alma	42
82	Eva	42
84	Ella	41
84	Genevieve	41
86	Miriam	40
87	Carolyn	38
88	Laura	37
88	Marguerite	37
90	Eileen	36
90	Rosalie	36
92	Myrtle	34
93	Bessie	32
94	Blanche	31
94	Nellie	31
96	Harriet	30
96	Juanita	30
96	Ruby	30
99	Marilyn	29
99	Rebecca	29