Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,248
2	Helen	678
3	Dorothy	465
4	Margaret	460
5	Ruth	336
6	Anna	332
7	Alice	331
8	Elizabeth	276
9	Lillian	256
10	Rose	235
11	Catherine	233
12	Evelyn	215
13	Florence	213
14	Mildred	212
15	Irene	211
16	Frances	199
17	Gertrude	191
18	Eleanor	182
19	Doris	169
20	Marion	167
21	Beatrice	140
22	Marie	132
23	Louise	128
24	Josephine	127
25	Anne	126

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	125
27	Edith	123
28	Ethel	122
29	Esther	118
30	Agnes	114
31	Katherine	112
32	Gladys	111
33	Marjorie	110
34	Edna	102
35	Julia	98
36	Bertha	92
37	Barbara	82
37	Hazel	82
39	Eva	77
40	Ann	76
41	Ida	69
42	Lena	68
42	Marguerite	68
44	Jeannette	67
44	Phyllis	67
44	Virginia	67
47	Jennie	66
48	Stella	63
49	Blanche	62
50	Thelma	61
51	Charlotte	59
52	Pauline	58
52	Sophie	58
54	Loretta	56
54	Sarah	56
56	Emma	54
56	Madeline	54
58	Laura	53
59	Genevieve	52
60	Jean	51
61	Ellen	50
61	Martha	50
61	Nellie	50
64	Eileen	49
64	Elsie	49
64	Theresa	49
67	Mabel	48
68	Emily	47
69	Rita	44
70	Bernice	43
70	Betty	43
70	Kathleen	43
73	Bessie	41
73	Sylvia	41
75	Adeline	39
76	Clara	38
76	Olive	38
78	Muriel	37
78	Veronica	37
80	Annie	36
80	Kathryn	36
80	Winifred	36
83	Isabel	35
84	Angelina	34
85	Geraldine	33
86	Jane	32
86	Mae	32
86	Miriam	32
89	Lucy	31
90	Alma	30
90	Anita	30
90	Christine	30
90	Hilda	30
90	Myrtle	30
90	Viola	30
96	Dorothea	29
96	Maria	29
96	Priscilla	29
96	Vera	29
96	Yvonne	29