Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,636
2	Helen	829
3	Dorothy	647
4	Margaret	597
5	Alice	423
6	Ruth	421
7	Anna	368
8	Elizabeth	359
9	Rose	322
10	Catherine	303
11	Lillian	300
12	Mildred	284
13	Frances	259
14	Evelyn	256
15	Florence	253
16	Eleanor	251
17	Doris	232
18	Gertrude	228
19	Marion	226
20	Josephine	211
20	Marie	211
22	Irene	204
23	Louise	174
24	Esther	172
25	Anne	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	165
27	Edith	161
28	Beatrice	157
29	Ethel	156
30	Marjorie	151
31	Barbara	142
32	Agnes	134
32	Katherine	134
34	Gladys	127
35	Edna	122
36	Julia	118
37	Ann	115
37	Virginia	115
39	Bertha	114
40	Stella	103
41	Eva	101
42	Jennie	96
43	Hazel	93
44	Blanche	88
44	Pauline	88
46	Ida	86
47	Marguerite	82
47	Sophie	82
49	Charlotte	78
50	Emma	77
51	Ellen	75
51	Mabel	75
53	Phyllis	72
53	Theresa	72
55	Martha	71
56	Emily	70
56	Lena	70
56	Sarah	70
59	Elsie	69
59	Madeline	69
61	Rita	68
62	Jean	67
63	Laura	65
64	Olive	61
65	Bessie	58
66	Eileen	57
66	Jeannette	57
66	Thelma	57
69	Sylvia	54
69	Vera	54
71	Lucy	53
72	Muriel	52
73	Maria	51
74	Harriet	49
74	Loretta	49
74	Winifred	49
77	Bernice	48
77	Sally	48
79	Yvonne	47
80	Clara	46
80	Kathleen	46
82	Claire	45
82	Veronica	45
84	Dorothea	44
84	Nellie	44
86	Marian	43
87	Constance	42
87	Kathryn	42
89	Betty	41
89	Genevieve	41
89	Viola	41
92	Jane	40
93	Angelina	39
93	Annie	39
93	Celia	39
93	Dora	39
93	Olga	39
98	Alma	38
98	Antoinette	38
100	Estelle	37
100	Miriam	37
100	Myrtle	37