Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,874
2	Helen	940
3	Dorothy	683
4	Margaret	637
5	Ruth	512
6	Alice	498
7	Elizabeth	451
8	Anna	439
9	Catherine	346
9	Rose	346
11	Eleanor	324
12	Lillian	318
13	Mildred	281
14	Marion	276
15	Evelyn	270
15	Josephine	270
17	Florence	262
18	Gertrude	248
19	Frances	246
20	Irene	238
21	Doris	236
22	Marie	217
23	Edith	207
24	Louise	202
25	Grace	196

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Esther	188
27	Rita	186
28	Anne	181
28	Barbara	181
30	Agnes	174
31	Beatrice	171
31	Katherine	171
33	Marjorie	168
34	Virginia	163
35	Ethel	162
36	Edna	139
37	Gladys	133
38	Jennie	125
39	Phyllis	123
40	Bertha	121
40	Stella	121
42	Ann	113
43	Hazel	108
44	Eva	106
45	Julia	105
46	Ida	99
46	Marguerite	99
48	Elsie	96
49	Sophie	94
50	Blanche	91
51	Jean	90
52	Pauline	88
53	Emily	87
53	Emma	87
55	Madeline	84
56	Jeannette	81
57	Laura	80
57	Martha	80
59	Bernice	79
59	Charlotte	79
59	Genevieve	79
59	Sarah	79
63	Theresa	76
64	Thelma	71
65	Lena	70
66	Bessie	69
67	Ellen	68
67	Lucy	68
69	Eileen	66
70	Dorothea	65
71	Jane	64
71	Viola	64
73	Sylvia	63
74	Muriel	62
74	Olive	62
76	Antoinette	60
76	Winifred	60
78	Kathleen	59
79	Mabel	58
80	Myrtle	55
81	Constance	54
81	Estelle	54
83	Clara	52
83	Hilda	52
83	Nellie	52
86	Amelia	51
86	Harriet	51
88	Annie	49
89	Claire	48
90	Loretta	46
90	Nancy	46
92	Jeanette	45
92	Priscilla	45
94	Maria	43
94	Sadie	43
94	Veronica	43
97	Geraldine	42
97	Janet	42
99	Caroline	39
99	Sally	39
99	Vera	39