Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,497
2	Helen	1,210
3	Dorothy	849
4	Margaret	841
5	Ruth	714
6	Anna	588
7	Alice	569
8	Elizabeth	503
9	Rose	490
10	Eleanor	442
11	Rita	427
12	Lillian	418
13	Catherine	409
14	Frances	399
15	Evelyn	398
16	Florence	385
17	Doris	373
18	Mildred	362
19	Marion	360
20	Josephine	350
21	Irene	325
22	Gertrude	312
23	Louise	308
24	Barbara	282
25	Grace	271

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	262
26	Marie	262
28	Marjorie	246
29	Anne	241
30	Beatrice	232
31	Virginia	222
32	Ethel	214
33	Edna	208
34	Esther	205
35	Gladys	196
36	Agnes	192
37	Katherine	190
38	Bertha	177
39	Jennie	171
40	Stella	161
41	Ida	160
42	Ann	152
43	Julia	150
43	Phyllis	150
45	Sophie	147
46	Pauline	144
47	Jean	136
48	Blanche	135
49	Eva	130
50	Ellen	127
51	Hazel	125
52	Marguerite	124
53	Charlotte	120
54	Lena	119
55	Madeline	110
55	Thelma	110
57	Genevieve	107
58	Theresa	105
59	Elsie	102
59	Muriel	102
61	Jeannette	100
62	Lucy	97
63	Sarah	95
64	Angelina	93
64	Laura	93
64	Martha	93
67	Eileen	90
68	Hilda	87
68	Sylvia	87
70	Claire	85
70	Emma	85
72	Bernice	82
73	Amelia	81
74	Emily	80
74	Jane	80
76	Viola	79
77	Kathleen	77
78	Mabel	73
78	Pearl	73
80	Clara	71
81	Olive	70
82	Constance	68
83	Christine	67
84	Estelle	64
85	Cecile	63
85	Loretta	63
85	Winifred	63
88	Dorothea	62
88	Jessie	62
88	Olga	62
91	Harriet	61
91	Kathryn	61
91	Myrtle	61
91	Nellie	61
91	Shirley	61
96	Alma	60
96	Marian	60
96	Yvonne	60
99	Lucille	59
99	Maria	59
99	Vera	59