Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,794
2	Helen	1,452
3	Dorothy	1,038
4	Margaret	886
5	Ruth	877
6	Alice	670
7	Anna	659
8	Rita	654
9	Elizabeth	617
10	Rose	516
11	Lillian	512
12	Eleanor	483
13	Florence	474
14	Catherine	465
15	Evelyn	457
16	Mildred	452
17	Frances	447
18	Irene	412
19	Doris	409
20	Josephine	391
21	Marion	362
22	Virginia	352
23	Marie	348
24	Barbara	343
25	Gertrude	337

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	334
27	Edith	313
28	Beatrice	291
29	Esther	284
30	Marjorie	282
31	Grace	277
32	Anne	275
33	Jennie	245
34	Ethel	223
35	Agnes	216
36	Edna	206
36	Gladys	206
38	Stella	205
39	Phyllis	196
40	Pauline	193
41	Katherine	192
42	Sophie	191
43	Bertha	184
44	Julia	183
45	Ann	180
46	Jean	158
47	Marguerite	153
48	Hazel	150
49	Eva	148
50	Lena	141
51	Ida	137
51	Theresa	137
53	Elsie	135
54	Charlotte	130
54	Eileen	130
54	Jane	130
57	Laura	129
57	Thelma	129
59	Blanche	128
60	Martha	126
61	Emily	125
62	Jeannette	123
62	Lucy	123
64	Sylvia	120
65	Madeline	119
66	Genevieve	117
67	Bernice	108
68	Sarah	105
69	Clara	99
69	Ellen	99
69	Muriel	99
72	Emma	96
73	Nellie	93
74	Loretta	89
75	Constance	88
76	Harriet	85
77	Amelia	84
77	Kathleen	84
79	Claire	82
79	Olga	82
79	Pearl	82
82	Viola	81
83	Olive	78
83	Winifred	78
85	Lucille	76
86	Mabel	75
87	Kathryn	74
88	Angelina	73
88	Myrtle	73
88	Priscilla	73
91	Veronica	72
92	Anita	68
92	Annie	68
92	Betty	68
92	Caroline	68
96	Antoinette	67
96	Bessie	67
96	Dorothea	67
99	Estelle	66
100	Miriam	65