Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,754
2	Helen	1,473
3	Dorothy	1,091
4	Margaret	883
5	Ruth	863
6	Rita	684
7	Anna	653
8	Alice	634
9	Elizabeth	623
10	Eleanor	554
11	Rose	507
12	Frances	494
13	Florence	490
14	Lillian	479
15	Doris	475
16	Catherine	450
17	Evelyn	447
18	Mildred	420
19	Marion	411
20	Virginia	407
21	Josephine	402
22	Irene	389
23	Barbara	384
24	Gertrude	362
25	Marie	360

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	326
27	Anne	302
28	Edith	291
29	Marjorie	271
30	Beatrice	270
31	Grace	267
32	Phyllis	257
33	Esther	236
34	Jennie	232
35	Edna	221
36	Agnes	213
37	Ethel	210
38	Stella	205
39	Ann	199
40	Pauline	196
41	Sophie	194
42	Bertha	192
43	Julia	185
43	Katherine	185
45	Marguerite	181
46	Gladys	171
46	Jean	171
48	Charlotte	170
49	Eva	163
50	Elsie	148
51	Theresa	143
52	Jane	141
53	Blanche	140
54	Jeannette	138
54	Thelma	138
56	Ida	137
57	Hazel	136
57	Lena	136
59	Eileen	133
59	Martha	133
61	Madeline	121
62	Bernice	118
62	Constance	118
64	Laura	116
65	Ellen	115
66	Claire	114
66	Sylvia	114
68	Sarah	110
69	Priscilla	109
70	Muriel	106
71	Lucy	105
72	Nellie	104
73	Clara	103
73	Genevieve	103
75	Emily	101
75	Emma	101
77	Kathleen	98
78	Lucille	92
79	Janet	91
80	Dorothea	90
81	Pearl	89
82	Harriet	88
83	Olive	84
84	Angelina	83
84	Anita	83
84	Winifred	83
87	Annette	82
87	Viola	82
89	Mabel	81
90	Hilda	80
91	Loretta	78
91	Miriam	78
91	Olga	78
94	Antoinette	77
95	Geraldine	76
96	Caroline	75
97	Amelia	74
97	Annie	74
99	Celia	70
100	Betty	67
100	Vera	67