Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,818
2	Helen	1,537
3	Dorothy	1,157
4	Ruth	991
5	Margaret	947
6	Rita	768
7	Elizabeth	673
8	Alice	665
9	Anna	657
10	Eleanor	585
11	Rose	540
12	Frances	519
13	Evelyn	493
14	Lillian	490
15	Marion	482
16	Doris	475
17	Catherine	472
18	Florence	452
19	Mildred	451
20	Virginia	450
21	Josephine	424
22	Irene	421
23	Barbara	402
24	Louise	386
25	Gertrude	370

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	354
27	Marjorie	335
28	Edith	316
29	Grace	298
30	Beatrice	280
31	Phyllis	258
32	Anne	254
32	Esther	254
34	Ethel	230
35	Edna	227
36	Ann	226
37	Agnes	223
38	Jennie	222
39	Pauline	221
40	Stella	216
41	Gladys	203
42	Katherine	201
43	Jean	197
44	Sophie	192
45	Julia	185
46	Bertha	180
47	Marguerite	170
48	Jeannette	166
49	Eileen	161
50	Eva	154
51	Blanche	153
52	Charlotte	152
53	Ida	147
54	Pearl	139
54	Theresa	139
56	Claire	138
56	Elsie	138
56	Muriel	138
59	Thelma	135
60	Hazel	134
61	Sylvia	132
62	Genevieve	125
63	Jane	123
63	Laura	123
63	Martha	123
63	Nellie	123
67	Bernice	122
68	Priscilla	118
69	Harriet	116
70	Anita	115
71	Sarah	112
72	Kathleen	110
72	Lena	110
74	Ellen	109
74	Loretta	109
76	Emily	107
77	Olive	105
77	Winifred	105
79	Lucille	101
80	Clara	100
81	Lois	97
81	Lucy	97
83	Shirley	96
84	Hilda	95
85	Constance	94
85	Janet	94
87	Amelia	90
87	Emma	90
87	Madeline	90
87	Viola	90
91	Maria	86
92	Angelina	85
92	June	85
92	Olga	85
95	Dorothea	84
95	Geraldine	84
97	Antoinette	83
98	Yvonne	80
99	Annie	79
100	Marian	77