Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,006
2	Helen	1,588
3	Dorothy	1,192
4	Ruth	1,030
5	Margaret	938
6	Rita	794
7	Alice	687
8	Elizabeth	675
9	Anna	659
10	Eleanor	605
11	Barbara	538
12	Frances	529
13	Evelyn	524
14	Florence	522
15	Doris	520
16	Lillian	514
17	Rose	507
18	Virginia	497
19	Catherine	474
20	Irene	452
21	Josephine	451
22	Marion	438
23	Mildred	435
24	Marie	399
25	Louise	378

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gertrude	367
27	Phyllis	338
28	Marjorie	326
29	Beatrice	316
30	Anne	307
30	Edith	307
32	Grace	301
33	Katherine	239
34	Pauline	235
35	Edna	229
35	Jennie	229
37	Agnes	228
38	Esther	224
39	Ann	223
40	Ethel	211
41	Sophie	199
42	Julia	195
43	Stella	186
44	Claire	181
45	Gladys	175
46	Lorraine	174
47	Jean	171
48	Marguerite	168
49	Bertha	167
50	Charlotte	157
50	Ida	157
52	Muriel	156
53	Sylvia	154
54	Blanche	151
55	Eva	144
56	Jane	142
57	Eileen	138
58	Bernice	136
58	Jeannette	136
60	Theresa	135
61	Elsie	133
62	Ellen	131
62	Lucy	131
62	Priscilla	131
65	Genevieve	130
65	Thelma	130
67	Sarah	128
68	Laura	127
69	Nellie	126
70	Hazel	125
70	Kathleen	125
72	Shirley	124
72	Victoria	124
74	Martha	123
75	Constance	121
76	Lena	120
77	Emily	110
78	June	108
79	Pearl	105
80	Geraldine	104
80	Hilda	104
80	Olive	104
83	Winifred	103
84	Anita	102
85	Angelina	100
86	Lucille	99
86	Madeline	99
88	Dorothea	95
88	Janet	95
88	Loretta	95
88	Miriam	95
92	Emma	94
93	Betty	91
94	Antoinette	89
94	Harriet	89
94	Mabel	89
94	Viola	89
98	Norma	88
99	Clara	84
100	Annie	83