Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,769
2	Helen	1,520
3	Dorothy	1,129
4	Ruth	969
5	Margaret	907
6	Rita	782
7	Elizabeth	654
8	Alice	613
9	Anna	596
10	Eleanor	574
11	Frances	517
12	Virginia	507
13	Evelyn	501
14	Doris	497
15	Florence	492
16	Catherine	480
17	Barbara	474
18	Rose	472
19	Lillian	453
20	Mildred	441
21	Irene	424
22	Josephine	410
23	Marion	402
24	Gertrude	395
25	Marie	373

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	342
27	Marjorie	329
28	Phyllis	326
29	Edith	300
30	Beatrice	296
31	Grace	283
32	Pauline	241
33	Anne	239
34	Esther	214
34	Jennie	214
36	Agnes	213
36	Edna	213
38	Ann	210
39	Gladys	206
40	Jean	204
41	Ethel	202
42	Sophie	199
43	Stella	197
44	Eileen	185
44	Katherine	185
46	Charlotte	181
47	Shirley	172
48	Marguerite	166
49	Eva	165
50	Lorraine	163
51	Julia	158
52	Jeannette	155
53	Muriel	153
54	Bertha	152
55	Claire	151
56	Elsie	141
57	Blanche	140
58	Jane	138
59	Martha	136
59	Sylvia	136
61	Hazel	134
62	Theresa	131
63	Ida	128
64	Constance	124
65	Bernice	123
66	Olive	120
67	Emily	118
67	Genevieve	118
69	Lucille	117
70	Priscilla	116
71	Kathleen	111
72	Thelma	110
73	Lena	108
74	Lucy	106
75	Betty	105
76	Ellen	102
76	Madeline	102
78	Geraldine	100
79	Nellie	99
80	Anita	98
80	Olga	98
82	Laura	97
83	Sarah	95
84	Norma	94
84	Pearl	94
86	Hilda	93
86	Miriam	93
88	Angelina	88
88	Janet	88
90	June	86
91	Emma	85
91	Nancy	85
93	Antoinette	82
94	Jeanette	80
94	Viola	80
96	Harriet	78
96	Maria	78
96	Winifred	78
99	Patricia	77
100	Loretta	75