Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,970
2	Helen	1,515
3	Dorothy	1,239
4	Ruth	1,060
5	Margaret	1,004
6	Rita	781
7	Elizabeth	643
8	Eleanor	633
9	Alice	626
9	Barbara	626
11	Doris	562
12	Anna	555
13	Virginia	532
14	Frances	522
15	Lillian	501
16	Catherine	497
17	Irene	475
18	Florence	467
19	Evelyn	464
20	Rose	463
21	Marion	455
22	Mildred	446
23	Marjorie	420
24	Josephine	417
25	Marie	390

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	344
27	Louise	325
28	Gertrude	318
29	Edith	312
30	Grace	271
31	Beatrice	258
32	Pauline	256
33	Shirley	250
34	Anne	239
35	Edna	228
35	Jean	228
37	Agnes	219
38	Esther	214
39	Ann	213
39	Ethel	213
41	Jennie	199
41	Katherine	199
43	Marguerite	197
44	Gladys	190
45	Stella	189
46	Eileen	188
47	Claire	181
48	Jane	177
49	Julia	169
50	Lorraine	167
51	Sophie	166
52	Bertha	159
52	Charlotte	159
54	Theresa	153
55	Priscilla	144
56	Eva	143
57	Sylvia	142
58	Ellen	137
58	Norma	137
60	Kathleen	136
61	Martha	135
62	Lucille	134
63	Muriel	133
64	Emily	131
64	Laura	131
66	Bernice	128
66	Jeannette	128
68	Constance	125
69	Blanche	124
69	Hazel	124
71	Lena	119
71	Pearl	119
73	Anita	118
74	Thelma	117
75	Madeline	116
76	Betty	112
76	Elsie	112
78	Lucy	104
79	Angelina	103
79	Loretta	103
79	Nancy	103
82	June	101
82	Viola	101
84	Ida	100
85	Winifred	98
86	Janet	95
86	Miriam	95
88	Emma	94
89	Joan	92
89	Patricia	92
89	Sarah	92
92	Clara	91
93	Dorothea	90
93	Nellie	90
93	Olive	90
96	Harriet	89
97	Geraldine	87
97	Hilda	87
99	Jeanne	82
100	Olga	80