Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,036
2	Helen	1,367
3	Dorothy	1,266
4	Margaret	1,047
5	Ruth	1,046
6	Rita	767
7	Alice	678
8	Barbara	664
9	Elizabeth	652
10	Eleanor	648
11	Virginia	600
12	Doris	598
13	Anna	595
14	Irene	538
15	Frances	516
16	Rose	505
17	Evelyn	504
18	Mildred	468
19	Florence	465
20	Lillian	452
21	Marion	440
22	Marie	438
23	Catherine	431
24	Marjorie	403
25	Josephine	387

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	343
27	Phyllis	333
28	Shirley	331
29	Gertrude	305
30	Edith	288
31	Grace	285
32	Beatrice	268
33	Jean	261
34	Anne	259
35	Pauline	256
36	Ann	234
37	Claire	228
38	Eileen	226
39	Gladys	217
40	Edna	210
41	Jennie	206
41	Sophie	206
43	Agnes	202
44	Ethel	195
44	Marguerite	195
46	Lorraine	189
47	Constance	178
48	Esther	176
49	Theresa	171
50	Muriel	170
51	Jane	169
52	Julia	168
53	Katherine	165
54	Priscilla	164
55	Jeannette	163
56	Gloria	156
57	Thelma	147
58	Bertha	146
59	Stella	145
60	Charlotte	144
60	Lucille	144
62	Lucy	142
63	Norma	140
64	Nancy	137
65	Elsie	133
66	Kathleen	128
66	Sylvia	128
68	Madeline	124
69	Janet	122
69	Patricia	122
71	Ellen	121
72	Martha	119
73	Anita	118
74	Betty	117
74	Hazel	117
76	Laura	116
76	Lena	116
78	Hilda	115
79	Emily	114
80	Angelina	113
80	Blanche	113
80	Eva	113
83	June	112
84	Bernice	108
85	Ida	106
86	Genevieve	105
87	Jeanne	101
88	Clara	100
88	Loretta	100
90	Geraldine	97
90	Pearl	97
92	Emma	96
93	Viola	95
94	Elaine	91
95	Natalie	88
96	Annette	87
97	Olive	86
98	Nellie	82
99	Antoinette	81
99	Miriam	81