Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,847
2	Helen	1,361
3	Dorothy	1,289
4	Ruth	936
5	Margaret	877
6	Barbara	721
7	Rita	682
8	Elizabeth	651
9	Eleanor	595
10	Alice	578
10	Virginia	578
12	Doris	571
13	Anna	551
14	Irene	527
15	Frances	472
16	Marie	469
17	Catherine	463
18	Evelyn	446
18	Florence	446
20	Rose	431
21	Lillian	430
22	Marion	418
23	Mildred	407
24	Shirley	383
25	Marjorie	366

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	347
27	Louise	346
28	Josephine	335
29	Gertrude	316
30	Jean	291
31	Edith	282
32	Pauline	276
33	Anne	270
34	Grace	269
35	Claire	258
36	Gloria	250
37	Beatrice	230
38	Eileen	213
39	Ann	209
40	Lorraine	198
41	Constance	192
41	Marguerite	192
43	Jennie	189
44	Edna	188
45	Charlotte	177
46	Priscilla	174
47	Ethel	170
48	Gladys	167
48	Muriel	167
48	Theresa	167
51	Agnes	166
51	Esther	166
51	Jane	166
54	Katherine	156
55	Sophie	147
56	Norma	145
57	Bernice	137
57	Julia	137
57	Stella	137
60	Thelma	136
61	Madeline	135
61	Nancy	135
61	Patricia	135
64	June	133
65	Lucy	128
65	Sylvia	128
67	Kathleen	127
67	Lucille	127
69	Ellen	125
69	Jeannette	125
71	Betty	123
72	Eva	121
73	Bertha	118
74	Blanche	115
75	Jeanne	109
75	Martha	109
77	Genevieve	107
77	Pearl	107
79	Anita	105
79	Hazel	105
81	Angelina	100
81	Elsie	100
81	Emily	100
84	Hilda	99
84	Loretta	99
86	Janet	98
87	Geraldine	96
87	Lena	96
89	Clara	92
89	Ida	92
91	Olive	89
92	Lois	88
93	Natalie	87
94	Laura	86
94	Olga	86
96	Winifred	83
97	Viola	81
98	Dorothea	79
98	Eunice	79
98	Joan	79