Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,779
2	Helen	1,299
3	Dorothy	1,297
4	Ruth	998
5	Margaret	875
6	Barbara	814
7	Elizabeth	655
8	Rita	652
8	Virginia	652
10	Eleanor	649
11	Doris	648
12	Alice	606
13	Irene	536
14	Anna	490
15	Evelyn	484
16	Marie	467
17	Frances	461
18	Florence	460
19	Marjorie	449
19	Shirley	449
21	Catherine	447
22	Lillian	438
23	Phyllis	432
24	Rose	425
25	Marion	381

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mildred	371
27	Louise	369
28	Josephine	364
29	Jean	325
30	Claire	307
31	Pauline	283
32	Gloria	270
33	Grace	249
34	Edith	248
35	Gertrude	241
35	Lorraine	241
37	Anne	240
38	Beatrice	236
39	Eileen	221
40	Theresa	216
41	Ann	215
42	Constance	213
43	Patricia	192
44	Jane	191
45	Agnes	182
46	Norma	181
47	Lucille	179
48	Kathleen	177
49	Esther	175
50	Ethel	172
50	Marguerite	172
50	Priscilla	172
53	Charlotte	169
54	Betty	168
54	Gladys	168
54	Nancy	168
57	Jennie	164
58	June	163
58	Muriel	163
60	Jeannette	155
61	Katherine	154
62	Edna	153
63	Bertha	151
64	Bernice	140
64	Thelma	140
66	Stella	139
67	Julia	135
68	Geraldine	132
69	Lena	129
70	Elsie	123
71	Elaine	122
71	Sylvia	122
73	Martha	121
74	Hilda	116
75	Blanche	113
76	Sophie	112
77	Janet	111
78	Lucy	110
79	Jeanne	109
80	Ellen	107
81	Ida	106
82	Laura	104
83	Joan	103
83	Marilyn	103
85	Anita	101
85	Madeline	101
87	Pearl	99
88	Eva	95
88	Hazel	95
90	Angelina	94
91	Genevieve	92
91	Natalie	92
93	Emily	91
93	Winifred	91
95	Jeanette	87
96	Emma	85
96	Lois	85
98	Miriam	82
99	Antoinette	80
99	Cecile	80
99	Dorothea	80