Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,746
2	Dorothy	1,326
3	Helen	1,231
4	Barbara	958
5	Ruth	923
6	Margaret	897
7	Rita	744
8	Doris	675
9	Elizabeth	661
10	Eleanor	652
11	Virginia	650
12	Alice	627
13	Irene	562
14	Shirley	527
15	Frances	504
16	Phyllis	489
17	Anna	484
18	Evelyn	474
18	Marie	474
20	Lillian	455
21	Marion	449
22	Rose	443
23	Florence	426
24	Catherine	425
25	Marjorie	416

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mildred	394
27	Jean	368
28	Josephine	349
29	Claire	339
30	Louise	332
31	Grace	315
32	Gloria	311
33	Theresa	296
34	Patricia	288
35	Lorraine	284
36	Ann	273
37	Pauline	264
38	Gertrude	263
39	Anne	245
40	Beatrice	242
41	Eileen	239
42	Edith	236
43	Betty	206
44	Agnes	203
45	Jane	201
46	Nancy	198
47	Priscilla	193
48	June	191
49	Marguerite	184
50	Norma	178
51	Constance	177
52	Edna	175
53	Gladys	174
54	Ethel	171
54	Lucille	171
56	Charlotte	170
57	Jennie	168
58	Kathleen	162
59	Esther	161
59	Katherine	161
61	Muriel	160
62	Jeanne	153
63	Bernice	146
64	Joan	139
65	Thelma	138
66	Marilyn	137
67	Bertha	136
67	Janet	136
69	Sylvia	125
70	Madeline	124
71	Elaine	123
71	Hazel	123
73	Anita	122
73	Julia	122
75	Ellen	121
75	Jeannette	121
75	Martha	121
75	Stella	121
79	Laura	119
79	Lois	119
81	Lucy	118
82	Elsie	114
83	Eva	113
83	Genevieve	113
85	Geraldine	111
86	Natalie	110
87	Pearl	104
88	Ida	96
89	Angelina	94
89	Sophie	94
91	Emily	91
92	Hilda	90
93	Jacqueline	87
94	Beverly	83
94	Lena	83
96	Viola	82
97	Audrey	81
98	Carolyn	80
99	Blanche	78
99	Dorothea	78