Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,504
2	Dorothy	1,181
3	Helen	1,084
4	Barbara	951
5	Ruth	915
6	Margaret	803
7	Rita	638
8	Doris	631
9	Alice	617
10	Elizabeth	599
11	Virginia	575
12	Eleanor	568
13	Irene	540
14	Shirley	510
15	Marie	454
16	Frances	450
16	Theresa	450
18	Jean	441
19	Evelyn	439
20	Gloria	435
21	Rose	424
22	Anna	423
22	Lillian	423
24	Phyllis	415
25	Marion	407

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marjorie	404
27	Catherine	397
28	Mildred	376
29	Florence	358
30	Claire	346
31	Pauline	323
32	Louise	313
33	Josephine	306
34	Patricia	297
35	Lorraine	289
36	Ann	269
37	Grace	255
38	June	238
39	Betty	237
40	Jane	224
41	Gertrude	222
42	Eileen	212
43	Nancy	210
44	Beatrice	209
45	Edith	207
46	Anne	205
47	Constance	196
48	Priscilla	184
49	Norma	180
50	Charlotte	172
51	Joan	171
51	Marguerite	171
53	Muriel	164
54	Lucille	161
55	Marilyn	158
56	Agnes	157
57	Jennie	154
58	Gladys	153
59	Jeanne	152
60	Edna	148
60	Elaine	148
62	Kathleen	145
63	Esther	143
64	Katherine	136
65	Ethel	127
65	Jeannette	127
65	Thelma	127
68	Bernice	125
68	Lois	125
70	Janet	124
71	Geraldine	123
72	Julia	110
72	Lucy	110
72	Martha	110
75	Ellen	107
76	Laura	106
77	Jacqueline	103
77	Therese	103
79	Beverly	102
79	Stella	102
81	Bertha	98
82	Dorothea	95
83	Madeline	93
84	Natalie	92
85	Clara	88
85	Loretta	88
87	Sylvia	87
88	Genevieve	86
89	Elsie	85
89	Teresa	85
91	Anita	83
92	Hilda	82
93	Eva	81
94	Pearl	80
95	Annette	79
96	Emily	78
97	Audrey	77
97	Estelle	77
97	Janice	77
100	Carolyn	76