Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,331
2	Dorothy	1,141
3	Barbara	994
4	Helen	972
5	Ruth	861
6	Margaret	807
7	Rita	673
8	Doris	610
9	Jean	601
9	Theresa	601
11	Elizabeth	584
12	Shirley	580
13	Virginia	551
14	Alice	540
14	Eleanor	540
16	Irene	495
17	Phyllis	493
18	Marie	492
19	Frances	418
20	Evelyn	416
21	Anna	404
21	Lillian	404
23	Marjorie	394
24	Rose	385
25	Claire	381

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	371
27	Catherine	359
28	Florence	350
29	Marion	348
30	Louise	330
31	Pauline	326
32	Lorraine	320
33	Patricia	314
34	Mildred	302
35	Josephine	280
36	Ann	276
37	Gertrude	231
37	June	231
39	Anne	216
40	Norma	212
41	Grace	211
42	Eileen	208
43	Edith	206
44	Nancy	204
45	Betty	203
46	Jeanne	198
47	Constance	197
48	Beatrice	196
49	Jane	194
50	Marilyn	193
51	Joan	183
52	Muriel	167
53	Lucille	160
54	Elaine	157
55	Kathleen	155
56	Janet	149
57	Charlotte	148
57	Therese	148
59	Marguerite	146
60	Agnes	145
61	Priscilla	144
62	Lois	143
63	Katherine	135
64	Esther	134
64	Jennie	134
66	Beverly	130
67	Edna	129
68	Ethel	128
69	Geraldine	126
70	Jacqueline	124
71	Jeannette	120
72	Gladys	118
73	Bernice	116
74	Teresa	115
75	Thelma	109
76	Laura	106
77	Lucy	101
78	Bertha	97
79	Ellen	96
79	Elsie	96
81	Arlene	94
81	Eva	94
83	Martha	93
84	Sylvia	92
85	Hilda	88
86	Natalie	85
86	Rosemary	85
88	Carolyn	83
88	Stella	83
90	Angelina	81
90	Audrey	81
90	Madeline	81
93	Hazel	80
94	Genevieve	79
95	Julia	78
96	Emily	77
96	Ida	77
98	Lena	76
99	Harriet	75
100	Anita	74
100	Pearl	74