Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,261
2	Dorothy	1,199
3	Barbara	1,170
4	Helen	863
5	Ruth	789
6	Margaret	723
7	Theresa	660
8	Doris	627
9	Shirley	597
10	Elizabeth	586
11	Jean	573
12	Rita	555
13	Eleanor	536
14	Virginia	508
15	Marie	493
16	Phyllis	490
17	Irene	488
18	Alice	482
19	Lorraine	478
20	Claire	443
21	Patricia	417
22	Marjorie	415
23	Anna	407
24	Evelyn	394
25	Frances	393

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rose	367
27	Lillian	346
28	Catherine	341
29	Gloria	339
30	Pauline	328
31	Marion	327
32	Florence	322
33	Mildred	308
34	Louise	295
34	Marilyn	295
36	Ann	265
37	Betty	259
38	Joan	242
39	Anne	233
40	Nancy	230
41	Josephine	226
42	June	214
43	Grace	208
43	Jeanne	208
45	Norma	207
46	Jane	205
47	Eileen	204
48	Elaine	196
49	Lois	183
50	Priscilla	179
51	Gertrude	173
52	Beatrice	168
53	Charlotte	167
54	Edith	166
55	Therese	149
56	Constance	148
57	Kathleen	145
58	Jacqueline	143
59	Lucille	140
60	Beverly	139
60	Janet	139
62	Ethel	137
62	Muriel	137
64	Marguerite	133
65	Thelma	131
66	Edna	128
67	Katherine	122
68	Agnes	119
68	Esther	119
70	Geraldine	116
70	Teresa	116
72	Jeannette	115
73	Martha	114
74	Bernice	113
75	Arlene	106
75	Gladys	106
77	Carolyn	104
77	Sylvia	104
79	Joyce	101
80	Laura	99
81	Elsie	96
81	Natalie	96
83	Audrey	91
83	Ellen	91
85	Dolores	87
85	Lucy	87
87	Carol	86
87	Eva	86
89	Anita	83
89	Julia	83
91	Jennie	81
92	Bertha	78
92	Genevieve	78
92	Roberta	78
92	Stella	78
96	Estelle	77
96	Madeline	77
96	Sophie	77
99	Sally	75
100	Hazel	74