Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	628
2	Helen	604
3	Dorothy	458
4	Margaret	426
5	Ruth	323
6	Mildred	221
7	Irene	201
8	Elizabeth	198
9	Marie	195
10	Florence	190
11	Anna	186
12	Alice	183
13	Frances	177
14	Evelyn	164
15	Lillian	158
16	Gertrude	145
17	Esther	143
18	Edna	141
19	Gladys	135
19	Virginia	135
21	Grace	133
22	Hazel	127
23	Eleanor	125
24	Beatrice	121
24	Rose	121

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Doris	119
27	Bernice	117
27	Martha	117
29	Catherine	115
29	Marion	115
31	Agnes	114
31	Lucille	114
33	Ethel	112
34	Thelma	111
35	Josephine	110
36	Clara	104
37	Louise	97
38	Genevieve	94
38	Marjorie	94
40	Leona	89
41	Ann	88
41	Eva	88
43	Marian	87
44	Edith	86
44	Jean	86
46	Viola	84
47	Marguerite	77
48	Vera	76
49	Elsie	75
50	Katherine	72
51	Mabel	71
51	Pauline	71
53	Stella	66
54	Pearl	65
55	Julia	64
56	Anne	62
57	Laura	61
57	Violet	61
59	Bertha	60
59	Ida	60
61	Emma	59
62	Charlotte	58
63	Geraldine	56
64	Myrtle	55
65	Kathryn	52
65	Wilma	52
65	Winifred	52
68	Alma	50
69	Barbara	49
69	Ellen	49
69	Theresa	49
69	Vivian	49
73	Betty	48
73	Nellie	48
75	Ruby	47
76	Phyllis	46
77	Jane	45
77	Jennie	45
77	Lois	45
80	Sylvia	42
81	Harriet	41
82	Beulah	39
83	Blanche	37
83	Cecelia	37
83	Velma	37
86	Olive	36
87	Fern	35
88	Kathleen	34
89	Ella	33
89	Minnie	33
91	Caroline	32
91	Henrietta	32
91	Lena	32
91	Madeline	32
95	Bessie	31
95	Erma	31
95	Hilda	31
95	Sarah	31
95	Sophie	31
100	June	30
100	Muriel	30