Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1914

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary886
2Helen795
3Dorothy696
4Margaret563
5Ruth482
6Elizabeth305
7Mildred298
8Frances291
9Florence286
10Irene273
11Marie268
12Alice266
13Virginia252
14Eleanor251
15Evelyn250
16Anna236
17Gertrude206
18Lillian203
19Rose188
20Doris179
21Marion175
22Bernice170
23Grace165
24Esther162
25Josephine160
RankNameBabies
26Clara159
27Catherine158
28Lucille155
29Marjorie151
30Edna150
31Beatrice147
32Ann146
33Jean142
34Gladys138
34Martha138
34Thelma138
37Leona136
38Louise130
39Genevieve126
40Stella124
41Hazel123
42Marian122
43Ethel119
44Agnes118
45Edith116
46Julia113
47Anne108
48Pauline106
49Elsie103
50Viola101
51Ellen93
52Eva91
53Katherine90
54Violet89
55Laura87
56Vivian86
57Bertha85
57Betty85
59Jane84
60Marguerite83
61Emma82
61Geraldine82
63Phyllis80
64Pearl79
64Vera79
66Kathryn78
67Mabel77
68Barbara71
68Sophie71
70Wilma70
71Lois68
72Ida67
73Sylvia66
74Maxine60
75Harriet59
75Nellie59
77Charlotte58
77Jennie58
79Alma57
80Olive56
80Ruby56
82Winifred55
83Kathleen53
83Norma53
85Angeline52
85June52
87Theresa50
88Myrtle48
88Wanda48
90Loretta47
91Ella46
91Fern46
91Lena46
91Lorraine46
95Henrietta45
96Donna43
96Madeline43
96Verna43
99Blanche42
100Dorothea41