Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,587
2	Helen	1,415
3	Dorothy	1,151
4	Margaret	930
5	Ruth	853
6	Virginia	594
7	Irene	534
8	Frances	500
9	Mildred	452
10	Elizabeth	450
11	Florence	446
12	Evelyn	444
13	Marie	418
14	Alice	412
15	Eleanor	391
16	Anna	364
17	Lillian	348
18	Doris	339
19	Josephine	320
20	Gertrude	309
21	Marjorie	303
22	Rose	298
23	Marion	295
24	Esther	292
25	Lucille	288

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jean	271
27	Grace	270
28	Bernice	260
29	Catherine	258
30	Marian	244
31	Beatrice	242
32	Genevieve	239
33	Ann	238
34	Clara	237
35	Edna	236
36	Betty	229
37	Edith	224
37	Gladys	224
39	Thelma	212
40	Ethel	205
41	Martha	202
42	Stella	192
43	Leona	191
44	Julia	189
45	Agnes	188
46	Elsie	186
47	Marguerite	183
48	Louise	182
49	Anne	179
50	Hazel	169
51	Pauline	168
52	June	162
53	Jane	160
54	Katherine	159
54	Maxine	159
56	Viola	158
57	Eva	156
58	Barbara	150
59	Geraldine	148
60	Phyllis	147
61	Kathryn	146
62	Violet	140
63	Bertha	134
64	Sophie	133
65	Lois	132
65	Wanda	132
67	Emma	131
68	Charlotte	128
68	Vera	128
70	Jennie	121
70	Laura	121
72	Vivian	120
73	Wilma	117
74	Pearl	116
75	Ellen	114
76	Ida	112
77	Harriet	106
78	Sylvia	103
79	Kathleen	101
80	Theresa	95
81	Nellie	92
82	Myrtle	89
83	Angeline	88
83	Eileen	88
85	Winifred	87
86	Lottie	86
87	Mabel	84
88	Donna	83
89	Madeline	82
90	Elaine	81
90	Loretta	81
92	Bessie	79
92	Eleanore	79
92	Jeanette	79
95	Arlene	78
95	Mae	78
95	Norma	78
98	Erma	76
98	Rita	76
100	Alma	75
100	Emily	75