Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,774
2	Helen	1,485
3	Dorothy	1,214
4	Margaret	1,012
5	Ruth	868
6	Virginia	707
7	Elizabeth	514
8	Mildred	509
9	Frances	489
10	Evelyn	474
11	Irene	465
12	Marie	455
13	Florence	431
14	Eleanor	402
15	Alice	384
16	Doris	365
17	Anna	361
18	Lillian	355
19	Betty	330
20	Gertrude	329
21	Jean	323
22	Rose	313
23	Josephine	310
24	Marion	304
25	Lucille	301

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Esther	296
27	Bernice	289
28	Marjorie	283
29	Beatrice	275
30	Genevieve	270
31	Grace	268
32	Ann	256
33	June	248
34	Marian	242
35	Stella	238
36	Martha	227
37	Gladys	225
38	Catherine	222
38	Louise	222
40	Edith	216
41	Clara	215
41	Edna	215
43	Jane	206
44	Leona	198
45	Julia	196
46	Hazel	195
46	Pauline	195
48	Katherine	194
49	Geraldine	189
50	Anne	188
51	Ethel	187
52	Thelma	184
53	Agnes	177
54	Elsie	166
55	Lois	165
56	Eva	164
57	Phyllis	163
58	Barbara	162
59	Maxine	161
60	Marguerite	159
61	Vera	155
62	Viola	153
63	Violet	148
64	Sophie	142
65	Kathryn	139
65	Wilma	139
67	Vivian	138
67	Wanda	138
69	Jennie	136
70	Pearl	133
71	Charlotte	130
72	Laura	128
73	Bertha	126
74	Ellen	125
75	Emma	111
76	Eileen	110
77	Sylvia	107
78	Ida	101
79	Bessie	99
80	Harriet	97
81	Mabel	96
82	Norma	95
83	Lottie	94
84	Nellie	90
85	Kathleen	88
85	Myrtle	88
87	Angeline	86
87	Elaine	86
87	Loretta	86
90	Jeanette	85
90	Rita	85
92	Arlene	84
92	Theresa	84
94	Jessie	83
95	Ella	82
95	Madeline	82
95	Shirley	82
98	Hilda	81
99	Sarah	80
99	Verna	80