Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,787
2	Helen	1,625
3	Dorothy	1,381
4	Margaret	1,064
5	Ruth	958
6	Virginia	898
7	Elizabeth	564
8	Evelyn	563
9	Irene	531
10	Frances	526
11	Mildred	520
12	Betty	455
12	Marie	455
14	Alice	443
15	Florence	427
16	Eleanor	406
17	Doris	398
17	Jean	398
19	Anna	391
20	Lillian	367
21	Lucille	332
22	Esther	328
23	Josephine	325
24	Rose	324
25	Marion	323

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marjorie	310
27	Bernice	297
28	June	294
29	Gertrude	292
30	Grace	280
31	Beatrice	271
32	Ann	262
33	Marian	257
34	Stella	250
35	Barbara	249
36	Catherine	247
37	Gladys	245
38	Clara	238
38	Genevieve	238
40	Jane	237
41	Edna	229
42	Geraldine	228
42	Thelma	228
44	Phyllis	223
45	Leona	222
46	Edith	215
47	Pauline	207
48	Maxine	203
49	Martha	199
50	Ethel	198
51	Hazel	193
52	Louise	190
53	Elsie	182
54	Lorraine	170
55	Katherine	169
55	Viola	169
57	Bertha	168
58	Agnes	164
59	Marguerite	163
60	Julia	162
60	Violet	162
62	Lois	160
63	Sophie	158
64	Anne	151
65	Wilma	150
66	Wanda	147
67	Shirley	146
68	Charlotte	144
69	Vera	143
70	Eva	142
71	Vivian	141
72	Kathryn	136
72	Pearl	136
74	Laura	129
74	Norma	129
76	Eileen	127
77	Rita	125
78	Donna	124
79	Emma	116
80	Ellen	114
80	Jennie	114
82	Kathleen	113
83	Sylvia	107
84	Theresa	104
85	Alma	101
86	Angeline	98
86	Arlene	98
88	Ida	94
89	Elaine	92
89	Olga	92
91	Janet	91
91	Mabel	91
93	Jeanette	90
94	Harriet	88
94	Myrtle	88
94	Nellie	88
97	Emily	87
98	Eleanore	86
99	Joyce	85
100	Ella	84
100	Henrietta	84