Most popular girls’ names in Michigan, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,809
2	Helen	1,456
3	Dorothy	1,382
4	Margaret	1,037
5	Ruth	984
6	Virginia	956
7	Betty	859
8	Doris	586
9	Irene	566
10	Evelyn	565
11	Elizabeth	530
12	Mildred	486
13	Frances	474
14	Jean	473
15	Alice	462
16	Eleanor	449
17	Marie	443
18	Florence	409
19	Marjorie	407
20	Anna	370
21	Lillian	368
22	Shirley	354
23	June	351
24	Lucille	322
25	Marion	321

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rose	309
27	Marian	293
28	Josephine	290
29	Phyllis	281
30	Genevieve	279
30	Geraldine	279
32	Esther	269
33	Gertrude	264
34	Bernice	262
35	Barbara	258
36	Catherine	255
37	Gladys	248
38	Grace	244
39	Beatrice	241
40	Jane	236
41	Ethel	222
42	Lois	219
43	Ann	218
44	Maxine	214
44	Pauline	214
46	Edith	209
46	Edna	209
48	Clara	204
49	Rita	202
50	Leona	201
51	Louise	191
51	Thelma	191
53	Martha	190
54	Katherine	189
55	Agnes	185
56	Lorraine	177
56	Violet	177
58	Stella	176
59	Marguerite	175
60	Elsie	173
61	Vivian	171
62	Elaine	170
63	Kathryn	167
64	Hazel	162
65	Patricia	160
66	Eileen	157
67	Viola	152
68	Julia	144
69	Bertha	142
70	Arlene	139
70	Norma	139
72	Sophie	138
73	Charlotte	134
74	Wanda	133
75	Donna	132
76	Eva	131
76	Jennie	131
76	Kathleen	131
76	Pearl	131
80	Jeanne	129
81	Anne	127
81	Harriet	127
83	Wilma	125
84	Laura	123
85	Ellen	120
86	Jeanette	115
87	Emma	112
87	Sylvia	112
89	Vera	107
90	Ruby	102
91	Theresa	96
92	Rosemary	95
93	Eleanore	93
93	Ida	93
95	Audrey	89
95	Janet	89
95	Olga	89
98	Dolores	88
98	Loretta	88
98	Muriel	88