Most popular girls’ names in Montana, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	289
2	Helen	280
3	Margaret	233
4	Dorothy	223
5	Ruth	168
6	Alice	108
6	Frances	108
8	Mildred	97
9	Evelyn	94
10	Virginia	79
11	Doris	73
11	Hazel	73
13	Lucille	72
13	Marjorie	72
15	Gladys	71
16	Lois	70
17	Marie	69
18	Edna	67
18	Irene	67
20	Ethel	63
21	Florence	62
22	Anna	61
22	Lillian	61
24	Elizabeth	60
24	Esther	60

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rose	59
27	Betty	54
28	Edith	53
29	Agnes	52
30	Jean	51
30	Louise	51
32	Catherine	49
32	June	49
34	Thelma	47
35	Elsie	46
35	Grace	46
37	Eleanor	45
37	Gertrude	45
37	Martha	45
40	Marian	43
41	Bernice	41
42	Violet	40
43	Clara	39
43	Ruby	39
45	Vera	37
46	Ellen	36
46	Josephine	36
46	Vivian	36
49	Emma	35
49	Kathryn	35
51	Mabel	34
52	Beatrice	33
52	Phyllis	33
54	Ann	32
54	Barbara	32
54	Geraldine	32
54	Katherine	32
54	Viola	32
59	Marion	31
60	Laura	30
60	Maxine	30
60	Myrtle	30
63	Olive	28
63	Stella	28
65	Anne	27
65	Pauline	27
67	Jessie	26
67	Leona	26
69	Bertha	25
69	Jane	25
69	Nellie	25
72	Eva	24
72	Sylvia	24
74	Audrey	23
74	Eileen	23
74	Georgia	23
77	Charlotte	22
77	Fern	22
77	Genevieve	22
80	Julia	20
80	Kathleen	20
80	Marguerite	20
80	Patricia	20
84	Eunice	19
84	Ida	19
86	Harriet	18
87	Lydia	17
87	Mae	17
87	Norma	17
87	Opal	17
87	Pearl	17
92	Lorraine	16
92	Luella	16
92	Roberta	16
92	Wilma	16
92	Winifred	16
97	Alma	15
97	Caroline	15
97	Dora	15
97	Jennie	15
97	Joyce	15
97	Olga	15
97	Sarah	15