Most popular girls’ names in North Dakota, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	271
2	Helen	220
3	Margaret	206
4	Dorothy	194
5	Ruth	179
6	Esther	147
6	Evelyn	147
8	Alice	123
9	Gladys	122
10	Irene	121
11	Mildred	115
12	Florence	108
12	Lillian	108
14	Anna	107
15	Frances	106
16	Edna	97
17	Agnes	94
17	Marie	94
19	Emma	87
20	Elizabeth	84
20	Myrtle	84
20	Rose	84
23	Doris	82
24	Martha	81
25	Eleanor	75

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ida	73
27	Clara	72
28	Ethel	70
29	Hazel	69
30	Bernice	65
31	Mabel	64
32	Elsie	63
33	Lucille	62
34	Viola	60
35	Eva	58
36	Edith	55
37	Lois	53
38	Vivian	52
39	Bertha	51
40	Ann	49
40	Grace	49
40	Louise	49
40	Thelma	49
44	Virginia	48
45	Hilda	47
46	Katherine	46
46	Marian	46
48	Alma	45
48	Kathryn	45
48	Pauline	45
51	Catherine	43
51	Ella	43
51	Gertrude	43
51	Marjorie	43
55	Barbara	42
55	Fern	42
57	Marion	41
57	Pearl	41
59	Olga	39
60	Ruby	38
60	Violet	38
62	Betty	37
63	Adeline	36
64	Anne	35
64	Harriet	35
64	Josephine	35
64	Laura	35
64	Leona	35
64	Lydia	35
64	Verna	35
71	Ellen	34
72	June	33
73	Eunice	32
74	Frieda	31
75	Lorraine	30
75	Vera	30
77	Charlotte	29
77	Luella	29
77	Phyllis	29
80	Jean	27
81	Loretta	26
81	Mae	26
83	Erna	25
83	Julia	25
83	Sylvia	25
83	Theresa	25
87	Elaine	24
87	Inez	24
87	Lena	24
90	Cora	23
90	Eileen	23
90	Genevieve	23
90	Minnie	23
90	Selma	23
90	Stella	23
96	Alvina	22
96	Caroline	22
98	Beatrice	21
98	Beulah	21
98	Blanche	21
98	Kathleen	21