Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,868
2	Helen	1,108
3	Ruth	835
4	Dorothy	807
5	Margaret	737
6	Mildred	544
7	Elizabeth	460
8	Anna	377
9	Florence	343
10	Marie	333
11	Evelyn	314
12	Virginia	307
13	Frances	301
14	Alice	299
15	Thelma	263
16	Martha	262
17	Edna	257
18	Catherine	251
19	Lillian	230
20	Irene	220
21	Rose	216
22	Lucille	215
23	Ethel	211
24	Hazel	207
25	Gladys	203

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Esther	200
27	Edith	195
28	Eleanor	194
29	Gertrude	189
29	Grace	189
31	Louise	180
32	Clara	179
33	Marjorie	177
34	Kathryn	171
35	Josephine	169
36	Ann	164
37	Pauline	161
38	Emma	148
39	Bertha	146
40	Katherine	141
40	Mabel	141
42	Betty	139
43	Doris	125
44	Elsie	120
45	Julia	118
46	Beatrice	115
46	Jane	115
48	Bernice	113
49	Anne	111
50	Agnes	109
51	Jean	100
51	Nellie	100
53	Sarah	99
53	Violet	99
55	Marguerite	97
56	Alma	95
57	Leona	93
57	Lois	93
59	Marian	91
59	Viola	91
61	Pearl	90
61	Wilma	90
63	Laura	88
64	Eva	87
65	Vera	84
66	Charlotte	83
67	Sylvia	81
68	Beulah	78
68	Velma	78
70	Myrtle	76
70	Ruby	76
72	Ida	75
73	Alberta	69
73	Stella	69
75	Audrey	67
75	Marcella	67
77	Opal	66
78	Bessie	65
79	Goldie	64
79	Norma	64
79	Olive	64
82	Blanche	62
83	Marion	60
84	Geraldine	59
85	Freda	58
85	Harriet	58
85	Hilda	58
85	Vivian	58
89	Ada	56
90	Genevieve	55
91	Mae	54
92	Ella	53
92	Lena	53
94	Ellen	52
94	Emily	52
94	Erma	52
94	Naomi	52
98	Jessie	51
98	Loretta	51
100	Jennie	50