Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,736
2	Helen	2,253
3	Dorothy	1,718
4	Ruth	1,673
5	Margaret	1,509
6	Virginia	906
7	Mildred	882
8	Elizabeth	833
9	Anna	758
10	Evelyn	666
11	Betty	644
12	Frances	638
13	Florence	602
14	Martha	571
15	Alice	567
16	Marie	563
17	Rose	523
18	Irene	492
19	Catherine	454
20	Eleanor	448
21	Thelma	445
22	Marjorie	439
23	Edna	393
24	Esther	389
25	Lucille	386

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ann	382
26	Lillian	382
28	Doris	381
29	Josephine	377
30	Kathryn	366
31	Pauline	361
32	Louise	339
33	Jean	334
34	Grace	332
35	Edith	327
36	Ethel	322
37	Hazel	321
38	Jane	316
39	Clara	314
40	Gladys	311
41	Gertrude	297
42	Katherine	263
43	Julia	255
44	Anne	253
45	Lois	241
45	Wilma	241
47	Elsie	238
47	Marian	238
49	Agnes	235
50	Bertha	214
51	Beatrice	211
52	Bernice	205
52	Emma	205
54	Stella	204
55	Vera	193
56	June	187
57	Eileen	186
58	Mabel	182
59	Rita	181
60	Sarah	177
61	Geraldine	176
61	Viola	176
63	Violet	174
64	Laura	172
65	Leona	165
66	Nellie	164
67	Marguerite	163
68	Charlotte	161
69	Ruby	156
70	Genevieve	153
70	Phyllis	153
72	Alma	152
73	Ida	142
74	Dolores	139
74	Myrtle	139
76	Maxine	137
76	Norma	137
78	Marion	134
79	Eva	133
80	Barbara	131
81	Vivian	130
82	Theresa	125
83	Ellen	124
84	Rosemary	123
84	Sylvia	123
86	Juanita	122
87	Audrey	120
87	Pearl	120
89	Loretta	117
90	Hilda	116
91	Kathleen	115
92	Jennie	114
93	Bessie	113
94	Harriet	108
94	Janet	108
94	Naomi	108
97	Opal	107
98	Sophie	105
99	Beulah	104
99	Blanche	104