Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,947
2	Helen	2,447
3	Dorothy	1,834
4	Ruth	1,732
5	Margaret	1,565
6	Virginia	1,092
7	Mildred	968
8	Betty	856
9	Elizabeth	838
10	Anna	819
11	Evelyn	766
12	Frances	661
13	Martha	635
14	Florence	614
15	Alice	549
16	Rose	494
17	Catherine	484
18	Irene	478
18	Marie	478
20	Eleanor	475
21	Marjorie	443
22	Thelma	427
23	Ann	413
24	Pauline	412
25	Edna	402

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Josephine	398
27	Lillian	396
28	Jean	392
29	Lucille	390
30	Esther	386
31	Doris	384
32	Ethel	372
33	Jane	370
34	Hazel	339
35	Edith	338
36	Grace	334
37	Kathryn	333
38	Clara	322
39	Gladys	319
40	Louise	315
41	Julia	281
42	Gertrude	278
43	Anne	266
44	June	259
45	Lois	256
46	Bernice	255
47	Katherine	252
48	Agnes	245
49	Wilma	240
50	Rita	239
51	Elsie	237
52	Emma	229
53	Eileen	226
54	Beatrice	210
55	Marguerite	205
56	Mabel	200
57	Stella	199
58	Bertha	196
59	Charlotte	194
60	Marian	191
61	Geraldine	190
62	Vera	187
63	Genevieve	185
64	Ruby	179
65	Viola	173
66	Phyllis	171
67	Maxine	168
68	Laura	165
68	Nellie	165
70	Marion	157
71	Ida	156
72	Leona	155
73	Sarah	154
74	Janet	152
75	Ellen	151
76	Norma	150
77	Juanita	148
78	Alma	146
79	Barbara	143
79	Eva	143
81	Violet	142
82	Vivian	141
83	Rosemary	139
84	Jennie	137
84	Kathleen	137
86	Pearl	136
87	Opal	135
88	Sylvia	129
89	Marcella	128
90	Bessie	127
91	Miriam	124
91	Sophie	124
93	Audrey	122
94	Myrtle	119
95	Alberta	117
95	Harriet	117
95	Loretta	117
98	Sara	115
98	Winifred	115
100	Dolores	114