Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,202
2	Helen	2,592
3	Ruth	1,947
4	Dorothy	1,932
5	Margaret	1,662
6	Virginia	1,297
7	Betty	1,290
8	Mildred	977
9	Elizabeth	860
10	Anna	851
11	Evelyn	767
12	Frances	734
13	Martha	664
14	Florence	635
15	Alice	619
16	Irene	549
17	Rose	529
18	Marjorie	511
19	Marie	504
20	Jean	491
21	Eleanor	483
22	Doris	471
23	Ann	458
24	Thelma	448
25	Catherine	437

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	431
27	Esther	423
28	Pauline	420
29	Lillian	419
30	Grace	418
31	Lucille	402
32	Edith	392
33	Josephine	384
34	Gladys	373
35	Jane	371
36	Ethel	356
37	Kathryn	353
38	Hazel	344
38	Louise	344
40	Clara	304
41	Julia	298
41	Lois	298
43	Rita	289
44	Katherine	288
45	Anne	278
46	Elsie	269
46	June	269
48	Emma	265
49	Marian	258
50	Eileen	254
50	Gertrude	254
52	Bernice	249
53	Agnes	245
54	Bertha	228
55	Geraldine	224
56	Wilma	218
57	Beatrice	217
58	Stella	213
59	Vera	204
60	Phyllis	199
61	Maxine	195
62	Genevieve	189
63	Charlotte	185
64	Alma	184
65	Pearl	179
66	Mabel	175
67	Ruby	174
68	Sarah	173
69	Eva	172
70	Nellie	171
71	Leona	170
72	Viola	169
73	Ellen	168
73	Laura	168
75	Marguerite	167
75	Vivian	167
77	Jeanne	160
78	Kathleen	159
79	Norma	158
80	Violet	156
81	Barbara	152
82	Marion	151
83	Rosemary	148
84	Janet	146
85	Juanita	144
86	Wanda	138
87	Ida	135
88	Harriet	133
88	Opal	133
90	Theresa	129
91	Sylvia	127
92	Jennie	126
92	Sara	126
94	Dolores	125
95	Myrtle	124
96	Audrey	122
97	Alberta	119
98	Marcella	117
98	Miriam	117
100	Bessie	115
100	Loretta	115