Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,232
2	Helen	2,345
3	Dorothy	2,321
4	Betty	1,947
5	Ruth	1,942
6	Margaret	1,649
7	Virginia	1,136
8	Mildred	956
9	Elizabeth	857
10	Evelyn	794
11	Anna	775
12	Martha	670
13	Frances	662
14	Marjorie	649
15	Alice	633
16	Jean	594
17	Doris	592
18	Florence	591
19	Marie	526
20	Eleanor	520
21	Irene	505
22	Rose	462
23	Catherine	442
24	Edna	429
25	Pauline	408

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jane	405
27	Thelma	380
28	Josephine	373
29	Lois	371
30	Lillian	370
31	Lucille	368
32	Esther	367
33	Ann	358
34	Kathryn	356
35	Louise	355
36	June	349
37	Edith	344
38	Hazel	336
39	Ethel	329
40	Gladys	328
41	Rita	324
42	Grace	323
43	Clara	276
44	Eileen	274
45	Marian	273
46	Bernice	269
46	Gertrude	269
48	Katherine	266
49	Norma	258
50	Wilma	256
51	Phyllis	254
52	Anne	249
53	Geraldine	247
54	Julia	246
55	Agnes	245
56	Beatrice	234
57	Jeanne	230
58	Elsie	219
59	Barbara	211
60	Emma	210
61	Vivian	209
62	Kathleen	205
63	Juanita	200
64	Maxine	199
65	Violet	198
66	Rosemary	194
66	Vera	194
68	Bertha	192
69	Ruby	185
70	Wanda	182
71	Charlotte	178
72	Janet	175
72	Stella	175
74	Laura	170
74	Sarah	170
74	Viola	170
77	Dolores	168
78	Alma	164
79	Marguerite	163
80	Mabel	161
81	Leona	160
82	Genevieve	159
82	Marion	159
84	Shirley	158
85	Eva	157
86	Ida	146
87	Pearl	143
88	Audrey	139
88	Ellen	139
88	Nellie	139
91	Sylvia	130
92	Bette	125
92	Harriet	125
92	Marcella	125
92	Opal	125
96	Loretta	122
97	Bessie	121
98	Jeanette	117
99	Nancy	116
100	Donna	115
100	Miriam	115