Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,386
2	Helen	2,341
3	Dorothy	2,231
4	Betty	2,215
5	Ruth	1,934
6	Margaret	1,624
7	Virginia	1,357
8	Mildred	893
9	Marjorie	828
10	Anna	814
11	Evelyn	780
12	Martha	744
13	Elizabeth	743
14	Jean	635
15	Frances	610
16	Alice	602
17	Doris	593
18	Florence	566
19	Irene	552
20	Rose	475
21	Marie	458
22	Thelma	457
23	Catherine	440
24	Eleanor	425
25	Lillian	419

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Pauline	419
27	Edna	385
28	Jane	384
29	June	379
30	Lois	374
31	Ann	364
32	Grace	362
33	Kathryn	360
33	Rita	360
35	Josephine	358
36	Esther	357
37	Lucille	356
38	Norma	333
39	Gladys	317
40	Eileen	314
41	Marian	312
42	Edith	305
42	Ethel	305
44	Louise	302
45	Hazel	299
45	Phyllis	299
47	Clara	291
48	Wilma	264
49	Bernice	260
50	Geraldine	254
51	Anne	252
52	Wanda	237
53	Emma	236
54	Katherine	234
55	Jeanne	233
56	Barbara	229
57	Agnes	223
57	Patricia	223
59	Elsie	215
59	Juanita	215
61	Rosemary	212
62	Beatrice	211
63	Bertha	206
63	Julia	206
63	Shirley	206
63	Vivian	206
67	Gertrude	204
68	Kathleen	200
69	Charlotte	198
70	Dolores	195
71	Maxine	194
72	Janet	188
73	Vera	187
74	Viola	186
75	Stella	185
76	Violet	180
77	Mabel	179
78	Ruby	178
79	Alma	167
80	Leona	166
81	Laura	165
82	Donna	162
83	Eva	160
84	Elaine	159
84	Marguerite	159
84	Sarah	159
87	Ellen	158
88	Margie	154
89	Harriet	150
89	Miriam	150
91	Nancy	147
92	Audrey	146
93	Genevieve	145
93	Nellie	145
95	Sylvia	144
96	Marion	141
97	Alberta	139
97	Ida	139
99	Bette	133
99	Marcella	133