Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,808
2	Betty	2,656
3	Dorothy	2,093
4	Helen	1,634
5	Ruth	1,497
6	Margaret	1,321
7	Virginia	964
8	Jean	881
9	Doris	772
10	Mildred	655
11	Marjorie	654
12	Evelyn	647
12	Patricia	647
14	Anna	604
15	Lois	599
16	Martha	581
17	Norma	579
18	Alice	569
19	Elizabeth	565
20	Barbara	547
21	Phyllis	530
22	Rose	516
23	Frances	511
23	Shirley	511
25	Florence	475

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	456
27	Eleanor	446
28	June	437
29	Joan	424
30	Marilyn	412
31	Donna	408
32	Gloria	394
33	Pauline	368
34	Marie	362
35	Thelma	359
36	Eileen	335
37	Catherine	334
38	Rita	327
39	Jane	318
40	Esther	309
40	Lillian	309
42	Dolores	294
43	Rosemary	289
44	Geraldine	286
45	Wilma	285
46	Ann	278
46	Josephine	278
46	Juanita	278
49	Wanda	275
50	Edna	274
51	Janet	272
52	Audrey	262
53	Lucille	260
54	Louise	259
55	Edith	258
56	Kathryn	254
57	Grace	250
58	Jeanne	239
58	Marian	239
60	Nancy	237
61	Gladys	236
62	Bernice	229
63	Clara	225
64	Ethel	214
65	Joyce	205
66	Hazel	195
67	Beatrice	194
68	Charlotte	188
68	Kathleen	188
70	Katherine	186
71	Carol	182
72	Ruby	180
73	Elaine	179
73	Emma	179
75	Maxine	177
76	Elsie	175
77	Julia	174
78	Marion	168
79	Agnes	159
79	Vivian	159
81	Violet	157
82	Beverly	156
83	Theresa	155
84	Laura	148
85	Gertrude	145
86	Joanne	143
86	Vera	143
88	Carolyn	142
89	Ellen	140
90	Anne	139
91	Sarah	128
92	Bonnie	127
92	Eva	127
94	Margie	125
94	Miriam	125
96	Peggy	123
97	Bertha	120
97	Jacqueline	120
99	Alma	118
99	Viola	118