Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,026
2	Betty	2,733
3	Dorothy	1,914
4	Helen	1,506
5	Ruth	1,439
6	Margaret	1,206
7	Virginia	958
8	Jean	886
9	Patricia	879
10	Doris	780
11	Shirley	685
12	Lois	663
13	Norma	652
14	Barbara	633
15	Evelyn	630
16	Martha	604
17	Phyllis	594
18	Mildred	584
19	Elizabeth	579
20	Marjorie	570
21	Donna	564
22	Alice	554
23	Anna	552
24	Marilyn	514
25	Rose	512

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	500
27	Joan	485
28	Dolores	424
29	Irene	422
30	Eleanor	392
31	June	383
32	Pauline	369
33	Florence	366
34	Gloria	343
35	Rita	338
36	Thelma	334
37	Nancy	326
38	Rosemary	308
39	Eileen	304
40	Juanita	301
40	Wanda	301
40	Wilma	301
43	Catherine	289
43	Josephine	289
45	Jane	284
46	Lillian	283
46	Louise	283
48	Geraldine	281
49	Marie	279
50	Grace	277
51	Esther	272
52	Joyce	270
53	Janet	265
54	Audrey	259
55	Lucille	257
56	Ann	252
56	Marian	252
58	Edna	250
59	Edith	235
60	Clara	226
61	Jeanne	223
62	Kathryn	220
63	Charlotte	218
63	Katherine	218
65	Ethel	217
66	Gladys	205
67	Beverly	204
67	Carol	204
69	Elaine	201
70	Vivian	198
71	Bernice	190
72	Ruby	189
73	Hazel	186
74	Kathleen	180
75	Beatrice	178
76	Carolyn	173
77	Joanne	162
78	Maxine	161
79	Elsie	158
80	Ellen	153
80	Emma	153
80	Violet	153
83	Theresa	152
84	Julia	151
85	Bonnie	147
86	Vera	146
87	Jacqueline	145
88	Gertrude	140
88	Sarah	140
90	Roberta	139
91	Agnes	135
92	Delores	134
92	Laura	134
94	Janice	131
95	Viola	130
96	Arlene	125
97	Alberta	124
97	Marion	124
99	Margie	121
100	Alma	118