Most popular girls’ names in Oklahoma, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	931
2	Dorothy	478
3	Helen	467
4	Ruby	425
5	Ruth	409
6	Mildred	407
7	Opal	309
8	Margaret	291
9	Hazel	290
10	Pauline	269
11	Juanita	261
12	Frances	253
13	Thelma	239
14	Edna	231
15	Edith	222
16	Gladys	218
17	Lucille	211
18	Virginia	205
19	Lois	191
20	Marie	179
21	Evelyn	165
22	Alice	162
23	Anna	160
24	Velma	158
25	Irene	154

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	141
27	Ethel	138
28	Martha	137
29	Jessie	136
30	Vera	133
31	Louise	132
32	Lillian	130
33	Doris	127
33	Lorene	127
33	Myrtle	127
36	Maxine	117
37	Bessie	116
38	Wilma	115
39	Geneva	114
40	Eva	113
40	Viola	113
42	Bertha	112
43	Beatrice	111
44	Elsie	107
45	Alma	106
46	Bernice	105
46	Pearl	105
48	Emma	100
49	Grace	98
50	Marjorie	94
51	Ida	93
51	Minnie	93
53	Betty	92
53	Bonnie	92
53	Jewell	92
56	Esther	91
57	Willie	90
58	Josephine	89
59	Clara	88
59	Laura	88
59	Leona	88
59	Lillie	88
63	Florence	85
64	Beulah	84
65	Faye	81
66	Nellie	80
67	Georgia	76
68	Inez	75
69	Vivian	74
70	Lola	70
71	June	69
71	Sarah	69
73	Goldie	68
73	Jewel	68
73	Kathryn	68
73	Lena	68
77	Gertrude	66
78	Annie	65
78	Mabel	65
80	Ella	62
81	Marguerite	61
82	Wanda	60
83	Eunice	59
83	Fern	59
83	Geraldine	59
83	Katherine	59
87	Agnes	58
88	Alta	57
88	Eula	57
88	Mable	57
91	Audrey	56
91	Sylvia	56
91	Verna	56
91	Violet	56
95	Rose	55
96	Blanche	54
96	Ellen	54
96	Iva	54
99	Flora	53
99	Nora	53