Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1910

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary2,913
2Helen1,604
3Anna1,534
4Margaret1,311
5Elizabeth891
6Dorothy798
7Ruth664
8Mildred599
9Catherine568
10Marie512
11Florence494
12Rose492
13Frances393
14Alice382
15Josephine353
16Ethel346
17Grace324
18Lillian309
19Edna302
20Martha301
21Kathryn290
22Evelyn288
23Gertrude282
24Ann273
25Agnes265
RankNameBabies
26Emma256
27Edith255
28Esther244
28Julia244
30Eleanor242
31Irene233
32Sarah227
33Anne225
34Pauline213
34Stella213
36Bertha211
36Gladys211
36Hazel211
39Katherine210
40Louise201
41Mabel197
42Clara195
43Elsie194
44Jean192
45Marion181
46Virginia179
47Thelma175
48Beatrice173
49Ida171
50Sara165
51Betty161
51Jennie161
53Laura148
54Nellie145
55Pearl138
56Viola133
57Eva124
58Blanche123
59Marian120
59Theresa120
61Genevieve119
62Violet112
63Lena106
63Myrtle106
65Sophie104
66Hilda102
67Bessie97
67Minnie97
69Leona94
70Olive93
71Vera92
72Ellen91
73Susan89
74Ella88
75Alma87
76Charlotte86
77Emily85
77Mae85
79Verna82
80Miriam81
81Lucy80
82Lucille79
82Marjorie79
84Jane78
84Marguerite78
86Harriet76
87Alberta73
88Sylvia71
88Veronica71
88Victoria71
91Doris69
92Madeline68
92Sophia68
94Caroline67
95Regina66
96Carrie65
96Sadie65
98Loretta63
99Barbara62
100Ada61