Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,188
2	Helen	1,733
3	Anna	1,555
4	Margaret	1,404
5	Dorothy	1,022
6	Elizabeth	962
7	Ruth	725
8	Catherine	653
9	Mildred	628
10	Rose	581
11	Marie	556
12	Florence	525
13	Frances	475
14	Alice	385
15	Grace	358
16	Josephine	347
17	Edna	341
18	Ethel	337
19	Kathryn	333
20	Evelyn	322
21	Lillian	320
22	Martha	298
23	Esther	289
24	Ann	287
25	Julia	285

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	282
27	Agnes	281
27	Eleanor	281
29	Gertrude	271
30	Irene	269
31	Emma	254
32	Louise	247
33	Gladys	242
34	Virginia	230
35	Bertha	229
35	Clara	229
37	Anne	222
38	Pauline	220
39	Stella	217
40	Sarah	216
40	Thelma	216
42	Jean	205
43	Katherine	204
44	Marion	195
45	Mabel	193
46	Hazel	184
47	Beatrice	178
48	Elsie	173
49	Betty	166
50	Ida	160
51	Laura	154
52	Viola	151
52	Violet	151
54	Eva	146
54	Sara	146
56	Theresa	144
57	Jennie	143
58	Pearl	142
59	Blanche	138
59	Mae	138
61	Jane	132
62	Hilda	129
63	Nellie	123
64	Genevieve	121
64	Marian	121
66	Charlotte	115
66	Myrtle	115
68	Sophie	114
69	Susan	110
70	Alma	106
71	Miriam	104
72	Bessie	103
72	Emily	103
74	Lena	102
75	Olive	100
76	Ellen	95
77	Vera	94
78	Doris	92
78	Loretta	92
80	Leona	91
81	Harriet	90
81	Minnie	90
81	Verna	90
84	Barbara	88
84	Marjorie	88
86	Sylvia	87
87	Bernice	85
88	Marguerite	84
89	Ella	83
90	Lucy	79
91	Caroline	78
91	Naomi	78
93	Veronica	74
94	Madeline	72
95	Victoria	66
96	Geraldine	65
96	Olga	65
98	Cecelia	63
99	Alberta	62
99	Isabel	62
99	Jessie	62
99	Lois	62
99	Lucille	62