Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,106
2	Helen	2,241
3	Anna	2,075
4	Margaret	1,876
5	Dorothy	1,407
6	Elizabeth	1,293
7	Ruth	1,046
8	Mildred	833
9	Catherine	826
10	Rose	707
11	Marie	683
12	Florence	645
13	Frances	627
14	Alice	530
15	Grace	517
16	Josephine	513
17	Ethel	432
18	Lillian	425
19	Edna	420
20	Martha	419
21	Kathryn	417
22	Eleanor	406
23	Evelyn	399
24	Agnes	382
25	Anne	375

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Esther	369
27	Ann	363
28	Edith	357
29	Gertrude	345
30	Virginia	342
31	Julia	340
32	Emma	335
33	Irene	323
34	Gladys	319
35	Pauline	309
36	Sarah	302
37	Stella	290
38	Jean	284
39	Thelma	281
40	Louise	279
41	Marion	277
42	Bertha	275
43	Clara	260
44	Betty	249
45	Hazel	248
46	Mabel	243
47	Elsie	242
48	Beatrice	240
49	Jennie	233
49	Katherine	233
51	Nellie	213
52	Violet	208
53	Pearl	203
54	Laura	201
55	Sara	198
56	Jane	196
57	Ida	194
58	Eva	184
59	Marian	182
60	Blanche	179
61	Sophie	177
62	Theresa	165
63	Genevieve	157
63	Mae	157
65	Viola	156
66	Miriam	150
67	Doris	147
68	Hilda	144
69	Marjorie	143
70	Charlotte	141
71	Lena	137
72	Bessie	133
73	Verna	132
74	Marguerite	131
75	Alma	129
76	Myrtle	127
77	Ellen	125
78	Barbara	120
78	Ella	120
80	Sylvia	117
81	Veronica	116
82	Bernice	113
83	Leona	111
84	Lois	110
85	Caroline	108
86	Loretta	107
86	Minnie	107
88	Madeline	105
89	Victoria	103
90	Vera	102
91	Alberta	101
91	Emily	101
91	Sophia	101
94	Susan	100
95	Cecelia	99
96	Lucy	96
97	Lucille	91
98	Isabel	88
99	Harriet	87
99	Olga	87