Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1913

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary4,739
2Helen2,694
3Anna2,327
4Margaret1,991
5Dorothy1,557
6Elizabeth1,388
7Ruth1,231
8Mildred939
9Catherine919
10Rose832
11Marie784
12Frances698
13Florence678
14Josephine651
15Alice562
16Grace522
17Eleanor519
18Evelyn503
19Kathryn496
20Ethel472
21Martha463
22Irene456
23Ann454
24Edna436
24Lillian436
RankNameBabies
26Julia430
27Esther429
28Edith407
29Virginia405
30Anne393
31Agnes378
31Jean378
33Gertrude362
34Stella361
35Louise359
36Sarah352
37Gladys349
38Emma346
39Bertha334
39Thelma334
41Pauline326
42Beatrice300
43Betty296
44Marion293
45Hazel285
46Sara282
47Katherine279
48Elsie268
49Clara265
50Mabel252
51Jennie242
52Laura239
53Ida238
54Jane222
55Eva218
56Pearl217
57Nellie206
58Marian203
59Sophie201
60Violet198
61Genevieve197
62Viola193
63Theresa184
64Blanche176
65Charlotte166
66Doris164
67Sylvia163
68Marjorie162
68Miriam162
70Alma160
71Lena151
71Myrtle151
73Leona150
74Vera148
75Emily145
76Verna143
77Marguerite141
78Ellen140
78Mae140
78Veronica140
81Hilda139
82Madeline132
82Minnie132
84Olive130
85Alberta129
86Lois127
86Susan127
88Lucy125
89Bernice122
90Bessie121
91Barbara112
92Lucille110
93Caroline108
94Janet107
94Sophia107
96Jessie105
97Victoria99
98Nancy98
99Cecelia97
99Olga97