Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,981
2	Helen	3,324
3	Anna	2,836
4	Margaret	2,608
5	Dorothy	2,077
6	Elizabeth	1,711
7	Ruth	1,557
8	Catherine	1,197
9	Mildred	1,135
10	Marie	988
11	Rose	944
12	Florence	931
13	Frances	863
14	Josephine	756
15	Alice	720
16	Evelyn	682
17	Grace	659
18	Eleanor	654
19	Ann	632
20	Kathryn	613
21	Lillian	594
22	Martha	561
23	Ethel	544
24	Virginia	537
25	Anne	528

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Esther	520
27	Edna	500
27	Jean	500
27	Julia	500
30	Irene	489
31	Louise	488
32	Gertrude	484
33	Stella	478
34	Edith	476
35	Agnes	470
36	Pauline	461
37	Emma	436
38	Thelma	424
39	Sarah	404
40	Betty	396
41	Gladys	393
42	Marion	368
43	Katherine	363
44	Clara	360
44	Sara	360
46	Beatrice	350
47	Jennie	334
48	Hazel	333
49	Jane	328
50	Bertha	322
51	Elsie	317
52	Laura	291
53	Pearl	275
54	Ida	273
55	Mabel	269
56	Genevieve	262
57	Theresa	261
58	Marian	259
58	Sophie	259
60	Eva	256
61	Violet	253
62	Nellie	245
63	Rita	239
64	Doris	234
65	Viola	216
66	Blanche	214
67	Marjorie	209
68	Charlotte	206
69	Sylvia	204
70	Ellen	186
71	Emily	184
72	Miriam	181
73	Verna	177
74	Alma	176
74	Mae	176
74	Vera	176
77	Barbara	173
77	Lucy	173
79	Lena	172
79	Madeline	172
81	Hilda	171
82	Leona	170
83	Lucille	168
84	Olga	160
85	Lois	157
86	Marguerite	154
87	Bernice	151
87	Myrtle	151
89	Alberta	150
90	Caroline	148
91	Victoria	147
92	Bessie	145
93	Harriet	143
94	Veronica	138
95	Amelia	135
96	Geraldine	134
96	Regina	134
98	Loretta	133
98	Minnie	133
100	Nancy	132