Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	7,970
2	Helen	4,617
3	Anna	3,623
4	Margaret	3,324
5	Dorothy	2,847
6	Ruth	2,218
7	Elizabeth	2,109
8	Catherine	1,426
9	Mildred	1,385
10	Marie	1,300
11	Rose	1,290
12	Florence	1,192
13	Frances	1,174
14	Josephine	1,068
15	Eleanor	948
16	Evelyn	918
17	Alice	863
18	Grace	854
19	Ann	839
20	Kathryn	787
21	Virginia	766
22	Martha	765
23	Lillian	733
24	Anne	705
25	Jean	693

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ethel	687
27	Esther	661
28	Julia	659
29	Edith	656
30	Edna	642
30	Irene	642
32	Stella	623
33	Pauline	621
34	Emma	618
35	Gertrude	617
36	Agnes	588
36	Louise	588
38	Betty	568
39	Thelma	537
40	Gladys	504
41	Bertha	481
42	Katherine	480
43	Jane	469
43	Sarah	469
45	Marion	464
46	Beatrice	451
47	Rita	441
48	Elsie	426
49	Clara	413
50	Sara	412
51	Hazel	408
52	Jennie	406
53	Sophie	385
54	Marian	364
55	Pearl	357
56	Doris	354
57	Theresa	349
58	Ida	344
59	Laura	337
60	Genevieve	324
61	Mabel	314
62	Sylvia	311
63	Eva	308
64	Nellie	304
65	Violet	296
66	Miriam	283
67	Charlotte	282
67	Marjorie	282
69	Viola	281
70	Blanche	272
71	Lois	262
72	Emily	237
73	Bernice	234
74	Alma	233
75	Barbara	232
76	Lucy	229
76	Olga	229
78	Hilda	227
79	Lena	226
80	Leona	223
80	Mae	223
80	Vera	223
83	Ellen	221
84	Marguerite	219
85	Myrtle	218
86	Verna	213
87	Bessie	208
88	Lucille	196
89	Caroline	195
90	Loretta	190
91	Geraldine	188
91	Olive	188
93	Ella	187
94	Victoria	186
95	Susan	184
96	Veronica	183
97	Madeline	180
98	Alberta	177
99	Harriet	173
100	Regina	172