Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	7,730
2	Helen	4,656
3	Anna	3,582
4	Margaret	3,301
5	Dorothy	2,933
6	Ruth	2,249
7	Elizabeth	2,188
8	Catherine	1,489
9	Mildred	1,466
10	Marie	1,298
11	Rose	1,250
12	Frances	1,224
13	Florence	1,184
14	Josephine	1,040
15	Eleanor	992
16	Evelyn	930
17	Ann	894
18	Grace	889
19	Virginia	853
20	Alice	844
21	Kathryn	778
22	Martha	755
23	Lillian	746
24	Anne	735
25	Julia	734

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jean	731
27	Irene	715
28	Ethel	686
29	Esther	668
30	Edith	657
31	Betty	651
32	Pauline	649
33	Edna	633
34	Stella	618
35	Louise	614
36	Emma	590
37	Agnes	564
38	Gertrude	561
39	Rita	551
40	Thelma	547
41	Jane	523
42	Sarah	520
43	Marion	494
44	Gladys	489
45	Beatrice	464
46	Bertha	456
47	Katherine	438
48	Clara	435
49	Sara	429
50	Jennie	426
51	Doris	423
52	Hazel	405
53	Elsie	398
53	Marian	398
55	Pearl	397
56	Violet	388
57	Ida	386
58	Laura	367
59	Sophie	351
60	Theresa	328
61	Mabel	320
62	Genevieve	319
63	Sylvia	316
64	Marjorie	314
65	Nellie	308
66	Eva	299
67	Charlotte	294
68	Lois	293
69	Miriam	284
70	Viola	263
71	Olga	255
72	Bernice	254
73	Hilda	248
74	Geraldine	244
75	Ellen	243
76	Blanche	240
77	Leona	237
77	Lucy	237
79	Barbara	232
80	Vera	231
81	Emily	230
82	June	229
83	Marguerite	223
84	Verna	219
85	Madeline	212
86	Alma	211
87	Lucille	210
88	Lena	208
89	Olive	207
90	Amelia	206
91	Veronica	203
92	Alberta	199
92	Bessie	199
92	Phyllis	199
95	Nancy	198
96	Mae	194
97	Ella	190
97	Harriet	190
97	Regina	190
100	Caroline	188