Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	7,988
2	Helen	4,921
3	Anna	3,533
4	Margaret	3,461
5	Dorothy	3,084
6	Ruth	2,387
7	Elizabeth	2,227
8	Catherine	1,600
9	Mildred	1,523
10	Rose	1,356
11	Marie	1,314
12	Frances	1,260
13	Florence	1,209
14	Josephine	1,148
15	Eleanor	1,004
16	Virginia	964
17	Betty	953
18	Alice	937
19	Evelyn	916
20	Ann	876
21	Grace	858
22	Martha	825
23	Irene	819
24	Lillian	783
25	Kathryn	781

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ethel	766
27	Jean	765
28	Anne	719
29	Pauline	717
30	Julia	688
31	Edith	671
32	Esther	655
33	Edna	646
34	Gertrude	642
35	Agnes	640
36	Louise	634
37	Stella	629
38	Emma	597
39	Rita	578
40	Marion	573
41	Thelma	571
42	Gladys	559
43	Jane	532
44	Doris	523
45	Sarah	495
46	Beatrice	478
47	Katherine	476
48	Clara	475
49	Jennie	462
50	Bertha	454
51	Sara	436
52	Sophie	434
53	Elsie	423
54	Marian	412
55	Hazel	402
56	Pearl	392
57	Ida	364
58	Genevieve	361
59	Theresa	355
60	Marjorie	354
61	Laura	345
62	Violet	344
63	Sylvia	320
64	Lois	314
65	Nellie	311
66	Charlotte	294
66	Eva	294
68	Blanche	287
69	Geraldine	280
69	Viola	280
71	Olga	269
72	Lucille	265
72	Miriam	265
74	Mabel	263
75	June	259
76	Bernice	257
77	Lucy	256
78	Verna	253
79	Mae	247
80	Ellen	246
81	Leona	241
82	Marguerite	239
83	Barbara	235
84	Alma	232
85	Emily	230
86	Veronica	229
87	Naomi	228
88	Lena	227
89	Alberta	226
90	Vera	218
91	Harriet	215
91	Nancy	215
93	Hilda	210
94	Myrtle	205
95	Janet	200
96	Loretta	197
96	Madeline	197
98	Regina	192
98	Victoria	192
100	Ella	190