Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	8,184
2	Helen	5,410
3	Margaret	3,606
4	Anna	3,594
5	Dorothy	3,422
6	Ruth	2,621
7	Elizabeth	2,424
8	Catherine	1,552
9	Mildred	1,542
10	Frances	1,405
11	Marie	1,387
12	Rose	1,289
13	Florence	1,287
14	Betty	1,212
15	Josephine	1,199
16	Eleanor	1,151
17	Virginia	1,096
18	Evelyn	1,030
19	Ann	941
20	Grace	937
21	Jean	891
22	Alice	888
23	Irene	871
24	Kathryn	833
25	Lillian	831

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Martha	821
27	Ethel	764
28	Anne	761
28	Julia	761
30	Esther	749
31	Pauline	745
32	Agnes	711
33	Edna	677
34	Edith	675
35	Stella	662
36	Jane	656
37	Rita	651
38	Thelma	643
39	Louise	640
40	Gertrude	626
41	Gladys	608
42	Emma	602
43	Marion	597
44	Doris	583
45	Sara	501
46	Beatrice	497
47	Marian	483
48	Katherine	479
49	Sarah	470
50	Clara	468
51	Elsie	464
52	Bertha	454
53	Jennie	447
54	Marjorie	434
55	Hazel	427
56	Pearl	419
57	Sophie	400
58	Violet	391
59	Ida	383
60	Genevieve	381
60	Laura	381
62	Theresa	362
63	Geraldine	348
64	Nellie	336
65	Charlotte	335
66	June	332
67	Eva	326
68	Lois	324
69	Miriam	322
70	Sylvia	307
71	Mabel	303
72	Viola	302
73	Bernice	291
74	Olga	283
75	Blanche	279
76	Lucille	277
77	Leona	266
78	Barbara	264
79	Marguerite	261
80	Vera	259
81	Ellen	257
82	Mae	256
83	Alma	252
84	Emily	250
85	Verna	247
86	Veronica	244
86	Victoria	244
88	Hilda	242
89	Caroline	239
90	Janet	237
90	Phyllis	237
92	Lena	228
93	Regina	227
94	Alberta	224
95	Myrtle	223
96	Lucy	221
97	Nancy	220
98	Madeline	218
99	Loretta	217
100	Ella	215