Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	7,650
2	Helen	4,969
3	Margaret	3,667
4	Dorothy	3,665
5	Anna	3,187
6	Ruth	2,649
7	Elizabeth	2,295
8	Betty	1,884
9	Mildred	1,562
10	Catherine	1,411
11	Marie	1,349
12	Florence	1,294
13	Rose	1,261
14	Frances	1,248
15	Eleanor	1,181
16	Virginia	1,100
17	Josephine	1,062
18	Jean	1,056
19	Evelyn	1,048
20	Irene	930
21	Alice	913
22	Grace	891
23	Martha	857
24	Ann	846
25	Doris	829

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillian	788
27	Ethel	733
28	Jane	719
29	Pauline	713
30	Esther	710
31	Kathryn	706
32	Edith	686
33	Julia	653
34	Rita	644
35	Edna	639
36	Anne	633
37	Louise	632
38	Thelma	601
39	Agnes	596
40	Gladys	578
41	Marion	561
42	Emma	549
43	Gertrude	547
44	Stella	519
45	Marjorie	483
46	Marian	480
47	Beatrice	477
48	Elsie	473
49	Sara	455
50	Clara	453
51	Katherine	450
52	June	439
53	Geraldine	424
53	Sarah	424
55	Bertha	419
56	Genevieve	379
57	Hazel	372
57	Pearl	372
59	Laura	369
60	Violet	361
61	Lois	351
62	Sophie	344
63	Charlotte	341
64	Bernice	340
64	Jennie	340
66	Miriam	334
67	Theresa	327
68	Sylvia	321
69	Ida	308
70	Barbara	280
71	Olga	278
71	Phyllis	278
73	Viola	276
74	Eva	275
75	Nellie	274
76	Lucille	273
77	Leona	272
78	Janet	270
79	Nancy	268
80	Mabel	267
81	Alma	260
81	Blanche	260
83	Ellen	259
84	Vivian	242
85	Marguerite	241
86	Verna	239
87	Mae	238
88	Regina	237
89	Dolores	235
90	Emily	228
91	Kathleen	226
91	Loretta	226
93	Arlene	225
94	Alberta	219
94	Jeanne	219
96	Veronica	213
97	Hilda	209
97	Shirley	209
99	Norma	200
99	Vera	200