Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	7,772
2	Helen	4,873
3	Dorothy	3,857
4	Margaret	3,647
5	Anna	2,985
6	Ruth	2,698
7	Betty	2,348
8	Elizabeth	2,260
9	Mildred	1,451
10	Catherine	1,434
11	Marie	1,391
12	Frances	1,322
13	Florence	1,293
14	Virginia	1,260
15	Jean	1,240
16	Rose	1,224
17	Eleanor	1,172
18	Evelyn	1,163
19	Josephine	1,049
20	Irene	1,030
21	Doris	979
22	Grace	903
23	Alice	901
24	Ann	868
25	Martha	849

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jane	838
27	Lillian	811
28	Kathryn	754
29	Ethel	749
30	Pauline	706
31	Edith	705
32	Marjorie	689
33	Esther	675
34	Rita	665
35	Agnes	654
36	Louise	647
37	Anne	629
38	Edna	618
39	Julia	615
40	Gladys	602
41	Gertrude	564
42	Thelma	563
43	Marion	541
44	Beatrice	505
45	Stella	498
46	Emma	496
47	Clara	479
48	June	465
49	Marian	461
50	Sara	444
51	Katherine	429
52	Lois	424
53	Geraldine	413
54	Bertha	411
54	Sarah	411
56	Pearl	408
57	Jennie	406
58	Genevieve	405
59	Elsie	403
60	Laura	363
61	Theresa	361
62	Bernice	355
63	Phyllis	349
64	Hazel	347
64	Ida	347
66	Charlotte	345
67	Sophie	339
68	Norma	326
69	Violet	324
70	Sylvia	319
71	Eva	316
72	Janet	313
73	Barbara	311
74	Viola	304
75	Miriam	303
76	Dolores	286
77	Nancy	285
78	Regina	282
79	Alma	281
80	Lucille	280
81	Mabel	278
82	Olga	265
83	Shirley	261
84	Kathleen	258
85	Nellie	256
86	Ellen	253
87	Lucy	252
88	Jeanne	251
89	Emily	248
90	Mae	247
91	Blanche	243
91	Leona	243
93	Arlene	242
94	Hilda	241
95	Vivian	238
96	Verna	235
97	Marguerite	231
98	Madeline	230
98	Vera	230
100	Harriet	227