Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	7,303
2	Helen	4,423
3	Dorothy	3,504
4	Margaret	3,431
5	Anna	2,725
6	Betty	2,627
7	Ruth	2,334
8	Elizabeth	2,301
9	Mildred	1,385
10	Catherine	1,348
11	Marie	1,329
12	Jean	1,267
13	Frances	1,235
14	Eleanor	1,179
15	Rose	1,177
15	Virginia	1,177
17	Florence	1,175
18	Josephine	1,043
19	Irene	1,014
20	Evelyn	991
21	Doris	968
22	Alice	916
23	Grace	831
24	Martha	799
25	Ann	796

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Pauline	717
27	Jane	710
28	Ethel	693
29	Lillian	679
30	Kathryn	655
31	Rita	641
32	Louise	619
33	Anne	609
34	Esther	604
35	Agnes	592
36	Edith	585
37	Marion	576
38	Thelma	563
39	Julia	560
40	Marjorie	552
41	Edna	519
42	Gertrude	518
43	Gladys	516
44	Marian	513
45	June	510
46	Lois	505
47	Emma	489
48	Stella	487
49	Geraldine	440
50	Beatrice	424
51	Sara	419
52	Elsie	410
53	Sarah	406
54	Bertha	387
55	Clara	382
55	Katherine	382
57	Phyllis	356
58	Dolores	353
59	Theresa	351
60	Gloria	350
61	Pearl	347
62	Charlotte	346
63	Nancy	344
64	Bernice	342
64	Hazel	342
66	Barbara	341
66	Jennie	341
66	Laura	341
69	Jeanne	340
70	Ida	337
71	Genevieve	333
72	Norma	323
73	Shirley	311
74	Miriam	302
75	Sophie	297
76	Violet	296
77	Arlene	282
78	Regina	281
79	Lucille	279
80	Olga	275
81	Ellen	269
81	Mabel	269
83	Janet	268
84	Eva	267
85	Leona	264
86	Emily	262
87	Loretta	235
88	Alma	234
89	Kathleen	230
90	Harriet	228
90	Sylvia	228
90	Vera	228
93	Verna	226
94	Patricia	224
94	Viola	224
96	Lucy	220
97	Veronica	211
97	Vivian	211
99	Blanche	208
100	Hilda	206