Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	7,034
2	Helen	4,281
3	Dorothy	3,820
4	Margaret	3,307
5	Betty	3,085
6	Anna	2,574
7	Ruth	2,348
8	Elizabeth	2,306
9	Catherine	1,407
10	Mildred	1,373
11	Jean	1,315
12	Marie	1,314
13	Frances	1,213
14	Florence	1,174
15	Virginia	1,146
16	Eleanor	1,133
17	Rose	1,114
18	Doris	1,101
19	Evelyn	1,066
20	Irene	1,051
21	Josephine	1,015
22	Alice	913
23	Martha	807
24	Ann	765
25	Jane	745

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	732
27	Lillian	721
28	Rita	703
29	Pauline	686
30	Louise	661
31	Kathryn	655
32	Anne	604
33	Lois	601
34	Marjorie	593
35	Marion	592
36	Esther	587
37	June	568
38	Gladys	564
39	Agnes	558
40	Edith	555
41	Thelma	550
42	Ethel	546
43	Marian	540
44	Julia	521
45	Edna	516
46	Gertrude	494
47	Emma	482
48	Geraldine	447
49	Shirley	444
50	Stella	432
51	Beatrice	430
52	Sarah	416
53	Gloria	415
54	Dolores	409
55	Clara	407
56	Elsie	405
56	Phyllis	405
58	Bernice	404
59	Katherine	383
60	Nancy	376
61	Genevieve	372
62	Pearl	366
63	Barbara	363
64	Theresa	356
65	Jeanne	352
66	Norma	350
67	Bertha	348
68	Sara	342
69	Charlotte	339
70	Janet	335
71	Jennie	333
72	Violet	319
73	Regina	313
74	Hazel	308
75	Kathleen	307
76	Miriam	284
77	Laura	282
78	Ida	280
79	Arlene	276
80	Sophie	273
81	Patricia	269
82	Leona	268
83	Lucille	253
84	Vivian	247
85	Olga	245
85	Viola	245
87	Sylvia	242
88	Ellen	241
89	Vera	240
90	Mabel	239
91	Eva	238
92	Loretta	226
93	Alberta	220
94	Emily	218
95	Alma	215
96	Verna	212
97	Harriet	208
97	Lorraine	208
99	Marguerite	205
100	Elaine	203