Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	7,200
2	Helen	4,194
3	Dorothy	3,875
4	Betty	3,599
5	Margaret	3,446
6	Anna	2,445
7	Ruth	2,420
8	Elizabeth	2,177
9	Jean	1,473
10	Marie	1,411
11	Doris	1,318
12	Eleanor	1,308
13	Catherine	1,299
14	Mildred	1,281
15	Frances	1,240
16	Virginia	1,207
17	Florence	1,203
18	Irene	1,162
19	Evelyn	1,084
20	Rose	1,081
21	Alice	961
22	Josephine	920
23	Martha	812
24	Lois	778
25	Rita	763

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ann	754
26	Grace	754
28	Jane	738
29	Lillian	733
30	Louise	706
31	Pauline	645
32	Ethel	623
32	Marjorie	623
34	Kathryn	599
35	Edith	591
36	June	589
37	Marion	577
38	Esther	569
39	Agnes	566
40	Thelma	558
41	Shirley	557
42	Anne	545
43	Gladys	544
44	Gloria	537
45	Marian	513
46	Julia	504
47	Edna	503
48	Dolores	497
49	Phyllis	489
50	Gertrude	463
51	Geraldine	445
52	Emma	436
53	Beatrice	430
54	Sarah	416
55	Katherine	406
56	Theresa	402
57	Bernice	397
58	Nancy	395
59	Clara	393
59	Patricia	393
61	Stella	388
62	Barbara	387
63	Elsie	386
64	Pearl	377
65	Norma	371
66	Sara	355
67	Bertha	349
68	Charlotte	347
69	Jeanne	341
70	Janet	337
71	Genevieve	333
72	Jennie	330
73	Miriam	326
74	Arlene	319
75	Kathleen	318
76	Violet	314
77	Lucille	306
78	Laura	303
78	Leona	303
80	Regina	294
81	Hazel	289
82	Ida	281
83	Olga	277
84	Elaine	268
84	Sophie	268
86	Mabel	258
87	Vivian	255
88	Lorraine	253
89	Sylvia	243
90	Eva	242
91	Alma	238
92	Ellen	235
93	Loretta	231
94	Joan	224
94	Rosemary	224
96	Audrey	221
97	Lucy	214
97	Mae	214
99	Vera	213
100	Viola	211