Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1925

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary6,563
2Dorothy3,774
3Helen3,757
4Betty3,440
5Margaret3,060
6Anna2,306
7Ruth2,209
8Elizabeth2,000
9Jean1,635
10Doris1,411
11Marie1,293
12Eleanor1,230
13Mildred1,173
14Catherine1,151
15Frances1,121
16Virginia1,113
17Irene1,108
18Florence1,107
19Rose1,094
20Evelyn1,017
21Alice983
22Josephine853
23Lois812
24Gloria780
25Jane736
RankNameBabies
26Lillian714
27Martha699
28Pauline698
29Rita697
30Grace691
31Shirley682
32Ann671
33June624
34Louise595
35Marjorie582
36Ethel563
37Marion547
38Dolores544
39Kathryn541
40Edith537
41Thelma534
42Agnes519
43Phyllis501
44Gladys500
45Marian497
46Anne490
47Esther489
48Patricia487
49Nancy472
50Edna468
51Theresa457
52Geraldine452
53Gertrude434
54Norma399
55Julia397
56Barbara393
57Jeanne388
58Emma387
59Clara385
60Beatrice382
61Elsie381
62Janet373
63Bernice370
64Sarah363
65Stella360
66Katherine338
67Kathleen336
68Charlotte326
69Sara314
70Genevieve313
71Hazel310
72Pearl309
73Arlene303
74Joan300
75Lucille296
76Bertha294
77Violet293
78Jennie277
79Elaine273
80Laura270
81Regina269
82Lorraine266
83Ida263
84Audrey257
84Eva257
86Miriam244
87Viola236
88Loretta235
89Vivian232
90Ellen229
91Vera226
92Rosemary225
93Joyce221
94Eileen220
95Olga210
96Leona206
97Mae202
97Marguerite202
99Alma199
99Sophie199