Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	6,007
2	Helen	3,426
3	Dorothy	3,403
4	Betty	3,386
5	Margaret	2,845
6	Anna	2,253
7	Ruth	2,074
8	Elizabeth	1,735
9	Jean	1,652
10	Doris	1,516
11	Marie	1,291
12	Catherine	1,205
13	Mildred	1,157
14	Eleanor	1,138
15	Irene	1,060
16	Frances	1,055
17	Florence	1,021
18	Rose	1,001
19	Virginia	998
20	Evelyn	970
21	Gloria	900
22	Alice	898
23	Shirley	874
24	Lois	857
25	Josephine	813

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dolores	720
27	Martha	686
28	Jane	684
29	Ann	665
30	Rita	661
31	Lillian	648
32	Grace	628
32	Theresa	628
34	June	620
35	Pauline	604
36	Louise	597
37	Marjorie	573
38	Ethel	552
39	Patricia	540
40	Phyllis	528
41	Marion	519
42	Nancy	515
43	Gladys	512
44	Marian	510
45	Barbara	509
46	Kathryn	506
47	Esther	505
48	Thelma	495
49	Edith	474
50	Norma	469
51	Agnes	466
52	Edna	443
53	Anne	425
54	Geraldine	416
55	Joan	414
56	Gertrude	386
57	Emma	380
58	Jeanne	361
59	Bernice	360
59	Sarah	360
61	Beatrice	358
62	Clara	345
62	Elsie	345
64	Sara	336
65	Julia	335
66	Janet	332
67	Joyce	326
68	Charlotte	311
69	Arlene	308
70	Audrey	301
71	Katherine	299
72	Pearl	292
73	Violet	276
74	Bertha	265
75	Elaine	263
76	Miriam	262
77	Stella	259
78	Genevieve	257
78	Laura	257
78	Lucille	257
78	Regina	257
82	Lorraine	255
83	Kathleen	243
84	Hazel	240
84	Jennie	240
84	Rosemary	240
87	Ida	238
88	Vivian	229
89	Ellen	227
90	Loretta	221
91	Claire	211
91	Leona	211
91	Olga	211
94	Eileen	210
95	Eva	209
96	Mabel	207
97	Vera	205
98	Teresa	203
99	Alma	202
100	Mae	201