Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	6,227
2	Dorothy	3,513
3	Betty	3,257
4	Helen	3,171
5	Margaret	2,758
6	Ruth	2,040
7	Anna	2,013
8	Jean	1,761
9	Elizabeth	1,741
10	Doris	1,528
11	Marie	1,256
12	Mildred	1,108
13	Eleanor	1,107
14	Catherine	1,086
15	Shirley	1,079
16	Lois	1,057
17	Rose	1,054
18	Florence	1,032
19	Irene	1,019
20	Dolores	1,015
21	Frances	976
22	Virginia	975
23	Evelyn	889
24	Alice	846
25	Gloria	772

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Patricia	772
27	Josephine	757
28	Theresa	743
29	Jane	717
30	Rita	708
31	Grace	645
32	Lillian	639
33	Phyllis	635
34	Ann	631
35	Barbara	625
36	Martha	624
37	June	623
38	Pauline	619
39	Nancy	583
40	Louise	582
41	Marjorie	560
42	Norma	533
43	Ethel	522
44	Esther	520
45	Marion	518
46	Thelma	492
47	Joan	486
48	Gladys	477
48	Marian	477
50	Kathryn	470
51	Agnes	465
52	Edith	441
53	Geraldine	425
54	Lorraine	410
55	Anne	394
56	Gertrude	389
57	Julia	383
58	Charlotte	375
59	Bernice	371
60	Elsie	369
61	Janet	367
62	Edna	361
62	Sarah	361
64	Emma	354
65	Beatrice	346
66	Clara	337
66	Jeanne	337
68	Sara	325
69	Joyce	323
70	Arlene	306
71	Audrey	305
72	Elaine	301
73	Pearl	294
74	Lucille	285
74	Stella	285
76	Kathleen	283
77	Bertha	277
78	Vivian	267
79	Regina	265
80	Katherine	264
81	Violet	261
82	Rosemary	259
83	Hazel	256
84	Ellen	253
85	Genevieve	246
86	Marilyn	244
87	Laura	232
88	Ida	229
89	Eileen	227
90	Leona	226
91	Carolyn	224
91	Claire	224
93	Miriam	219
94	Loretta	209
95	Olga	208
96	Jennie	203
97	Alma	201
97	Sylvia	201
99	Alberta	195
100	Lucy	194