Most popular girls’ names in Rhode Island, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	266
2	Helen	111
3	Dorothy	88
4	Margaret	78
5	Anna	72
6	Alice	65
7	Rose	57
8	Ruth	53
9	Lillian	51
10	Florence	50
11	Mildred	47
12	Elizabeth	44
13	Catherine	40
14	Doris	39
15	Frances	36
16	Gertrude	34
17	Irene	33
18	Marie	30
19	Emma	29
19	Evelyn	29
19	Josephine	29
19	Marion	29
23	Beatrice	28
23	Edith	28
23	Esther	28

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	27
27	Eleanor	26
27	Louise	26
29	Edna	25
30	Eva	22
30	Jennie	22
32	Agnes	21
32	Hazel	21
34	Loretta	19
34	Virginia	19
36	Marguerite	18
37	Bertha	17
38	Elsie	16
38	Theresa	16
38	Viola	16
41	Ann	15
41	Anne	15
41	Blanche	15
41	Emily	15
41	Jean	15
41	Martha	15
47	Barbara	14
47	Gladys	14
47	Jeannette	14
47	Katherine	14
47	Madeline	14
52	Ethel	13
52	Lucy	13
54	Angelina	12
54	Maria	12
54	Marjorie	12
57	Hope	11
57	Ida	11
57	Jessie	11
57	Sarah	11
61	Antonetta	10
61	Clara	10
61	Constance	10
61	Ella	10
61	Laura	10
61	Muriel	10
61	Yvonne	10
68	Amelia	9
68	Carolyn	9
68	Charlotte	9
68	Ellen	9
68	Germaine	9
68	Kathleen	9
68	Lois	9
68	Mabel	9
68	Sally	9
68	Stella	9
68	Victoria	9
79	Cecile	8
79	Harriet	8
79	Sadie	8
79	Sophie	8
79	Winifred	8
84	Angela	7
84	Anita	7
84	Celia	7
84	Claire	7
84	Dolores	7
84	Dorothea	7
84	Elvira	7
84	Flora	7
84	Hilda	7
84	Jane	7
84	Jeanette	7
84	Julia	7
84	Kathryn	7
84	Lena	7
84	Matilda	7
84	Olga	7
84	Phyllis	7
84	Susan	7
84	Vera	7
84	Violet	7