Most popular girls’ names in Rhode Island, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	414
2	Helen	193
3	Dorothy	173
4	Anna	154
5	Margaret	121
6	Ruth	120
7	Rose	109
8	Alice	107
9	Rita	101
10	Doris	98
11	Lillian	90
12	Elizabeth	84
13	Evelyn	78
14	Florence	77
15	Frances	72
15	Josephine	72
17	Mildred	69
18	Eleanor	68
19	Marie	63
20	Irene	62
21	Louise	60
22	Beatrice	51
22	Gertrude	51
22	Virginia	51
25	Marion	49

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jennie	48
27	Barbara	46
28	Grace	45
29	Edith	42
29	Edna	42
31	Theresa	41
32	Catherine	39
33	Eva	37
33	Gladys	37
35	Agnes	36
35	Angelina	36
37	Elsie	34
38	Hazel	33
38	Ida	33
38	Jeannette	33
41	Viola	32
42	Anne	31
43	Bertha	30
43	Ethel	30
45	Anita	29
46	Lucy	28
46	Sophie	28
48	Ann	26
48	Julia	26
48	Muriel	26
48	Phyllis	26
52	Claire	25
52	Marjorie	25
54	Esther	24
54	Katherine	24
56	Blanche	23
56	Hilda	23
56	Stella	23
59	Marguerite	22
60	Clara	21
60	Emma	21
60	Maria	21
60	Olga	21
60	Pauline	21
60	Sarah	21
66	Amelia	20
66	Loretta	20
68	Cecile	19
68	Charlotte	19
70	Ellen	18
70	Emily	18
70	Genevieve	18
73	Harriet	17
73	Jean	17
73	Laura	17
73	Madeline	17
73	Thelma	17
78	Annie	16
78	Antoinette	16
78	Filomena	16
78	Flora	16
78	Hope	16
83	Angela	15
83	Dora	15
83	Martha	15
86	Ella	14
86	Jeanne	14
86	Lena	14
86	Myrtle	14
86	Nancy	14
86	Victoria	14
92	Adeline	13
92	Celia	13
92	Constance	13
92	Leona	13
92	Teresa	13
92	Winifred	13
92	Yvonne	13
99	Christine	12
99	Eileen	12
99	Lois	12
99	Lucille	12
99	Mabel	12
99	Vera	12
99	Veronica	12