Most popular girls’ names in Rhode Island, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	442
2	Helen	186
3	Dorothy	160
4	Rita	137
5	Anna	134
6	Margaret	131
7	Alice	122
8	Ruth	115
9	Rose	110
10	Lillian	93
11	Elizabeth	89
12	Doris	82
12	Irene	82
14	Josephine	79
15	Mildred	74
16	Evelyn	72
17	Florence	71
18	Frances	67
18	Virginia	67
20	Barbara	62
21	Edith	61
21	Louise	61
23	Beatrice	60
24	Marie	59
25	Catherine	57

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marion	53
27	Grace	51
28	Jennie	47
29	Eleanor	45
30	Gertrude	41
30	Marjorie	41
32	Ann	37
32	Theresa	37
34	Esther	36
34	Gladys	36
36	Bertha	35
36	Julia	35
36	Lena	35
39	Edna	33
39	Viola	33
41	Emily	30
41	Ethel	30
43	Anne	29
43	Stella	29
45	Ida	28
46	Agnes	27
46	Genevieve	27
46	Madeline	27
46	Marguerite	27
50	Elsie	26
50	Pauline	26
52	Eva	25
52	Hazel	25
54	Angelina	24
54	Jeannette	24
54	Loretta	24
54	Lucy	24
54	Maria	24
59	Laura	22
59	Sarah	22
61	Blanche	21
61	Eileen	21
61	Jean	21
61	Katherine	21
61	Vera	21
66	Anita	20
66	Muriel	20
66	Phyllis	20
66	Sylvia	20
70	Jeanette	19
71	Amelia	18
71	Annie	18
71	Cecile	18
71	Charlotte	18
75	Celia	17
75	Lucille	17
75	Martha	17
78	Kathleen	16
78	Nancy	16
78	Olive	16
78	Thelma	16
82	Clara	15
82	Ellen	15
82	Emma	15
82	Estelle	15
82	Hilda	15
87	Hope	14
87	Myrtle	14
87	Violet	14
90	Concetta	13
90	Jane	13
90	Sophie	13
90	Stasia	13
94	Antoinette	12
94	Antonetta	12
94	Carmella	12
94	Dorothea	12
94	Harriet	12
94	Jessie	12
94	Nellie	12