Most popular girls’ names in Rhode Island, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	452
2	Dorothy	206
3	Helen	180
4	Margaret	151
5	Rita	149
6	Anna	141
7	Ruth	129
8	Alice	123
9	Doris	105
10	Elizabeth	102
11	Marie	101
12	Rose	96
13	Barbara	93
14	Irene	90
14	Virginia	90
16	Evelyn	89
17	Florence	86
18	Frances	84
19	Josephine	76
19	Mildred	76
21	Lillian	65
22	Catherine	64
22	Eleanor	64
24	Gertrude	59
25	Louise	57

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Beatrice	54
27	Edith	51
28	Marion	49
29	Madeline	48
30	Jennie	47
31	Eileen	43
32	Grace	41
33	Edna	38
33	Theresa	38
35	Anita	37
36	Agnes	35
36	Claire	35
38	Eva	34
38	Gladys	34
40	Blanche	33
40	Esther	33
40	Julia	33
40	Lucille	33
40	Marjorie	33
45	Anne	32
45	Elsie	32
47	Katherine	30
47	Lena	30
49	Emma	29
49	Ethel	29
51	Laura	28
51	Lucy	28
53	Ida	27
53	Jeannette	27
55	Jean	26
55	Shirley	26
57	Ann	25
57	Jeanne	25
57	Marguerite	25
60	Angelina	24
60	Loretta	24
62	Constance	23
62	Emily	23
64	Hilda	22
64	Pauline	22
66	Cecile	21
66	Nancy	21
68	Bernice	20
68	Hazel	20
68	Jane	20
68	Sophie	20
68	Stella	20
68	Viola	20
74	Bertha	19
74	Charlotte	19
74	Clara	19
74	Dorothea	19
74	Genevieve	19
74	Hope	19
74	Martha	19
74	Norma	19
74	Olive	19
83	Carmella	18
83	Ellen	18
83	Phyllis	18
86	Adeline	17
86	Estelle	17
86	Olga	17
89	Antoinette	16
89	Teresa	16
91	Filomena	15
91	Isabelle	15
91	Vera	15
94	Amelia	14
94	Antonetta	14
94	Isabel	14
94	Maria	14
94	Myrtle	14
94	Thelma	14
100	Angela	13
100	Betty	13
100	Janet	13
100	Muriel	13
100	Winifred	13
100	Yvonne	13