Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1910

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	848
2	Virginia	270
3	Elizabeth	254
4	Ruth	218
5	Margaret	209
6	Helen	185
7	Annie	181
8	Ethel	172
9	Louise	168
10	Frances	160
11	Gladys	152
12	Lillian	131
13	Dorothy	130
14	Alice	129
15	Martha	124
16	Bessie	118
17	Elsie	115
18	Ruby	114
19	Mildred	108
19	Thelma	108
21	Marie	106
22	Bertha	99
22	Edna	99
22	Evelyn	99
25	Lucille	97

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	96
27	Lucy	94
28	Anna	93
29	Nellie	92
30	Viola	90
31	Emma	89
32	Carrie	85
33	Hazel	83
33	Sarah	83
35	Irene	82
36	Mabel	81
37	Eva	79
38	Lillie	77
38	Rosa	77
40	Hattie	76
41	Gertrude	74
41	Myrtle	74
43	Beatrice	72
43	Edith	72
43	Florence	72
43	Ida	72
43	Mamie	72
48	Minnie	71
48	Pearl	71
48	Susie	71
51	Fannie	70
52	Ella	69
53	Julia	67
54	Nannie	66
55	Mattie	65
56	Catherine	62
57	Pauline	60
58	Katherine	57
59	Clara	55
59	Laura	55
61	Blanche	53
61	Rebecca	53
63	Alma	52
63	Josephine	52
65	Maggie	51
66	Willie	48
67	Agnes	47
67	Bernice	47
67	Lena	47
67	Nancy	47
71	Ada	45
71	Lula	45
71	Sallie	45
74	Daisy	44
74	Doris	44
76	Mae	41
77	Ellen	40
77	Rose	40
79	Lottie	37
79	Maude	37
79	Virgie	37
82	Kathleen	36
83	Beulah	35
83	Geneva	35
83	Goldie	35
86	Cora	34
86	Effie	34
86	Nettie	34
89	Jessie	33
89	Sadie	33
89	Stella	33
92	Anne	31
92	Georgia	31
92	Janie	31
92	Katie	31
92	Lola	31
97	Esther	30
97	Eula	30
99	Ann	29
99	Christine	29
99	Estelle	29
99	Lois	29
99	Ollie	29