Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	747
2	Virginia	291
3	Elizabeth	255
4	Margaret	252
5	Dorothy	197
6	Louise	184
7	Helen	182
8	Ruth	176
9	Gladys	160
10	Annie	156
11	Lillian	136
11	Thelma	136
13	Ethel	134
14	Alice	133
15	Frances	130
16	Ruby	128
17	Mildred	117
18	Martha	116
19	Hazel	114
20	Edna	113
21	Bessie	110
22	Elsie	108
23	Sarah	102
24	Anna	100
25	Nellie	99

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Evelyn	96
26	Lucille	96
28	Catherine	95
28	Pearl	95
30	Bertha	94
30	Marie	94
32	Emma	92
32	Mabel	92
34	Eva	91
34	Grace	91
36	Lucy	89
37	Clara	87
38	Beatrice	83
39	Rosa	82
40	Minnie	80
41	Viola	77
42	Florence	76
42	Lillie	76
44	Edith	75
45	Carrie	72
46	Hattie	70
47	Myrtle	69
47	Susie	69
49	Fannie	67
49	Katherine	67
49	Mattie	67
52	Nannie	65
53	Irene	64
53	Mamie	64
55	Josephine	63
56	Ella	62
56	Ida	62
58	Julia	60
59	Laura	59
60	Gertrude	56
61	Cora	50
61	Maggie	50
61	Sallie	50
64	Ada	49
64	Beulah	49
66	Doris	47
66	Willie	47
68	Pauline	46
69	Alma	44
69	Lena	44
71	Esther	43
71	Jessie	43
73	Ellen	42
74	Emily	41
74	Rebecca	41
76	Bernice	40
76	Mae	40
76	Maude	40
76	Rose	40
80	Lula	39
80	Nancy	39
80	Nora	39
83	Blanche	38
84	Nettie	37
85	Lottie	36
86	Georgia	35
86	Stella	35
86	Virgie	35
89	Daisy	34
90	Agnes	33
90	Lois	33
90	Lola	33
93	Vivian	32
94	Betty	31
95	Geneva	30
96	Anne	29
96	Dora	29
96	Rachel	29
99	Lelia	28
100	Estelle	27
100	Eunice	27
100	Marion	27
100	Sadie	27