Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	998
2	Virginia	434
3	Margaret	334
4	Elizabeth	324
5	Helen	307
6	Louise	288
7	Ruth	285
8	Dorothy	259
9	Annie	214
10	Frances	180
11	Ethel	172
11	Mildred	172
13	Gladys	170
14	Alice	161
14	Evelyn	161
14	Lillian	161
17	Ruby	159
18	Thelma	153
19	Edna	143
20	Sarah	141
21	Bessie	139
22	Grace	132
23	Hazel	130
24	Marie	129
25	Martha	128

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anna	125
26	Elsie	125
28	Lucille	119
29	Carrie	114
29	Florence	114
31	Edith	112
31	Nellie	112
33	Rosa	111
34	Lucy	110
35	Emma	107
36	Mabel	105
37	Clara	104
38	Bertha	101
39	Catherine	100
40	Beatrice	98
41	Laura	97
42	Myrtle	94
43	Irene	93
43	Pearl	93
45	Eva	92
46	Ida	83
46	Pauline	83
48	Beulah	82
49	Mamie	81
50	Julia	80
50	Katherine	80
50	Mattie	80
50	Susie	80
50	Willie	80
55	Josephine	79
56	Nannie	78
57	Blanche	76
58	Ella	75
59	Viola	73
60	Gertrude	71
60	Minnie	71
62	Lillie	70
63	Fannie	69
63	Hattie	69
65	Alma	63
66	Esther	61
66	Maggie	61
66	Rose	61
69	Ada	57
70	Cora	55
70	Estelle	55
70	Nancy	55
73	Bernice	53
73	Lena	53
73	Sallie	53
76	Anne	52
77	Eleanor	50
78	Christine	49
78	Jessie	49
80	Mae	48
81	Betty	45
81	Lottie	45
81	Maude	45
81	Rebecca	45
81	Sadie	45
86	Doris	44
87	Daisy	43
87	Kathleen	43
87	Lois	43
87	Nora	43
91	Agnes	42
91	Lula	42
91	Marion	42
94	Virgie	41
95	Mable	37
95	Nettie	37
95	Rachel	37
95	Vivian	37
99	Inez	36
100	Alberta	35
100	Georgia	35
100	Gracie	35
100	Lelia	35