Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,265
2	Virginia	520
3	Margaret	417
4	Elizabeth	414
5	Helen	405
6	Dorothy	377
7	Ruth	329
8	Louise	318
9	Annie	272
10	Frances	265
11	Mildred	257
12	Alice	241
13	Gladys	227
14	Ethel	223
15	Ruby	219
16	Edna	214
17	Evelyn	212
18	Thelma	200
19	Hazel	196
20	Martha	183
21	Edith	178
21	Lillian	178
23	Bessie	174
23	Sarah	174
25	Anna	169

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elsie	155
27	Nellie	153
28	Catherine	151
29	Emma	147
29	Marie	147
31	Lucille	144
31	Lucy	144
33	Myrtle	143
34	Grace	141
35	Bertha	133
36	Beatrice	130
37	Eva	128
38	Mabel	124
38	Pauline	124
40	Pearl	123
41	Irene	121
42	Viola	115
43	Clara	114
43	Hattie	114
45	Mattie	110
46	Fannie	109
47	Julia	105
47	Katherine	105
49	Minnie	104
50	Laura	103
51	Carrie	99
52	Beulah	98
52	Nannie	98
54	Florence	93
55	Josephine	92
55	Rosa	92
57	Ida	91
58	Gertrude	89
59	Alma	86
60	Jessie	85
61	Ella	81
62	Doris	80
63	Susie	79
64	Ellen	78
65	Bernice	77
65	Nancy	77
65	Rose	77
68	Eleanor	76
68	Lillie	76
70	Agnes	74
70	Lena	74
70	Willie	74
73	Mamie	70
74	Lois	69
75	Betty	66
75	Georgia	66
77	Rebecca	65
78	Anne	64
78	Daisy	64
78	Sallie	64
81	Blanche	63
81	Inez	63
83	Sadie	62
84	Esther	61
84	Mae	61
86	Ann	60
87	Lottie	56
88	Estelle	55
89	Ada	53
89	Maude	53
91	Cora	52
92	Eunice	51
92	Maggie	51
94	Kathleen	50
94	Lelia	50
96	Geneva	49
97	Emily	46
97	Lula	46
97	Rachel	46
100	Christine	45
100	Kathryn	45