Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,576
2	Virginia	753
3	Margaret	565
4	Elizabeth	531
5	Dorothy	517
6	Helen	470
7	Ruth	440
8	Louise	400
9	Annie	370
10	Frances	367
11	Mildred	352
12	Alice	290
13	Evelyn	282
14	Ruby	271
15	Gladys	267
16	Edith	260
17	Thelma	236
18	Ethel	235
19	Lucille	234
20	Hazel	227
20	Lillian	227
22	Edna	226
23	Martha	189
24	Elsie	187
25	Bessie	184

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Sarah	184
27	Florence	180
28	Nellie	177
29	Marie	176
30	Catherine	175
31	Anna	169
31	Emma	169
33	Lucy	163
33	Mabel	163
35	Grace	160
36	Beatrice	155
36	Clara	155
38	Irene	152
39	Pearl	151
40	Katherine	149
41	Pauline	146
42	Bertha	145
43	Ella	143
44	Gertrude	138
45	Laura	135
46	Eva	134
47	Myrtle	133
48	Julia	132
49	Carrie	129
50	Rosa	123
51	Josephine	122
52	Mattie	119
53	Nannie	118
54	Minnie	117
55	Ida	113
56	Alma	112
56	Beulah	112
58	Lillie	109
58	Viola	109
60	Blanche	106
60	Hattie	106
62	Doris	105
63	Jessie	102
64	Anne	100
65	Nancy	99
66	Fannie	98
67	Lena	97
67	Mamie	97
69	Lois	96
70	Bernice	89
70	Eleanor	89
72	Kathleen	88
73	Willie	85
74	Daisy	84
75	Ellen	81
76	Cora	79
76	Rose	79
78	Susie	78
79	Agnes	77
79	Geneva	77
81	Rebecca	75
82	Marion	73
83	Inez	72
84	Maggie	71
85	Estelle	70
85	Mae	70
87	Vivian	69
88	Christine	68
88	Sallie	68
90	Emily	67
90	Georgia	67
92	Ada	66
92	Eunice	66
92	Stella	66
95	Hilda	65
96	Ann	63
97	Esther	62
98	Charlotte	59
98	Lottie	59
100	Marjorie	58
100	Sadie	58