Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,652
2	Virginia	804
3	Margaret	637
4	Helen	571
5	Elizabeth	556
6	Dorothy	545
7	Ruth	512
8	Frances	424
9	Louise	399
10	Mildred	350
11	Annie	331
12	Ruby	314
13	Evelyn	295
14	Edith	293
15	Thelma	284
16	Alice	281
17	Gladys	269
18	Hazel	263
19	Ethel	256
20	Edna	255
21	Martha	238
22	Lucille	224
23	Lillian	221
24	Elsie	215
25	Nellie	206

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sarah	204
27	Bessie	199
28	Pauline	187
29	Anna	186
30	Grace	185
31	Lucy	174
31	Marie	174
33	Katherine	173
34	Catherine	172
35	Mabel	171
36	Irene	170
37	Beatrice	159
37	Emma	159
39	Doris	151
39	Florence	151
41	Clara	148
42	Bertha	142
43	Ella	140
44	Myrtle	136
44	Pearl	136
46	Gertrude	132
47	Rosa	131
48	Mattie	130
49	Alma	128
49	Julia	128
51	Minnie	126
52	Carrie	123
52	Eva	123
54	Nancy	118
55	Ida	117
55	Laura	117
57	Josephine	115
58	Viola	114
59	Fannie	113
60	Lillie	110
61	Eleanor	99
62	Mamie	97
63	Nannie	96
64	Beulah	93
64	Ellen	93
64	Hattie	93
64	Willie	93
68	Anne	89
69	Blanche	87
69	Rose	87
71	Bernice	86
71	Jessie	86
73	Lena	85
74	Inez	83
74	Kathleen	83
76	Cora	82
77	Mae	81
77	Rebecca	81
79	Sadie	80
79	Susie	80
81	Ada	79
82	Geneva	78
82	Lois	78
82	Marion	78
85	Agnes	76
85	Esther	76
87	Estelle	74
88	Georgia	72
89	Vivian	71
90	Rachel	69
90	Stella	69
92	Betty	68
92	Emily	68
94	Ann	67
94	Eunice	67
94	Marguerite	67
94	Sallie	67
98	Hilda	65
99	Daisy	62
99	Maggie	62