Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,783
2	Virginia	819
3	Margaret	694
4	Dorothy	615
5	Elizabeth	565
6	Helen	559
7	Ruth	489
8	Frances	421
9	Louise	397
10	Mildred	389
11	Annie	378
12	Gladys	300
13	Thelma	299
14	Alice	295
15	Ruby	294
16	Evelyn	292
17	Edith	275
18	Lillian	267
19	Ethel	260
20	Hazel	259
21	Edna	254
22	Lucille	236
23	Martha	235
24	Sarah	208
25	Catherine	196

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elsie	194
27	Anna	191
27	Lucy	191
29	Marie	184
30	Bessie	181
30	Irene	181
32	Nellie	172
33	Katherine	168
33	Pauline	168
35	Clara	160
35	Myrtle	160
37	Emma	157
38	Florence	156
38	Grace	156
40	Eva	148
41	Beatrice	145
41	Mabel	145
43	Bertha	144
43	Laura	144
45	Julia	137
46	Rosa	135
47	Alma	133
48	Ida	132
48	Pearl	132
50	Ella	126
50	Gertrude	126
52	Carrie	123
53	Mattie	122
54	Hattie	120
55	Doris	119
56	Nannie	116
57	Lois	114
58	Minnie	113
59	Viola	107
60	Eleanor	106
60	Lillie	106
62	Josephine	104
62	Nancy	104
64	Willie	103
65	Bernice	102
66	Beulah	100
66	Lena	100
68	Fannie	97
68	Kathleen	97
70	Blanche	91
71	Daisy	89
71	Ellen	89
73	Mamie	88
74	Betty	85
75	Georgia	84
76	Ada	83
76	Anne	83
76	Jessie	83
79	Susie	82
80	Hilda	81
81	Agnes	80
82	Vivian	79
83	Maggie	77
83	Rose	77
85	Geneva	76
86	Esther	75
86	Marion	75
88	Ann	73
89	Charlotte	72
89	Inez	72
89	Lula	72
89	Violet	72
93	Jane	71
94	Emily	69
94	Mae	69
94	Rebecca	69
97	Eunice	68
98	Christine	67
99	Dora	66
100	Marjorie	64
100	Rachel	64
100	Stella	64