Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,919
2	Virginia	917
3	Margaret	740
4	Dorothy	697
5	Helen	653
6	Elizabeth	550
7	Ruth	516
8	Frances	513
9	Mildred	478
10	Louise	458
11	Annie	407
12	Ruby	365
13	Gladys	332
14	Alice	308
14	Edith	308
16	Evelyn	304
17	Ethel	276
17	Lucille	276
19	Thelma	267
20	Edna	259
21	Hazel	253
22	Lillian	240
23	Martha	238
24	Elsie	232
25	Sarah	225

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	223
27	Anna	219
28	Marie	211
29	Irene	199
30	Emma	195
31	Beatrice	189
31	Pauline	189
33	Lucy	188
34	Katherine	183
35	Nellie	176
36	Florence	171
37	Grace	167
38	Doris	165
39	Pearl	157
40	Bertha	155
40	Bessie	155
40	Clara	155
43	Eva	154
44	Ella	153
45	Myrtle	152
46	Josephine	148
47	Ida	147
48	Julia	146
48	Mabel	146
48	Rosa	146
51	Alma	136
51	Lillie	136
53	Fannie	132
53	Gertrude	132
55	Carrie	130
56	Laura	124
57	Ellen	121
57	Minnie	121
57	Nancy	121
60	Willie	120
61	Beulah	119
61	Mattie	119
61	Nannie	119
64	Agnes	116
65	Eleanor	113
65	Hattie	113
67	Bernice	112
67	Lena	112
69	Kathleen	111
70	Viola	106
71	Anne	98
71	Christine	98
73	Blanche	96
74	Esther	95
74	Geneva	95
76	Lois	93
76	Vivian	93
78	Marion	92
79	Ada	89
80	Rachel	88
81	Betty	87
82	Juanita	86
82	Marjorie	86
84	Susie	85
85	Estelle	84
85	Mamie	84
87	Ann	83
87	Eunice	83
89	Georgia	82
89	Rebecca	82
91	Cora	81
92	Maggie	80
93	Hilda	79
94	Jessie	78
94	Lula	78
94	Mae	78
97	Charlotte	77
97	Rose	77
99	Jane	75
100	Lottie	73