Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,046
2	Virginia	849
3	Margaret	825
4	Dorothy	792
5	Helen	636
6	Elizabeth	602
7	Ruth	586
8	Frances	528
9	Mildred	495
10	Louise	486
11	Annie	415
12	Ruby	381
13	Evelyn	376
14	Gladys	375
15	Edith	357
16	Thelma	310
17	Ethel	307
18	Hazel	292
19	Alice	291
20	Lillian	288
21	Edna	280
22	Martha	269
23	Lucille	265
24	Marie	241
25	Catherine	233

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sarah	227
27	Anna	223
28	Doris	219
29	Elsie	200
29	Pauline	200
31	Irene	190
32	Emma	184
32	Myrtle	184
34	Katherine	181
35	Bessie	170
35	Lucy	170
37	Nellie	169
38	Florence	167
39	Rosa	166
40	Grace	160
41	Beatrice	159
41	Bernice	159
41	Laura	159
44	Ella	155
45	Viola	152
46	Bertha	151
47	Clara	148
48	Eva	146
48	Nancy	146
48	Pearl	146
51	Mabel	141
52	Gertrude	136
53	Ida	135
53	Minnie	135
55	Alma	133
55	Josephine	133
57	Lillie	129
58	Fannie	128
59	Betty	127
59	Julia	127
59	Lois	127
62	Mattie	124
63	Marjorie	123
64	Vivian	119
65	Carrie	118
66	Agnes	117
67	Beulah	114
68	Eleanor	111
68	Kathleen	111
70	Mamie	108
71	Anne	106
71	Audrey	106
71	Nannie	106
74	Hattie	103
75	Blanche	102
75	Eunice	102
77	Christine	100
77	Juanita	100
79	Ann	96
79	Jean	96
81	Hilda	92
82	Marion	91
83	Daisy	90
83	Ellen	90
85	Jane	89
86	Susie	88
87	Georgia	87
88	Geneva	86
89	Jessie	85
90	Maggie	84
91	Naomi	82
92	Mae	81
93	Estelle	80
93	Lena	80
95	Esther	79
96	Charlotte	78
97	Ada	77
97	Geraldine	77
97	Rebecca	77
97	Willie	77