Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,059
2	Virginia	988
3	Dorothy	868
4	Margaret	843
5	Helen	697
6	Ruth	603
7	Elizabeth	581
8	Frances	545
9	Mildred	529
10	Louise	444
11	Annie	434
12	Evelyn	398
13	Ruby	360
14	Gladys	341
15	Alice	338
16	Thelma	328
17	Ethel	312
18	Edith	305
19	Lillian	303
20	Lucille	302
21	Martha	297
22	Doris	276
23	Hazel	271
24	Edna	260
25	Sarah	247

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	246
27	Marie	231
28	Anna	217
28	Irene	217
30	Pauline	215
31	Elsie	212
32	Lucy	190
33	Beatrice	188
34	Katherine	184
35	Florence	179
36	Bessie	175
37	Clara	174
38	Emma	173
39	Grace	163
40	Bernice	162
40	Bertha	162
42	Marjorie	161
43	Mabel	159
43	Rosa	159
45	Pearl	157
46	Julia	155
47	Lillie	151
47	Nancy	151
49	Nellie	150
50	Eva	149
51	Myrtle	147
52	Ella	145
53	Gertrude	138
54	Audrey	135
55	Kathleen	134
56	Beulah	132
57	Josephine	130
58	Alma	127
59	Ida	125
60	Viola	124
61	Hattie	123
61	Lois	123
61	Nannie	123
64	Carrie	122
64	Minnie	122
66	Vivian	117
67	Willie	116
68	Ellen	115
68	Laura	115
70	Agnes	114
71	Ann	113
71	Anne	113
73	Mattie	112
74	Betty	111
75	Christine	110
75	Juanita	110
75	Marion	110
78	Jean	107
79	Mamie	101
80	Fannie	99
81	Eleanor	96
82	Blanche	91
82	Rachel	91
84	Eunice	88
85	Maggie	87
85	Rose	87
87	Charlotte	86
87	Jane	86
89	Geraldine	85
90	Hilda	84
91	Estelle	83
92	Georgia	82
92	Inez	82
92	June	82
95	Jessie	81
95	Rebecca	81
97	Daisy	79
97	Geneva	79
97	Shirley	79
97	Stella	79