Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,020
2	Dorothy	912
3	Margaret	845
4	Virginia	824
5	Helen	667
6	Elizabeth	534
7	Ruth	532
8	Frances	514
9	Mildred	494
10	Louise	398
11	Annie	360
12	Evelyn	353
13	Ruby	348
14	Alice	325
15	Gladys	322
16	Thelma	321
17	Doris	315
18	Edith	295
19	Martha	293
20	Hazel	277
21	Lillian	268
22	Edna	258
23	Marie	231
24	Pauline	228
25	Lucille	226

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anna	223
26	Irene	223
28	Ethel	221
29	Sarah	207
30	Elsie	198
31	Catherine	197
31	Lois	197
33	Betty	187
34	Florence	176
35	Emma	174
36	Katherine	172
37	Nancy	168
38	Clara	157
39	Bernice	155
40	Jean	154
41	Grace	150
42	Mabel	148
42	Nellie	148
42	Rosa	148
45	Bessie	145
46	Bertha	144
46	Lucy	144
48	Juanita	142
48	Lillie	142
50	Audrey	139
51	Eva	138
51	Pearl	138
53	Beatrice	136
53	Myrtle	136
55	Ella	132
56	Fannie	131
57	Ida	126
58	Marjorie	125
59	Julia	124
60	Laura	122
61	Ann	121
61	Mattie	121
63	Agnes	116
63	Kathleen	116
63	Marion	116
66	Vivian	112
67	Nannie	111
67	Shirley	111
67	Viola	111
70	Carrie	110
71	Anne	109
71	Christine	109
73	Josephine	106
74	Minnie	102
75	Alma	101
76	Charlotte	100
77	Violet	99
78	Beulah	97
79	Hattie	95
80	Lena	94
81	Blanche	93
81	Mamie	93
83	Eleanor	92
83	June	92
85	Jessie	91
86	Geneva	90
87	Norma	87
88	Jane	86
89	Phyllis	85
89	Rebecca	85
89	Rose	85
92	Mae	84
93	Ellen	83
93	Willie	83
95	Marian	82
96	Georgia	81
97	Ada	80
97	Cora	80
99	Gertrude	77
99	Margie	77