Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,075
2	Dorothy	1,003
3	Margaret	800
4	Virginia	797
5	Helen	650
6	Ruth	549
7	Frances	531
8	Elizabeth	516
9	Mildred	472
10	Evelyn	392
11	Annie	382
12	Louise	371
13	Alice	350
14	Doris	346
15	Ruby	343
16	Thelma	325
17	Edith	311
18	Martha	304
19	Gladys	290
20	Hazel	274
21	Anna	268
22	Lillian	260
23	Ethel	252
24	Betty	241
25	Pauline	234

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	233
27	Lucille	225
28	Sarah	220
29	Catherine	219
30	Edna	218
31	Elsie	216
32	Irene	210
33	Nancy	207
34	Bessie	187
34	Jean	187
36	Katherine	172
37	Lucy	171
38	Emma	168
39	Bernice	162
39	Rosa	162
41	Florence	161
42	Audrey	154
42	Bertha	154
44	Lois	153
45	Nellie	150
46	Eva	147
47	Beatrice	145
47	Juanita	145
49	Myrtle	141
50	Mabel	140
51	Clara	139
52	Pearl	134
53	Shirley	130
54	Anne	127
54	Josephine	127
56	Ella	124
57	Ann	123
57	Julia	123
59	Alma	122
59	Grace	122
61	Carrie	119
62	Charlotte	118
62	Fannie	118
64	Ida	116
65	Gertrude	115
65	Minnie	115
67	Marjorie	114
67	Nannie	114
69	Laura	113
69	Marion	113
69	Willie	113
72	Mattie	110
72	Viola	110
74	Christine	109
74	Lillie	109
76	Kathleen	108
77	Jane	103
78	Hattie	101
79	Vivian	100
80	Ellen	98
81	Geneva	91
82	Esther	90
83	Mable	89
83	Rebecca	89
85	Beulah	88
85	Eleanor	88
87	Agnes	87
87	June	87
89	Eunice	85
90	Lena	83
91	Georgia	82
91	Geraldine	82
91	Stella	82
91	Susie	82
95	Mamie	81
96	Estelle	80
96	Rachel	80
98	Phyllis	79
99	Norma	78
100	Violet	77