Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,941
2	Dorothy	906
3	Virginia	775
4	Margaret	762
5	Helen	632
6	Frances	515
7	Ruth	503
8	Elizabeth	502
9	Mildred	452
10	Doris	360
11	Evelyn	343
12	Annie	340
13	Louise	338
14	Thelma	332
15	Gladys	324
16	Ruby	319
17	Betty	309
18	Alice	306
19	Edith	288
20	Martha	259
21	Hazel	256
22	Lillian	254
23	Catherine	253
24	Ethel	229
25	Lucille	227

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anna	225
27	Edna	213
28	Elsie	210
29	Marie	207
30	Nancy	201
31	Irene	199
32	Jean	192
33	Sarah	188
34	Lois	186
35	Pauline	178
36	Bessie	170
37	Lucy	168
38	Emma	166
39	Shirley	162
40	Katherine	155
41	Clara	154
42	Rosa	151
43	Florence	150
44	Grace	145
45	Bernice	144
46	Bertha	137
47	Nellie	133
48	Julia	131
48	Myrtle	131
50	June	130
51	Juanita	129
52	Alma	128
52	Lillie	128
54	Marjorie	126
55	Ann	125
55	Kathleen	125
57	Eva	121
58	Beatrice	120
59	Marion	119
59	Nannie	119
61	Mabel	118
62	Gloria	115
63	Josephine	114
64	Ellen	113
65	Ida	112
65	Jane	112
67	Agnes	108
68	Viola	107
68	Vivian	107
70	Fannie	106
70	Willie	106
72	Audrey	105
73	Mattie	104
74	Anne	103
74	Barbara	103
74	Pearl	103
77	Beulah	101
78	Christine	100
78	Phyllis	100
80	Charlotte	97
81	Geneva	96
82	Gertrude	95
83	Eleanor	94
83	Minnie	94
85	Geraldine	93
85	Rachel	93
87	Ella	92
88	Hattie	91
89	Laura	90
90	Eunice	87
91	Carrie	86
92	Esther	84
93	Rose	83
94	Margie	82
95	Rebecca	79
96	Blanche	78
96	Maggie	78
98	Susie	76
99	Jessie	74
99	Violet	74