Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,844
2	Dorothy	875
3	Virginia	768
4	Margaret	676
5	Helen	558
6	Frances	530
7	Mildred	473
8	Ruth	435
9	Elizabeth	406
10	Doris	362
11	Annie	350
12	Evelyn	333
13	Betty	327
14	Ruby	312
15	Gladys	296
15	Thelma	296
17	Alice	278
18	Louise	277
19	Edith	266
20	Martha	260
21	Edna	232
22	Jean	230
23	Lillian	229
24	Hazel	224
25	Anna	213

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ethel	210
27	Marie	205
28	Lois	200
29	Elsie	198
30	Catherine	197
30	Nancy	197
32	Lucille	194
33	Sarah	187
34	Pauline	183
35	Irene	177
36	Shirley	164
37	Audrey	149
38	Emma	148
38	Lucy	148
40	Rosa	145
41	Florence	142
42	Bernice	139
43	Eva	135
44	Katherine	133
45	Myrtle	126
46	June	125
47	Beatrice	124
48	Bessie	122
48	Juanita	122
50	Alma	121
51	Barbara	116
51	Gloria	116
53	Ann	114
54	Ida	113
54	Vivian	113
56	Julia	112
57	Nellie	111
58	Grace	110
58	Mabel	110
60	Clara	108
61	Charlotte	107
62	Ella	106
63	Josephine	105
63	Mattie	105
63	Nannie	105
66	Christine	104
66	Pearl	104
68	Kathleen	103
69	Laura	101
70	Marjorie	100
71	Bertha	99
71	Gertrude	99
73	Beulah	98
73	Carrie	98
75	Geraldine	97
76	Marion	96
76	Phyllis	96
78	Anne	95
79	Ellen	92
79	Hattie	92
81	Fannie	88
82	Marian	87
82	Willie	87
84	Eleanor	86
84	Jane	86
86	Lillie	85
87	Minnie	83
88	Joyce	82
89	Hilda	80
90	Geneva	78
90	Rose	78
90	Viola	78
93	Eunice	76
93	Norma	76
95	Rebecca	74
95	Violet	74
97	Peggy	71
97	Susie	71
99	Mamie	70
100	Ada	69