Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,788
2	Dorothy	859
3	Virginia	663
4	Margaret	634
5	Helen	564
6	Frances	486
7	Ruth	444
8	Betty	437
9	Mildred	419
10	Elizabeth	414
11	Doris	378
12	Evelyn	370
13	Annie	334
14	Thelma	315
15	Ruby	312
16	Alice	304
17	Louise	294
18	Gladys	270
19	Jean	268
20	Edith	237
21	Martha	235
22	Anna	224
23	Sarah	222
24	Edna	208
25	Hazel	201

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillian	196
27	Marie	187
28	Shirley	184
29	Nancy	183
30	Lois	181
31	Catherine	177
32	Lucille	175
33	Elsie	174
33	Ethel	174
35	Pauline	173
36	Barbara	166
37	Irene	158
38	Emma	156
39	Rosa	151
40	Juanita	135
41	Katherine	133
42	Ann	132
42	Bernice	132
44	Audrey	128
45	Clara	127
46	Bessie	126
46	Christine	126
46	Lucy	126
46	Nellie	126
50	Grace	125
51	Anne	124
51	Josephine	124
53	Eva	121
54	Bertha	119
55	Alma	118
56	Vivian	116
57	Charlotte	115
58	Beulah	114
59	Lillie	113
60	Florence	112
60	Myrtle	112
62	Marion	111
62	Marjorie	111
64	Beatrice	110
65	Carrie	109
65	June	109
65	Laura	109
65	Phyllis	109
69	Gloria	108
70	Ida	104
70	Joyce	104
72	Mabel	103
73	Ella	102
74	Ellen	101
75	Kathleen	100
75	Pearl	100
77	Jane	97
78	Julia	95
79	Mattie	91
80	Eleanor	88
81	Viola	87
82	Marian	85
83	Norma	84
84	Hattie	83
84	Willie	83
86	Nannie	81
87	Peggy	80
88	Geneva	78
88	Gertrude	78
90	Margie	76
91	Georgia	74
91	Minnie	74
93	Eunice	72
94	Geraldine	71
95	Fannie	70
95	Naomi	70
95	Rose	70
98	Rachel	68
99	Inez	67
99	Lena	67
99	Rebecca	67