Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,698
2	Dorothy	818
3	Virginia	617
4	Helen	569
5	Margaret	563
6	Betty	516
7	Frances	473
8	Ruth	437
9	Mildred	407
10	Elizabeth	380
11	Doris	369
12	Evelyn	319
13	Annie	310
14	Thelma	308
15	Jean	291
16	Ruby	279
17	Alice	278
18	Gladys	273
19	Louise	244
20	Martha	242
21	Nancy	235
22	Hazel	226
23	Lois	218
24	Anna	215
25	Edith	213

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Barbara	208
26	Edna	208
28	Ethel	201
29	Lillian	200
30	Catherine	199
31	Shirley	191
32	Marie	187
33	Emma	158
34	Sarah	157
35	Irene	155
36	Lucille	152
36	Pauline	152
38	Bernice	151
38	Elsie	151
40	Audrey	145
41	Juanita	144
42	Joyce	143
43	Nellie	129
44	Ann	128
45	Bertha	125
46	Rosa	124
47	Katherine	122
47	Lucy	122
49	June	121
50	Clara	120
50	Florence	120
50	Lillie	120
50	Peggy	120
54	Phyllis	119
55	Bessie	116
56	Myrtle	107
57	Christine	106
58	Eva	105
59	Ella	103
60	Marion	102
61	Anne	101
62	Geraldine	100
62	Marjorie	100
64	Beatrice	99
64	Grace	99
66	Carrie	98
66	Charlotte	98
66	Gloria	98
69	Laura	97
70	Geneva	96
71	Ida	94
72	Ellen	92
72	Jane	92
74	Mattie	90
74	Rose	90
74	Vivian	90
77	Alma	89
77	Kathleen	89
79	Josephine	87
79	Mabel	87
79	Norma	87
79	Willie	87
83	Julia	86
84	Viola	85
85	Eleanor	82
85	Minnie	82
87	Beulah	80
88	Gertrude	78
88	Lena	78
90	Marian	77
91	Fannie	75
91	Rebecca	75
93	Pearl	74
94	Hilda	72
95	Agnes	71
95	Hattie	71
95	Margie	71
98	Nannie	70
99	Eunice	69
100	Esther	66