Most popular girls’ names in Washington, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	368
2	Helen	332
3	Margaret	310
4	Dorothy	304
5	Ruth	202
6	Frances	156
7	Virginia	132
8	Mildred	127
9	Evelyn	126
10	Florence	120
11	Alice	116
12	Elizabeth	113
13	Doris	109
14	Marjorie	105
15	Marie	101
16	Edna	99
17	Hazel	89
18	Elsie	84
19	Lillian	81
20	June	80
21	Gladys	79
22	Lois	78
22	Louise	78
24	Jean	77
25	Esther	74

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Betty	73
27	Irene	72
28	Rose	70
29	Anna	66
30	Eleanor	65
31	Edith	63
31	Martha	63
33	Grace	61
33	Thelma	61
35	Maxine	59
36	Lucille	56
37	Ethel	55
37	Vivian	55
39	Bernice	54
39	Phyllis	54
41	Katherine	52
41	Ruby	52
43	Gertrude	51
44	Marguerite	48
45	Catherine	46
45	Josephine	46
47	Mabel	45
48	Barbara	43
48	Myrtle	43
50	Marian	42
50	Pauline	42
52	Genevieve	41
53	Anne	40
53	Marion	40
53	Wilma	40
56	Ellen	39
56	Jane	39
58	Vera	38
59	Eva	37
59	Viola	37
59	Violet	37
62	Clara	35
63	Agnes	33
63	Emma	33
63	Laura	33
63	Pearl	33
67	Bertha	32
67	Patricia	32
69	Beatrice	31
69	Charlotte	31
71	Ann	30
71	Leona	30
73	Olive	29
74	Audrey	28
74	Harriet	28
74	Jeanne	28
74	Kathryn	28
74	Winifred	28
79	Bessie	27
80	Alma	26
80	Ella	26
80	Julia	26
80	Sylvia	26
84	Eileen	25
84	Nellie	25
84	Verna	25
87	Geraldine	23
87	Ida	23
87	Inez	23
87	Jessie	23
87	Lorraine	23
92	Beulah	22
92	Jennie	22
94	Georgia	21
94	Juanita	21
96	Anita	20
96	Kathleen	20
96	Lena	20
96	Opal	20
96	Shirley	20
96	Wanda	20