The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1911

2,868 different girls’ names were recorded in 1911, covering 418,309 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	24,390
2	Helen	11,801
3	Margaret	9,279
4	Dorothy	8,869
5	Ruth	8,003
6	Anna	6,753
7	Elizabeth	6,298
8	Mildred	6,271
9	Marie	5,017
10	Frances	4,967
11	Alice	4,813
12	Florence	4,424
13	Lillian	4,367
14	Rose	4,151
15	Ethel	4,141
16	Evelyn	4,076
17	Edna	3,957
18	Gladys	3,933
19	Louise	3,725
20	Catherine	3,565
21	Irene	3,502
22	Ruby	3,372
23	Grace	3,304
24	Annie	3,298
25	Hazel	3,290
26	Virginia	3,263
27	Thelma	3,166
28	Martha	3,019
29	Josephine	3,011
30	Gertrude	2,895
31	Edith	2,825
32	Lucille	2,740
33	Clara	2,691
34	Esther	2,676
35	Emma	2,616
36	Bertha	2,606
37	Beatrice	2,522
38	Pauline	2,345
39	Agnes	2,315
40	Bessie	2,279
41	Elsie	2,224
42	Sarah	2,201
43	Mabel	2,171
44	Julia	2,158
45	Ida	2,119
46	Eva	2,109
47	Viola	2,083
48	Pearl	2,075
49	Eleanor	2,035
50	Myrtle	2,033
51	Bernice	1,915
52	Minnie	1,899
53	Ann	1,882
54	Nellie	1,866
55	Katherine	1,858
56	Doris	1,812
57	Laura	1,790
58	Marion	1,744
59	Marjorie	1,722
60	Lillie	1,690
61	Willie	1,637
62	Alma	1,611
63	Ella	1,604
64	Anne	1,598
65	Mattie	1,552
66	Jessie	1,550
67	Vera	1,510
68	Lois	1,508
69	Betty	1,456
70	Lena	1,449
70	Mae	1,449
72	Stella	1,422
73	Kathryn	1,397
74	Jean	1,381
75	Blanche	1,361
76	Leona	1,329
77	Lucy	1,309
78	Carrie	1,281
79	Beulah	1,244
80	Vivian	1,211
81	Opal	1,190
82	Sylvia	1,184
83	Violet	1,183
84	Ellen	1,162
85	Jennie	1,161
86	Hattie	1,136
87	Marguerite	1,113
88	Fannie	1,100
89	Mamie	1,095
90	Velma	1,045
91	Cora	1,022
91	Rosa	1,022
93	Genevieve	989
94	Lula	970
95	Charlotte	960
96	Georgia	957
97	Ada	939
98	Jane	937
99	Inez	924
100	Theresa	919
101	Hilda	916
102	Wilma	914
103	Emily	909
104	Dora	888
105	Marian	884
106	Estelle	864
107	Juanita	862
108	Daisy	833
109	Eunice	830
110	Nancy	827
111	Maggie	822
111	Susie	822
113	Sadie	806
114	Alberta	801
115	Harriet	792
116	Nora	779
117	Flora	749
118	Loretta	739
119	Barbara	737
120	Lola	712
121	Olive	699
122	Geneva	688
123	Sara	687
124	Christine	686
125	Sophie	671
126	Kathleen	663
127	Mable	659
128	Lucile	654
129	Maria	646
130	Della	645
131	Rosie	643
132	Verna	639
133	Madeline	628
134	Geraldine	627
135	Lottie	620
136	Nettie	617
137	Irma	615
138	Katie	595
138	Erma	595
140	Goldie	593
141	Naomi	585
142	Lydia	568
143	Eula	561
144	Henrietta	558
145	Maude	553
146	Caroline	550
147	Effie	549
148	Rebecca	546
149	May	541
150	Rachel	537
151	Sally	535
152	Norma	531
152	Maxine	531
154	Phyllis	527
154	Audrey	527
156	Essie	525
157	Ollie	521
158	Ora	513
159	Sallie	509
160	Victoria	503
161	Addie	497
162	Lela	489
162	Olga	489
164	Miriam	487
165	Nina	466
166	Winifred	463
167	Susan	459
168	Isabel	447
169	Jeanette	444
170	Lizzie	441
170	Roberta	441
172	Fern	435
173	Etta	434
174	Amelia	430
175	Cecelia	416
176	Adeline	413
176	Freda	413
178	Celia	410
179	Rita	403
180	Iva	397
181	Dorothea	389
181	Bonnie	389
183	Antoinette	388
183	Faye	388
185	Carolyn	387
186	Janet	386
187	Anita	381
188	Wanda	380
188	Lorene	380
190	Mollie	378
191	Isabelle	377
192	Jeannette	373
193	Lorraine	365
194	Estella	364
194	Ola	364
196	Leola	363
196	Dolores	363
198	Shirley	362
199	Angelina	359
200	Cleo	358

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1911 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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