The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1913

3,707 different girls’ names were recorded in 1913, covering 624,546 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	36,642
2	Helen	18,888
3	Dorothy	14,674
4	Margaret	14,486
5	Ruth	12,609
6	Mildred	9,921
7	Anna	9,687
8	Elizabeth	9,505
9	Frances	7,694
10	Marie	7,353
11	Alice	6,934
12	Evelyn	6,683
13	Florence	6,279
14	Rose	6,171
15	Virginia	6,036
16	Lillian	6,015
17	Louise	5,577
18	Edna	5,558
19	Gladys	5,428
20	Ethel	5,369
21	Irene	5,335
22	Catherine	5,302
23	Ruby	4,913
24	Josephine	4,822
25	Grace	4,669
26	Thelma	4,595
27	Hazel	4,589
28	Martha	4,538
29	Edith	4,366
30	Annie	4,267
31	Lucille	4,098
32	Esther	4,090
33	Gertrude	4,015
34	Eleanor	3,938
35	Pauline	3,636
36	Clara	3,633
37	Beatrice	3,567
38	Emma	3,474
39	Bertha	3,345
40	Elsie	3,209
41	Agnes	3,206
42	Julia	3,195
43	Sarah	3,178
44	Doris	3,049
45	Bernice	3,036
46	Ann	2,998
47	Bessie	2,952
48	Marjorie	2,922
49	Ida	2,916
50	Eva	2,891
51	Marion	2,854
52	Viola	2,847
53	Myrtle	2,843
54	Katherine	2,794
55	Pearl	2,756
56	Mabel	2,741
57	Anne	2,684
58	Nellie	2,645
59	Lois	2,560
60	Jean	2,545
61	Jessie	2,475
62	Laura	2,454
63	Minnie	2,332
64	Alma	2,297
65	Willie	2,264
66	Kathryn	2,246
67	Betty	2,240
68	Vera	2,209
69	Stella	2,205
70	Ella	2,071
71	Lillie	2,030
72	Sylvia	2,013
73	Lena	1,973
74	Leona	1,911
75	Mattie	1,868
76	Lucy	1,856
76	Blanche	1,856
78	Marguerite	1,822
79	Mae	1,814
80	Jennie	1,809
81	Jane	1,759
82	Violet	1,751
83	Vivian	1,727
84	Genevieve	1,684
85	Beulah	1,641
86	Opal	1,629
87	Charlotte	1,603
88	Ellen	1,579
89	Velma	1,556
90	Carrie	1,517
91	Fannie	1,488
92	Wilma	1,469
93	Marian	1,452
94	Barbara	1,451
95	Juanita	1,443
96	Hattie	1,434
97	Theresa	1,403
98	Inez	1,395
99	Emily	1,386
100	Georgia	1,382
101	Rosa	1,366
102	Nancy	1,290
103	Cora	1,288
104	Ada	1,282
105	Hilda	1,275
106	Mamie	1,245
107	Eunice	1,214
108	Alberta	1,196
109	Dora	1,183
110	Lula	1,179
110	Kathleen	1,179
112	Estelle	1,129
113	Sophie	1,122
114	Sara	1,121
115	Sadie	1,112
116	Rita	1,096
117	Madeline	1,084
118	Loretta	1,074
119	Maxine	1,073
120	Geneva	1,069
121	Geraldine	1,058
122	Phyllis	1,054
123	Daisy	1,052
124	Christine	1,045
125	Harriet	1,039
126	Verna	1,038
127	Maggie	1,019
128	Lucile	1,003
129	Olive	994
130	Susie	965
130	Lola	965
132	Flora	943
133	Maria	909
134	Mable	907
135	Nora	890
136	Audrey	884
137	Muriel	882
138	Sally	879
139	Norma	878
140	Henrietta	865
140	Erma	865
142	Naomi	840
143	Lottie	837
144	Irma	830
145	Rachel	827
146	Miriam	826
147	Victoria	825
148	Olga	810
149	Caroline	805
150	Goldie	791
151	Della	789
152	Nettie	777
153	Eula	773
154	Lydia	759
155	Roberta	755
156	Rosie	744
157	Winifred	741
158	Rebecca	739
159	Jeanette	734
160	Lorraine	724
161	Amelia	721
162	Janet	712
163	June	710
164	Effie	708
165	Dolores	706
166	Fern	697
167	May	695
168	Wanda	687
169	Shirley	684
170	Carolyn	676
171	Katie	674
172	Ollie	669
173	Nina	668
173	Adeline	668
175	Essie	662
176	Dorothea	658
177	Isabel	657
178	Sallie	656
179	Maude	655
180	Bonnie	648
181	Antoinette	646
182	Ora	622
183	Veronica	615
184	Eileen	614
185	Freda	613
186	Isabelle	606
187	Addie	605
188	Lela	595
189	Marcella	590
190	Patricia	588
191	Iva	577
192	Jeannette	570
193	Anita	562
194	Faye	561
195	Lorene	559
196	Susan	543
197	Etta	542
198	Cecelia	536
198	Cleo	536
200	Lizzie	532

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1913 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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