i thought it would be interesting to go back exactly 100 years in the usa and see what were the top 100 girl names in 1900-1909. most of them do sound old/dated to me, others are nice. some i had never heard, some sound almost "feminist" to me now for some reason, hah.
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1. Mary
2. Helen
3. Margaret
4. Anna
5. Ruth
6. Elizabeth
7. Dorothy
8. Marie
9. Florence
10. Mildred
11. Alice
12. Ethel
13. Lillian
14. Gladys
15. Edna
16. Frances
17. Rose
18. Annie
19. Grace
20. Bertha
21. Emma
22. Bessie
23. Clara
24. Hazel
25. Irene
26. Gertrude
27. Louise
28. Catherine
29. Martha
30. Mabel
31. Pearl
32. Edith
33. Esther
34. Minnie
35. Myrtle
36. Ida
37. Josephine
38. Evelyn
39. Elsie
40. Eva
41. Thelma
42. Ruby
43. Agnes
44. Sarah
45. Viola
46. Nellie
47. Beatrice
48. Julia
49. Laura
50. Lillie
52. Ella
53. Virginia
54. Mattie
55. Pauline
56. Carrie
57. Alma
58. Jessie
59. Mae
60. Lena
61. Willie
62. Katherine
63. Blanche
64. Hattie
65. Marion
66. Lucy
67. Stella
68. Mamie
69. Vera
70. Cora
71. Fannie
72. Eleanor
73. Bernice
74. Jennie
75. Ann
76. Leona
77. Beulah
78. Lula
79. Rosa
80. Ada
81. Ellen
82. Kathryn
83. Maggie
84. Doris
85. Dora
86. Betty
87. Marguerite
88. Violet
89. Lois
90. Daisy
91. Anne
92. Sadie
93. Susie
94. Nora
95. Georgia
96. Maude
97. Marjorie
98. Opal
99. Hilda
100. Velma