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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.

wdyt?

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 

 

51. Lucille 
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
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