Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1926

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	191
2	2Margaret	184
3	3Dorothy	119
4	4Elizabeth	73
5	5Helen	73
6	6Jean	70
7	7Doreen	61
8	8Joan	61
9	9Patricia	59
10	10Irene	51
11	11Shirley	51
12	12Marjorie	50
13	13Evelyn	46
14	14Audrey	45
15	15Betty	45
16	16Ruth	44
17	17Kathleen	43
18	18June	42
19	19Doris	40
20	20Norma	40
21	21Marion	39
22	22Alice	36
23	23Edith	36
24	24Frances	36
25	25Phyllis	36
26	26Joyce	33
27	27Barbara	32
28	28Catherine	32
29	29Hazel	32
30	30Thelma	32
31	31Eileen	31
32	32Gladys	31
33	33Grace	31
34	34Florence	29
35	35Violet	29
36	36Marie	28
37	37Muriel	28
38	38Annie	27
39	39Gloria	25
40	40Mildred	24
41	41Edna	23
42	42Ethel	23
43	43Lillian	23
44	44Sheila	23
45	45Elsie	22
46	46Vera	22
47	47Agnes	21
48	48Eleanor	20
49	49Ellen	20
50	50Lois	19
51	51Beverley	18
52	52Pearl	18
53	53Lorraine	17
54	54Beverly	16
55	55Beatrice	15
56	56Bernice	15
57	57Pauline	15
58	58Eva	14
59	59Jacqueline	14
60	60Lorna	14
61	61Louise	14
62	62Ruby	14
63	63Toshiko	14
64	64Constance	13
65	65Hilda	13
66	66Jessie	13
67	67Mabel	13
68	68Marguerite	13
69	69Maria	13
70	70Olive	13
71	71Wilma	13
72	72Daphne	12
73	73Nancy	12
74	74Vivian	12
75	75Winnifred	12
76	76Gertrude	11
77	77Janet	11
78	78Laura	11
79	79Sylvia	11
80	80Yoshiko	11
81	81Anna	10
82	82Anne	10
83	83Dora	10
84	84Esther	10
85	85Francis	10
86	86Iris	10
87	87Ivy	10
88	88Lucy	10
89	89Myrtle	10
90	90Verna	10
91	91Viola	10
92	92Virginia	10
93	93Alma	9
94	94Bertha	9
95	95Geraldine	9
96	96Jane	9
97	97Margret	9
98	98May	9
99	99Roberta	9
100	100Velma	9

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Coverage: Names given 5 or more times in a year. Original data · Licence

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