Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1931

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	191
2	2Margaret	178
3	3Patricia	145
4	4Shirley	121
5	5Dorothy	113
6	6Joan	90
7	7Barbara	89
8	8Helen	85
9	9Elizabeth	80
10	10Betty	73
11	11Doreen	63
12	12Kathleen	62
13	13Jean	59
14	14June	59
15	15Joyce	57
16	16Norma	52
17	17Irene	51
18	18Audrey	49
19	19Beverley	48
20	20Ruth	45
21	21Florence	44
22	22Annie	40
23	23Catherine	37
24	24Evelyn	37
25	25Lois	36
26	26Alice	35
27	27Gloria	35
28	28Mildred	34
29	29Frances	33
30	30Edith	31
31	31Lillian	31
32	32Marie	30
33	33Thelma	30
34	34Doris	29
35	35Sheila	29
36	36Ellen	28
37	37Grace	28
38	38Eileen	27
39	39Marion	27
40	40Violet	27
41	41Janet	25
42	42Marjorie	25
43	43Phyllis	25
44	44Rose	25
45	45Bernice	24
46	46Beverly	24
47	47Elsie	24
48	48Gladys	24
49	49Lorraine	24
50	50Anna	23
51	51Beatrice	23
52	52Marilyn	23
53	53Edna	22
54	54Louise	22
55	55Muriel	22
56	56Agnes	21
57	57Eleanor	21
58	58May	20
59	59Anne	19
60	60Jacqueline	19
61	61Lorna	19
62	62Mabel	19
63	63Nancy	19
64	64Yvonne	19
65	65Ethel	18
66	66Vera	18
67	67Clara	17
68	68Eva	17
69	69Geraldine	17
70	70Gertrude	17
71	71Constance	15
72	72Gwendolyn	15
73	73Josephine	15
74	74Marguerite	14
75	75Rosemary	14
76	76Ruby	14
77	77Ann	13
78	78Bertha	13
79	79Diana	13
80	80Diane	13
81	81Marian	13
82	82Martha	13
83	83Maureen	13
84	84Olive	13
85	85Velma	13
86	86Vivian	13
87	87Donna	12
88	88Hazel	12
89	89Lily	12
90	90Maria	12
91	91Sylvia	12
92	92Hilda	11
93	93Jessie	11
94	94Katherine	11
95	95Laura	11
96	96Nellie	11
97	97Wilma	11
98	98Anita	10
99	99Caroline	10
100	100Daphne	10

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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