Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1912

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,024
2	Helen	722
3	Anna	532
4	Margaret	489
5	Dorothy	444
6	Elizabeth	439
7	Rose	308
8	Ruth	305
9	Marie	280
10	Mildred	267
11	Florence	265
12	Catherine	241
13	Frances	224
14	Lillian	191
15	Alice	188
16	Eleanor	182
17	Josephine	171
18	Evelyn	154
19	Marion	152
20	Gertrude	146
21	Jean	142
22	Anne	131
23	Grace	128
24	Ann	125
25	Edna	124

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ethel	119
27	Beatrice	117
28	Edith	116
29	Julia	115
30	Louise	106
31	Ida	104
32	Irene	98
33	Agnes	96
34	Jennie	92
34	Katherine	92
34	Theresa	92
37	Emma	90
38	Bertha	85
39	Virginia	83
40	Elsie	81
40	Gladys	81
42	Kathryn	79
43	Betty	77
44	Sarah	76
45	Sophie	75
46	Stella	74
47	Doris	73
47	Esther	73
49	Hazel	71
50	Viola	68
51	Clara	66
52	Marjorie	65
52	Pauline	65
54	Mae	62
55	Emily	56
55	Sylvia	56
57	Martha	55
58	Blanche	54
59	Thelma	52
60	Estelle	51
61	Veronica	50
62	Madeline	49
63	Charlotte	48
64	Harriet	47
65	Laura	46
65	Mabel	46
65	Minnie	46
68	Pearl	45
69	Myrtle	44
70	Barbara	43
70	Lena	43
72	Antoinette	42
72	Ella	42
72	Nellie	42
75	Alma	41
75	Jane	41
75	Lucy	41
78	Angelina	40
79	Genevieve	39
80	Ellen	38
80	Lucille	38
82	Marian	37
82	Muriel	37
84	Amelia	36
84	Carolyn	36
84	Eva	36
84	Vera	36
84	Violet	36
89	Caroline	35
90	Sara	33
91	Olga	32
91	Sadie	32
91	Winifred	32
94	Loretta	30
94	Matilda	30
94	May	30
97	Bessie	29
97	Constance	29
97	Jessie	29
97	Miriam	29
97	Teresa	29
97	Victoria	29