Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,449
2	Helen	1,083
3	Anna	760
4	Margaret	706
5	Dorothy	608
6	Elizabeth	566
7	Ruth	473
8	Rose	424
9	Marie	415
10	Florence	364
11	Mildred	360
12	Catherine	332
13	Frances	317
14	Lillian	312
15	Eleanor	293
16	Josephine	282
17	Evelyn	233
18	Grace	220
19	Alice	213
20	Anne	202
21	Edna	182
22	Jean	181
23	Edith	177
24	Gertrude	174
24	Marion	174

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ethel	169
27	Julia	168
28	Ann	167
29	Louise	164
30	Irene	152
31	Doris	151
32	Virginia	148
33	Elsie	146
33	Katherine	146
35	Jennie	141
36	Beatrice	140
37	Theresa	138
38	Rita	132
39	Agnes	124
40	Ida	120
41	Bertha	119
42	Stella	118
43	Martha	114
44	Gladys	110
45	Emma	108
46	Sophie	105
47	Clara	100
47	Pauline	100
49	Esther	99
50	Lucy	96
51	Jane	95
52	Genevieve	89
52	Marjorie	89
52	Sylvia	89
55	Thelma	88
56	Emily	87
57	Kathryn	86
58	Charlotte	83
59	Betty	80
59	Mae	80
61	Sarah	79
62	Viola	78
63	Olga	74
64	Madeline	70
65	Hazel	69
65	Veronica	69
67	Laura	68
68	Angelina	65
69	Antoinette	63
69	Mabel	63
71	Adele	61
71	Barbara	61
73	Blanche	60
73	Estelle	60
73	Muriel	60
73	Pearl	60
77	Lena	58
78	Lucille	57
79	Harriet	56
79	Jessie	56
79	Vera	56
82	Myrtle	54
83	Ellen	52
83	Eva	52
85	Minnie	50
86	Miriam	48
87	Caroline	47
87	Marguerite	47
87	Marian	47
90	Ella	46
91	Nancy	45
92	Alma	44
92	Janet	44
92	Violet	44
95	Phyllis	43
95	Victoria	43
97	Loretta	42
98	Claire	41
98	Constance	41
100	Regina	40
100	Sadie	40
100	Wanda	40