Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1915

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary1,923
2Helen1,385
3Anna932
4Margaret907
5Dorothy848
6Ruth692
7Elizabeth646
8Rose605
9Florence506
9Marie506
11Mildred483
12Josephine451
13Catherine416
14Frances396
15Lillian383
16Eleanor367
17Evelyn341
18Alice298
19Grace293
20Anne291
21Jean283
22Edna246
23Gertrude242
24Julia241
25Edith237
RankNameBabies
26Ann236
27Marion232
28Irene221
29Doris220
30Louise211
31Ethel209
32Virginia207
33Stella196
34Jennie188
35Elsie187
36Rita185
37Beatrice177
38Theresa174
39Katherine161
40Gladys160
41Emma159
42Agnes154
43Ida144
44Sophie143
45Bertha141
46Martha140
47Marjorie131
48Emily130
49Clara129
50Esther127
50Sylvia127
52Betty119
53Jane118
54Pauline116
55Lucy115
56Charlotte114
57Kathryn111
58Genevieve107
59Madeline103
60Olga101
61Angelina100
61Laura100
61Mae100
61Pearl100
65Nancy98
66Sarah97
67Hazel96
68Antoinette93
69Estelle91
69Thelma91
71Muriel90
71Viola90
73Harriet86
74Vera83
75Lena81
76Violet76
77Eva75
77Loretta75
77Veronica75
80Blanche74
80Caroline74
80Lucille74
83Marguerite72
84Marian70
85Barbara68
85Nellie68
87Minnie67
88Jeanette66
89Adele65
89Claire65
89Mabel65
92Amelia62
92Carolyn62
92Winifred62
95Alma60
95Bernice60
95Myrtle60
98Vivian58
99Henrietta57
99Victoria57