Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,881
2	Helen	1,534
3	Anna	949
4	Dorothy	942
5	Margaret	893
6	Elizabeth	709
7	Ruth	701
8	Rose	619
9	Marie	543
10	Mildred	499
11	Florence	477
12	Catherine	466
13	Josephine	446
14	Frances	412
15	Eleanor	408
16	Lillian	385
17	Evelyn	370
18	Alice	325
19	Grace	321
20	Jean	318
21	Anne	307
22	Marion	278
23	Ann	269
24	Edith	268
25	Virginia	267

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Doris	258
27	Irene	250
28	Gertrude	237
28	Julia	237
30	Stella	233
31	Ethel	223
32	Louise	205
33	Jennie	204
34	Edna	198
35	Sophie	192
36	Elsie	179
37	Katherine	177
38	Agnes	172
39	Betty	164
39	Gladys	164
41	Bertha	162
41	Theresa	162
43	Rita	157
44	Pauline	151
45	Beatrice	148
46	Sylvia	146
47	Emma	144
48	Ida	142
49	Marjorie	135
50	Esther	133
51	Kathryn	130
52	Charlotte	128
52	Olga	128
54	Martha	124
55	Clara	118
56	Emily	117
57	Lucy	115
58	Jane	113
59	Genevieve	112
60	Mae	108
61	Viola	106
62	Blanche	103
62	Muriel	103
64	Sarah	102
65	Estelle	101
66	Hazel	97
66	Madeline	97
68	Harriet	96
68	Lena	96
70	Violet	95
71	Thelma	94
72	Barbara	92
73	Angelina	91
74	Loretta	90
74	Vera	90
76	Nancy	89
77	Antoinette	88
78	Marian	86
79	Lucille	82
80	Adele	81
81	Laura	80
82	Janet	79
83	Pearl	78
84	Veronica	77
85	Phyllis	74
86	Henrietta	73
87	Jeanette	72
87	Marguerite	72
89	Miriam	71
90	Victoria	70
91	Alma	69
91	Wanda	69
93	Winifred	67
94	Eileen	66
94	Minnie	66
96	Bernice	65
96	Myrtle	65
98	Claire	61
98	Nellie	61
100	Kathleen	60
100	Sara	60