Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,015
2	Helen	1,536
3	Anna	993
4	Margaret	974
5	Dorothy	924
6	Elizabeth	705
7	Ruth	697
8	Rose	669
9	Marie	585
10	Mildred	518
11	Florence	509
12	Frances	495
13	Josephine	455
14	Catherine	451
15	Eleanor	433
16	Evelyn	392
17	Lillian	380
18	Alice	338
19	Grace	335
19	Jean	335
21	Ann	319
22	Doris	313
23	Anne	293
23	Virginia	293
25	Marion	274

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	268
27	Edith	253
28	Ethel	237
29	Julia	233
30	Louise	232
31	Gertrude	230
32	Edna	227
33	Katherine	206
34	Jennie	200
35	Stella	198
36	Agnes	190
37	Sophie	183
38	Beatrice	178
38	Gladys	178
40	Bertha	177
41	Theresa	167
42	Betty	166
43	Elsie	160
44	Pauline	158
45	Rita	157
46	Esther	143
47	Viola	138
48	Emily	137
49	Martha	136
50	Clara	135
50	Lucy	135
52	Jane	134
53	Emma	133
54	Ida	131
55	Olga	127
56	Kathryn	125
57	Sylvia	123
58	Marjorie	122
59	Thelma	121
60	Charlotte	120
61	Genevieve	116
62	Antoinette	115
63	Muriel	111
64	Hazel	109
65	Pearl	108
66	Laura	106
67	Angelina	105
67	Madeline	105
69	Mae	99
69	Marian	99
71	Nancy	98
72	Lena	94
73	Lucille	91
74	Carolyn	89
74	Veronica	89
74	Violet	89
77	Harriet	88
78	Barbara	85
78	Estelle	85
78	Vera	85
81	Blanche	82
82	Adele	80
83	Marguerite	79
84	Janet	78
85	Sarah	77
86	Miriam	74
86	Nellie	74
88	Myrtle	73
89	Anita	72
90	Ella	71
90	Eva	71
92	Ellen	70
93	Victoria	69
94	Claire	67
94	Loretta	67
96	Caroline	66
96	Tessie	66
96	Vivian	66
96	Wanda	66
100	Phyllis	65