Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,990
2	Helen	1,679
3	Dorothy	1,089
4	Margaret	1,028
5	Anna	962
6	Ruth	837
7	Elizabeth	713
8	Rose	629
9	Marie	609
10	Mildred	552
11	Frances	543
12	Florence	536
13	Eleanor	497
14	Catherine	492
15	Josephine	454
16	Lillian	424
17	Evelyn	414
18	Jean	394
19	Doris	390
20	Virginia	353
21	Alice	343
22	Grace	338
23	Anne	317
24	Ann	296
25	Irene	280

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marion	271
27	Edna	247
28	Edith	245
29	Ethel	240
30	Stella	234
31	Julia	233
32	Gertrude	225
33	Louise	213
34	Katherine	209
35	Jennie	202
36	Agnes	199
37	Rita	196
38	Theresa	193
39	Marjorie	190
40	Elsie	189
41	Beatrice	186
41	Gladys	186
43	Sophie	176
44	Betty	170
45	Bertha	153
45	Emma	153
45	Jane	153
48	Olga	152
49	Ida	144
50	Martha	143
51	Charlotte	140
52	Genevieve	135
52	Pauline	135
54	Clara	132
55	Sylvia	129
56	Emily	124
57	Esther	120
58	Lucille	117
58	Thelma	117
60	Pearl	115
61	Kathryn	112
62	Janet	110
63	Loretta	108
64	Muriel	107
64	Viola	107
66	Lorraine	106
67	Antoinette	104
68	Lena	103
69	Barbara	101
70	Madeline	100
70	Marian	100
70	Victoria	100
73	Angelina	99
73	Hazel	99
73	Sarah	99
76	Mae	96
77	Laura	95
77	Lucy	95
79	Claire	94
79	Nancy	94
81	Harriet	91
82	Veronica	90
82	Violet	90
84	Adele	89
84	Vera	89
86	Bernice	88
86	Estelle	88
88	Blanche	85
88	Phyllis	85
90	Eva	82
91	Miriam	78
92	Wanda	77
93	Anita	75
93	Jeanette	75
93	Shirley	75
96	Caroline	72
97	Nellie	71
97	Regina	71
99	Cecelia	70
99	Dorothea	70