Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,885
2	Helen	1,542
3	Dorothy	1,179
4	Margaret	1,060
5	Ruth	876
6	Anna	837
7	Elizabeth	724
8	Marie	660
9	Rose	599
10	Florence	570
11	Doris	519
12	Eleanor	516
13	Mildred	505
14	Frances	504
15	Catherine	481
16	Evelyn	449
17	Josephine	443
18	Lillian	379
19	Virginia	359
20	Alice	353
21	Jean	342
22	Grace	328
23	Marion	310
24	Anne	302
25	Irene	278

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ann	274
27	Ethel	258
28	Gertrude	251
29	Edith	230
30	Betty	223
31	Julia	222
32	Louise	211
33	Stella	208
34	Gladys	206
35	Edna	204
36	Agnes	201
37	Beatrice	198
38	Rita	196
39	Marjorie	190
40	Theresa	189
41	Jennie	175
41	Shirley	175
43	Jane	172
44	Elsie	168
45	Sophie	165
46	Katherine	162
47	Angelina	160
48	Clara	156
49	Emma	155
50	Barbara	154
51	Muriel	146
52	Charlotte	143
53	Pauline	142
54	Genevieve	141
55	Martha	136
56	Bertha	132
57	Lucy	124
57	Olga	124
59	Antoinette	123
60	Thelma	120
61	Ida	119
61	Viola	119
63	Esther	118
64	Emily	116
65	Laura	115
66	Harriet	113
67	Eileen	111
68	Janet	106
69	Kathryn	104
70	Pearl	103
70	Veronica	103
72	Adele	102
72	Madeline	102
74	Lena	100
75	Lucille	99
75	Sarah	99
77	Norma	97
78	Marian	96
79	Bernice	95
80	Miriam	93
81	Nancy	92
82	Violet	91
83	Loretta	90
84	June	88
85	Ellen	85
85	Phyllis	85
87	Claire	84
87	Patricia	84
87	Sylvia	84
90	Caroline	82
91	Blanche	81
92	Wanda	80
93	Hazel	78
94	Mae	77
95	Kathleen	76
96	Victoria	75
97	Alma	74
97	Joan	74
99	Carmella	71
99	Geraldine	71