Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,922
2	Helen	1,420
3	Dorothy	1,165
4	Margaret	1,062
5	Anna	852
6	Ruth	839
7	Elizabeth	735
8	Rose	685
9	Marie	629
10	Doris	602
11	Josephine	532
12	Florence	531
13	Mildred	505
14	Frances	473
15	Eleanor	470
16	Catherine	444
17	Jean	403
18	Evelyn	398
19	Virginia	374
20	Alice	362
21	Lillian	357
22	Grace	320
23	Marion	315
24	Irene	313
25	Ann	267

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anne	249
27	Betty	239
28	Edith	235
28	Louise	235
30	Marjorie	225
31	Ethel	216
32	Edna	209
33	Jennie	206
33	Shirley	206
35	Julia	199
36	Jane	195
37	Beatrice	193
37	Gertrude	193
39	Agnes	191
40	Stella	188
41	Katherine	181
42	Elsie	176
43	Rita	164
43	Theresa	164
45	Gladys	158
45	Sophie	158
47	Barbara	154
48	Gloria	153
49	Muriel	151
50	Olga	145
51	Antoinette	143
51	Bertha	143
53	Charlotte	140
54	Genevieve	139
55	Lucy	138
55	Pauline	138
57	Angelina	137
58	Clara	133
58	Madeline	133
60	Emma	127
61	Lucille	125
62	Ida	123
63	Nancy	119
64	Martha	117
65	Norma	115
66	Janet	114
67	Thelma	109
67	Viola	109
69	Claire	108
69	Pearl	108
71	Kathryn	107
71	Sarah	107
71	Veronica	107
74	Bernice	106
74	Lena	106
76	Sylvia	105
77	Esther	104
78	Marian	103
79	Lorraine	100
80	Phyllis	97
81	Eileen	96
81	Laura	96
83	Harriet	93
84	Adele	92
85	Emily	90
85	Jeanette	90
87	Vivian	88
88	Audrey	87
88	Loretta	87
90	June	86
90	Violet	86
92	Kathleen	85
93	Lois	83
94	Hazel	82
94	Patricia	82
96	Ellen	81
97	Caroline	80
98	Jeanne	79
98	Marguerite	79
100	Eva	78
100	Vera	78
100	Victoria	78