Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1922

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary1,801
2Helen1,256
3Dorothy1,181
4Margaret979
5Ruth820
6Anna766
7Elizabeth661
8Marie646
9Rose617
10Doris560
11Florence535
12Eleanor500
13Mildred498
14Josephine481
15Jean458
16Frances456
17Catherine452
18Evelyn397
19Virginia385
20Lillian353
21Irene351
22Alice325
23Grace323
24Gloria301
25Marion285
RankNameBabies
26Ann264
27Anne253
28Betty248
29Louise233
30Ethel227
31Edith225
32Edna208
33Gladys202
33Shirley202
35Beatrice201
36Julia195
37Jane190
38Rita186
39Marjorie183
40Muriel182
41Gertrude180
42Jennie176
43Katherine162
44Agnes160
45Theresa159
46Angelina153
47Barbara151
48Antoinette146
49Sophie144
50Olga141
51Elsie140
51Stella140
53June129
54Claire127
54Marian127
56Nancy125
57Emma124
58Clara123
59Esther122
60Bertha121
60Pauline121
62Ida120
63Lucy119
63Phyllis119
65Emily117
66Lorraine114
67Charlotte113
68Genevieve112
69Kathryn111
69Lucille111
69Madeline111
69Thelma111
73Martha109
74Veronica107
75Viola105
76Eileen104
77Norma103
78Bernice101
78Sylvia101
80Harriet99
81Jeanne98
81Laura98
81Violet98
84Janet95
85Lois94
86Marguerite90
87Constance89
87Kathleen89
89Blanche86
90Audrey85
91Lena84
91Pearl84
93Adele83
93Geraldine83
93Hazel83
93Sarah83
97Caroline81
98Carolyn79
99Patricia77
99Regina77
99Vera77