Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,786
2	Helen	1,271
3	Dorothy	1,200
4	Margaret	960
5	Ruth	836
6	Anna	732
7	Elizabeth	694
8	Marie	669
9	Doris	649
10	Rose	602
11	Florence	521
12	Catherine	489
13	Mildred	480
14	Jean	463
15	Josephine	456
16	Frances	449
17	Eleanor	436
18	Evelyn	434
19	Irene	386
20	Lillian	380
21	Virginia	352
22	Alice	349
23	Marion	344
24	Gloria	337
25	Grace	327

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Betty	302
27	Ann	270
28	Anne	244
28	Shirley	244
30	Jane	230
31	Edith	226
32	Louise	224
33	Edna	189
34	Beatrice	185
35	Jennie	184
36	Theresa	182
37	Gladys	180
38	Gertrude	179
39	Barbara	177
40	Ethel	172
41	Julia	168
42	Rita	167
43	Marjorie	166
44	Muriel	164
45	Agnes	162
46	Antoinette	158
47	Katherine	151
48	Elsie	147
49	Stella	146
50	Charlotte	145
51	Claire	140
52	Angelina	139
53	Martha	138
54	Lucy	137
55	June	136
56	Phyllis	135
57	Olga	133
58	Pauline	131
59	Emma	128
60	Eileen	127
61	Ida	124
62	Bernice	123
63	Thelma	122
64	Nancy	120
65	Bertha	115
66	Jeanne	113
66	Marian	113
66	Norma	113
66	Sophie	113
70	Esther	111
70	Lucille	111
72	Clara	110
72	Janet	110
72	Lorraine	110
75	Genevieve	107
76	Audrey	105
76	Harriet	105
76	Kathryn	105
76	Patricia	105
80	Madeline	101
81	Dolores	98
82	Joan	97
82	Lena	97
82	Lois	97
82	Viola	97
86	Pearl	96
87	Emily	93
87	Geraldine	93
87	Sarah	93
90	Violet	92
91	Constance	90
92	Kathleen	89
92	Vivian	89
94	Elaine	88
95	Hazel	86
96	Laura	83
96	Marguerite	83
98	Carolyn	81
99	Veronica	80
100	Loretta	79