Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,772
2	Dorothy	1,240
3	Helen	1,219
4	Margaret	981
5	Ruth	868
6	Anna	717
7	Marie	704
8	Elizabeth	676
9	Doris	657
10	Rose	584
11	Florence	558
12	Eleanor	473
13	Jean	458
13	Mildred	458
15	Catherine	451
16	Josephine	435
17	Evelyn	429
18	Frances	424
19	Gloria	393
20	Virginia	370
21	Alice	359
22	Betty	357
23	Lillian	355
24	Marion	354
25	Irene	337

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	320
27	Ann	301
28	Shirley	290
29	Jane	247
30	Anne	232
31	Barbara	227
32	Louise	225
33	Edith	211
34	Gladys	203
35	Edna	199
36	Theresa	184
37	Marjorie	183
38	Beatrice	180
38	Rita	180
40	Ethel	177
40	Gertrude	177
42	Jennie	172
43	Agnes	158
44	Antoinette	155
45	Julia	154
46	June	151
47	Elsie	150
48	Claire	148
48	Muriel	148
50	Katherine	143
50	Patricia	143
52	Marian	141
53	Eileen	140
54	Phyllis	137
55	Lorraine	134
56	Charlotte	131
57	Nancy	130
58	Olga	128
59	Joan	127
60	Angelina	126
60	Norma	126
62	Stella	125
63	Elaine	124
64	Thelma	117
65	Genevieve	116
66	Jeanne	115
66	Pauline	115
68	Janet	114
69	Bernice	113
70	Emma	111
70	Martha	111
72	Clara	109
72	Veronica	109
74	Audrey	108
74	Esther	108
74	Lois	108
74	Lucille	108
78	Dolores	106
78	Geraldine	106
78	Madeline	106
81	Bertha	104
81	Lucy	104
83	Constance	103
83	Ida	103
85	Sophie	96
86	Harriet	95
87	Carolyn	94
87	Emily	94
89	Kathryn	92
90	Viola	89
91	Kathleen	87
91	Loretta	87
93	Laura	86
93	Sylvia	86
95	Blanche	84
95	Sarah	84
97	Adele	83
97	Pearl	83
99	Miriam	82
99	Violet	82