Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1925

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary1,615
2Dorothy1,194
3Helen1,148
4Margaret943
5Ruth768
6Doris668
7Marie663
8Anna659
9Elizabeth653
10Jean567
11Rose552
12Gloria518
13Florence496
14Eleanor481
15Betty444
16Frances404
17Mildred400
18Catherine386
19Josephine382
20Evelyn381
21Alice366
22Lillian361
23Irene356
24Virginia335
25Marion310
RankNameBabies
26Shirley293
27Ann290
27Grace290
29Edith249
30Jane237
31Barbara231
32Theresa218
33June211
34Rita207
35Anne199
36Ethel189
37Louise183
38Joan177
39Patricia165
40Gertrude163
40Marjorie163
42Edna162
42Lorraine162
44Audrey159
45Beatrice153
46Gladys152
47Charlotte151
48Jennie150
49Lois149
50Elsie146
51Eileen144
52Agnes142
53Phyllis140
54Lucy137
55Julia136
55Katherine136
55Muriel136
58Claire135
59Bernice132
59Janet132
59Nancy132
62Jeanne131
62Norma131
64Martha126
64Sophie126
66Lucille125
67Angelina123
68Dolores119
69Marilyn118
70Clara117
71Antoinette113
71Pauline113
73Marian106
74Madeline104
75Genevieve103
75Stella103
77Elaine102
77Olga102
79Viola101
80Harriet96
81Violet95
82Bertha92
83Ida91
84Geraldine90
85Kathryn88
85Loretta88
85Thelma88
88Esther87
89Laura86
89Veronica86
91Emily85
91Emma85
93Regina84
94Kathleen83
95Carmela82
95Carolyn82
97Constance80
97Pearl80
97Vivian80
100Miriam76