Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,466
2	Dorothy	1,154
3	Helen	1,028
4	Margaret	880
5	Ruth	727
6	Doris	712
7	Marie	698
8	Anna	620
9	Elizabeth	590
10	Jean	559
11	Gloria	500
12	Rose	494
13	Eleanor	476
14	Florence	464
15	Betty	461
16	Frances	414
17	Catherine	394
18	Irene	379
19	Evelyn	378
20	Josephine	373
21	Mildred	366
22	Virginia	320
23	Alice	311
24	Lillian	310
25	Marion	307

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	291
27	Shirley	280
28	Barbara	270
29	Jane	268
30	Ann	264
31	Theresa	250
32	Louise	229
33	Anne	226
34	Joan	220
35	Patricia	200
36	Rita	188
37	June	184
38	Edith	176
38	Nancy	176
40	Dolores	175
41	Ethel	170
42	Gladys	167
43	Gertrude	166
44	Claire	164
45	Edna	158
45	Lois	158
47	Eileen	157
48	Marjorie	156
49	Charlotte	155
50	Antoinette	152
51	Beatrice	150
51	Bernice	150
53	Norma	146
54	Audrey	145
54	Lorraine	145
56	Jennie	140
57	Agnes	135
58	Janet	134
59	Marilyn	132
60	Katherine	131
61	Muriel	129
62	Julia	128
62	Phyllis	128
64	Martha	126
65	Marian	125
66	Elaine	124
67	Jeanne	119
68	Pauline	118
69	Lucille	116
69	Lucy	116
71	Elsie	115
71	Thelma	115
73	Joyce	109
74	Emma	106
75	Madeline	105
76	Clara	102
77	Geraldine	99
77	Olga	99
79	Angelina	97
79	Ida	97
81	Emily	95
82	Genevieve	93
82	Stella	93
84	Teresa	91
84	Viola	91
86	Bertha	82
86	Harriet	82
86	Laura	82
89	Violet	81
90	Carolyn	80
90	Constance	80
90	Sophie	80
93	Veronica	77
94	Esther	75
95	Caroline	74
96	Sarah	73
97	Loretta	72
97	Vivian	72
99	Kathryn	71
100	Carol	70