Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,568
2	Dorothy	1,196
3	Helen	994
4	Margaret	865
5	Doris	798
6	Marie	710
7	Ruth	688
8	Elizabeth	649
9	Jean	634
10	Anna	593
11	Rose	516
12	Gloria	482
13	Florence	476
14	Betty	461
15	Eleanor	442
16	Catherine	410
17	Josephine	379
18	Frances	378
19	Irene	370
20	Evelyn	365
21	Shirley	350
22	Mildred	346
23	Alice	338
24	Virginia	337
25	Barbara	328

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marion	324
27	Theresa	314
28	Lillian	299
29	Grace	287
30	Ann	253
30	Lorraine	253
32	Joan	250
33	Dolores	249
34	Patricia	247
35	Lois	238
36	Jane	226
37	Louise	216
38	Rita	207
39	June	191
40	Anne	189
41	Phyllis	179
42	Ethel	178
43	Edith	176
44	Gertrude	169
45	Edna	167
45	Nancy	167
47	Eileen	160
47	Gladys	160
49	Marjorie	154
50	Claire	152
51	Audrey	146
51	Julia	146
53	Marilyn	145
54	Charlotte	144
54	Janet	144
54	Norma	144
57	Bernice	141
58	Angelina	131
58	Jeanne	131
60	Jennie	128
61	Joyce	125
62	Beatrice	124
63	Elaine	123
64	Agnes	118
65	Lucille	117
65	Muriel	117
67	Antoinette	116
67	Elsie	116
69	Marian	115
69	Martha	115
71	Geraldine	110
72	Pauline	107
73	Katherine	105
74	Clara	104
75	Madeline	102
76	Carolyn	98
77	Esther	97
78	Harriet	96
79	Lucy	95
80	Kathleen	94
80	Veronica	94
82	Emily	93
83	Thelma	92
84	Bertha	88
84	Kathryn	88
86	Ida	87
86	Teresa	87
88	Ellen	86
89	Olga	85
90	Loretta	81
90	Stella	81
92	Genevieve	80
92	Sophie	80
94	Laura	79
95	Viola	76
96	Adele	72
96	Constance	72
98	Rosemary	71
98	Vera	71
100	Emma	70