Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,522
2	Dorothy	1,118
3	Helen	890
4	Margaret	758
5	Doris	716
6	Ruth	665
7	Anna	626
8	Marie	618
9	Jean	613
10	Elizabeth	591
11	Betty	501
12	Eleanor	472
13	Rose	456
14	Gloria	417
15	Frances	415
16	Florence	402
17	Barbara	390
18	Catherine	380
19	Dolores	371
20	Irene	367
21	Joan	342
21	Marion	342
23	Patricia	330
24	Evelyn	329
24	Shirley	329

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	327
27	Mildred	324
28	Josephine	315
29	Virginia	289
30	Theresa	285
31	Lillian	279
32	Lorraine	273
33	Ann	272
34	Lois	251
35	Grace	248
36	Jane	228
37	Rita	216
38	Louise	213
39	June	198
40	Edith	185
41	Phyllis	183
42	Marilyn	177
43	Anne	175
44	Audrey	166
44	Claire	166
46	Nancy	165
47	Eileen	162
48	Elaine	158
49	Ethel	154
50	Marjorie	151
51	Gladys	149
52	Beatrice	144
53	Gertrude	143
54	Bernice	137
55	Joyce	134
56	Janet	133
57	Edna	131
58	Geraldine	129
59	Jeanne	127
60	Norma	125
61	Agnes	122
61	Carolyn	122
63	Julia	121
64	Antoinette	119
64	Carol	119
64	Elsie	119
67	Angelina	111
68	Lucille	110
68	Thelma	110
70	Charlotte	104
70	Marian	104
72	Martha	103
73	Katherine	100
74	Jennie	99
75	Muriel	92
75	Pauline	92
77	Emma	91
78	Bertha	87
78	Ellen	87
80	Loretta	86
81	Esther	84
81	Madeline	84
83	Sarah	83
84	Ida	82
84	Lucy	82
86	Clara	80
86	Teresa	80
88	Laura	75
88	Regina	75
90	Caroline	74
91	Adele	73
91	Jeanette	73
93	Rosemarie	71
94	Harriet	70
94	Rosemary	70
96	Miriam	68
96	Viola	68
98	Anita	67
98	Carmela	67
98	Kathleen	67