Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,399
2	Dorothy	1,005
3	Doris	762
4	Helen	749
5	Margaret	708
6	Marie	666
7	Joan	621
8	Jean	587
9	Ruth	567
10	Elizabeth	554
11	Dolores	546
12	Anna	516
13	Barbara	488
14	Betty	484
15	Rose	432
16	Gloria	402
17	Florence	393
18	Frances	380
19	Patricia	369
20	Eleanor	368
21	Catherine	344
22	Shirley	326
23	Alice	321
24	Josephine	320
24	Virginia	320

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Theresa	312
27	Ann	297
28	Irene	294
29	Evelyn	289
30	Mildred	287
31	Lorraine	274
32	Lois	273
33	Marion	256
34	Nancy	234
35	Lillian	229
36	Grace	223
37	Phyllis	208
38	Marilyn	194
39	Anne	191
40	Jane	189
41	Rita	185
42	Louise	182
43	June	178
44	Audrey	175
45	Joyce	171
46	Elaine	167
47	Edith	165
48	Edna	150
49	Claire	148
50	Janet	146
51	Eileen	145
52	Ethel	142
53	Geraldine	141
54	Bernice	138
54	Charlotte	138
56	Gertrude	135
57	Norma	134
58	Jeanne	133
59	Marjorie	132
60	Gladys	127
61	Beatrice	122
62	Carol	118
63	Antoinette	115
64	Julia	113
65	Carolyn	111
66	Agnes	109
67	Pauline	105
68	Clara	101
69	Elsie	99
70	Lucille	98
71	Katherine	97
72	Lucy	93
73	Thelma	92
74	Kathleen	89
74	Madeline	89
76	Jacqueline	87
76	Muriel	87
78	Angelina	86
79	Marian	83
79	Vivian	83
81	Jennie	81
81	Martha	81
83	Harriet	79
84	Rosemary	78
85	Stella	77
86	Sarah	76
87	Loretta	74
88	Ellen	72
88	Emma	72
90	Regina	71
91	Carmela	70
91	Esther	70
91	Laura	70
94	Caroline	67
94	Emily	67
94	Ida	67
97	Rosemarie	65
98	Beverly	64
99	Anita	63
99	Genevieve	63
99	Kathryn	63