Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,389
2	Joan	965
3	Dorothy	940
4	Margaret	712
5	Helen	711
6	Dolores	672
7	Doris	625
8	Marie	606
9	Jean	588
10	Ruth	567
11	Elizabeth	554
12	Barbara	544
13	Anna	511
14	Betty	480
15	Rose	428
16	Patricia	405
17	Gloria	391
18	Eleanor	374
19	Florence	365
20	Catherine	343
21	Frances	333
22	Ann	328
23	Alice	322
24	Irene	293
24	Shirley	293

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Theresa	289
26	Virginia	289
28	Josephine	284
28	Lorraine	284
30	Nancy	277
31	Evelyn	276
32	Marion	275
33	Lois	261
34	Lillian	255
34	Marilyn	255
36	Grace	250
36	Mildred	250
38	Janet	247
39	Rita	241
40	Louise	224
41	June	223
42	Jane	215
43	Audrey	197
44	Joyce	196
45	Anne	176
46	Elaine	171
47	Phyllis	169
48	Ethel	155
49	Marjorie	151
50	Gladys	147
51	Claire	146
52	Eileen	143
52	Geraldine	143
54	Bernice	142
55	Edith	136
56	Carol	133
57	Jeanne	130
58	Antoinette	126
58	Gertrude	126
60	Charlotte	122
61	Norma	119
62	Martha	113
63	Edna	111
64	Carolyn	110
65	Angelina	108
66	Agnes	104
66	Julia	104
68	Thelma	102
69	Beatrice	100
70	Lucille	95
71	Clara	94
72	Rosemarie	92
73	Elsie	91
74	Beverly	90
74	Jacqueline	90
76	Kathleen	89
76	Lucy	89
76	Marian	89
79	Katherine	88
79	Rosemary	88
81	Ellen	87
81	Pauline	87
83	Esther	86
84	Vivian	82
85	Muriel	81
86	Anita	80
86	Constance	80
86	Loretta	80
89	Sally	77
90	Jeanette	76
90	Jennie	76
92	Genevieve	75
93	Madeline	74
94	Laura	71
95	Harriet	69
96	Carmela	65
96	Caroline	65
98	Emma	63
99	Pearl	62
100	Bertha	61
100	Ida	61
100	Kathryn	61