Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joan	1,420
2	Mary	1,272
3	Dorothy	835
4	Margaret	716
5	Barbara	707
6	Doris	603
7	Dolores	600
8	Helen	590
9	Elizabeth	537
10	Jean	525
11	Marie	517
12	Patricia	445
13	Betty	441
14	Ruth	437
15	Gloria	425
16	Anna	416
17	Rose	372
18	Catherine	325
19	Eleanor	316
20	Nancy	306
21	Frances	301
22	Florence	300
23	Ann	293
24	Josephine	273
25	Marilyn	272

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shirley	271
27	Lois	258
28	Evelyn	251
29	Virginia	249
30	Alice	247
31	Theresa	241
32	Joyce	240
33	Lorraine	239
34	Marion	238
35	Janet	230
36	Irene	226
37	Mildred	215
38	Jane	208
39	June	206
40	Lillian	195
41	Grace	189
42	Anne	183
42	Phyllis	183
44	Rita	177
45	Louise	162
46	Elaine	159
47	Audrey	151
48	Claire	147
49	Marjorie	144
50	Eileen	143
51	Geraldine	132
52	Constance	131
52	Norma	131
54	Carol	123
55	Bernice	121
55	Edith	121
57	Beatrice	118
58	Edna	114
59	Jeanne	112
60	Charlotte	110
60	Kathleen	110
62	Carolyn	107
63	Ethel	106
64	Antoinette	104
65	Agnes	103
66	Gladys	101
67	Marian	98
68	Lucille	97
69	Jacqueline	96
70	Pauline	93
71	Gertrude	91
71	Rosemarie	91
73	Beverly	88
74	Katherine	87
75	Martha	84
76	Loretta	83
77	Clara	82
77	Elsie	82
77	Julia	82
80	Madeline	81
81	Anita	80
82	Arlene	76
83	Ellen	75
84	Angelina	74
84	Rosemary	74
86	Harriet	72
87	Esther	66
87	Jeanette	66
87	Laura	66
90	Thelma	65
91	Sally	64
92	Caroline	63
92	Janice	63
92	Joanne	63
95	Kathryn	61
96	Emma	59
96	Jennie	59
96	Muriel	59
99	Lucy	58
100	Adele	57