Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,322
2	Helen	1,481
3	Margaret	1,194
4	Dorothy	1,101
5	Rose	1,054
6	Anna	1,006
7	Ruth	865
8	Frances	748
9	Lillian	689
10	Florence	676
11	Elizabeth	649
12	Mildred	645
13	Catherine	590
14	Marie	581
15	Josephine	497
16	Alice	476
17	Evelyn	407
18	Gertrude	400
18	Marion	400
20	Anne	385
21	Sylvia	374
22	Beatrice	363
22	Grace	363
24	Ann	338
25	Edna	320

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Eleanor	320
27	Irene	318
28	Jean	313
29	Ethel	310
30	Edith	301
31	Louise	276
32	Esther	263
33	Julia	254
34	Gladys	244
35	Agnes	241
35	Ida	241
37	Virginia	233
38	Betty	231
39	Katherine	227
40	Pauline	223
41	Marjorie	221
42	Theresa	212
43	Doris	208
44	Elsie	201
45	Bertha	196
46	Jennie	193
47	Martha	191
48	Sarah	188
49	Hazel	177
50	Emma	166
51	Sophie	161
52	Pearl	158
53	Clara	157
54	Lena	156
54	Mae	156
56	Angelina	153
57	Antoinette	150
57	Charlotte	150
59	Stella	147
60	Genevieve	145
61	Madeline	141
62	Lucy	138
63	Kathryn	133
64	Sally	130
64	Viola	130
66	Laura	129
67	Blanche	125
67	Miriam	125
69	Vera	120
70	Eva	113
71	Celia	110
71	Estelle	110
71	Jane	110
74	Emily	108
74	Marian	108
76	Loretta	106
76	Minnie	106
78	Harriet	105
78	Vivian	105
80	Mabel	102
81	Barbara	100
81	Hilda	100
83	Fannie	99
84	Bessie	98
85	Kathleen	97
85	Sadie	97
87	Bernice	95
88	Lucille	94
88	Rita	94
90	Ellen	93
91	Henrietta	92
92	Marguerite	91
92	Shirley	91
94	Thelma	90
94	Violet	90
96	Winifred	88
97	Carmela	87
98	Caroline	84
99	Mollie	82
100	Veronica	80