Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,909
2	Helen	2,089
3	Dorothy	1,442
4	Rose	1,438
5	Margaret	1,370
6	Anna	1,338
7	Ruth	1,223
8	Frances	940
9	Elizabeth	868
10	Florence	864
11	Lillian	835
12	Mildred	831
13	Catherine	784
14	Marie	761
15	Josephine	676
16	Alice	585
17	Gertrude	577
18	Evelyn	557
19	Sylvia	547
20	Marion	544
21	Anne	529
22	Grace	472
23	Eleanor	450
24	Beatrice	443
25	Ethel	438

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	432
27	Jean	415
28	Edith	414
29	Irene	411
30	Ann	410
31	Edna	368
32	Esther	365
33	Ida	328
33	Julia	328
35	Doris	323
36	Agnes	320
37	Pauline	308
38	Betty	307
38	Gladys	307
40	Katherine	306
41	Virginia	292
42	Bertha	278
43	Jennie	277
44	Clara	266
45	Sarah	264
46	Theresa	262
47	Marjorie	254
48	Elsie	247
49	Martha	234
50	Hazel	201
51	Emma	200
52	Lucy	198
53	Sophie	191
54	Blanche	188
55	Mae	187
56	Lena	185
56	Madeline	185
58	Charlotte	183
58	Genevieve	183
60	Rita	177
61	Sally	176
61	Stella	176
63	Pearl	172
64	Antoinette	170
64	Harriet	170
66	Jane	169
67	Viola	168
68	Kathryn	167
69	Muriel	166
70	Angelina	164
71	Laura	163
72	Estelle	160
73	Loretta	158
74	Emily	155
75	Eva	154
76	Minnie	151
77	Marian	150
77	Sadie	150
79	Mabel	145
80	Miriam	144
81	Lucille	133
82	Bernice	129
82	Fannie	129
84	Caroline	127
84	Celia	127
84	Henrietta	127
87	Thelma	125
88	Vivian	124
89	Barbara	123
89	Vera	123
91	Hilda	121
91	Kathleen	121
91	Marguerite	121
94	Veronica	117
95	Olga	115
96	Shirley	114
97	Carmela	112
98	Bessie	108
98	Frieda	108
98	Nancy	108