Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,267
2	Helen	2,265
3	Dorothy	1,623
4	Margaret	1,620
5	Rose	1,529
6	Anna	1,470
7	Ruth	1,327
8	Frances	1,012
9	Elizabeth	996
10	Florence	981
11	Lillian	930
12	Mildred	908
13	Catherine	885
14	Josephine	822
15	Marie	759
16	Sylvia	623
17	Evelyn	607
18	Alice	603
19	Anne	600
20	Gertrude	582
21	Marion	559
22	Eleanor	545
23	Beatrice	515
24	Grace	513
25	Ethel	480

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	474
27	Jean	463
28	Irene	443
29	Ann	432
30	Edna	422
31	Louise	418
32	Esther	415
33	Virginia	395
34	Ida	356
35	Julia	353
36	Agnes	345
37	Doris	333
37	Pauline	333
39	Gladys	332
40	Rita	327
41	Theresa	319
42	Marjorie	307
43	Betty	306
44	Katherine	298
45	Jennie	284
46	Martha	281
47	Elsie	277
48	Bertha	269
49	Clara	244
49	Sarah	244
51	Lucy	238
52	Charlotte	229
52	Sophie	229
54	Lena	227
55	Stella	225
56	Madeline	220
57	Muriel	217
58	Angelina	216
59	Antoinette	209
60	Genevieve	208
61	Pearl	202
62	Emma	199
63	Blanche	195
63	Jane	195
65	Hazel	191
66	Sally	190
67	Thelma	175
68	Estelle	172
68	Sadie	172
70	Bernice	171
70	Miriam	171
70	Viola	171
73	Marian	168
74	Kathryn	167
74	Mae	167
76	Loretta	163
77	Barbara	162
77	Emily	162
77	Fannie	162
77	Lucille	162
81	Laura	161
82	Hilda	158
83	Marguerite	153
84	Vivian	151
85	Minnie	149
86	Nancy	148
87	Eva	142
88	Jessie	139
89	Mabel	138
90	Vera	137
91	Carmela	135
92	Ellen	134
92	Veronica	134
94	Caroline	131
94	Kathleen	131
96	Bessie	130
97	Frieda	125
98	Mollie	123
99	Harriet	121
100	Celia	120