Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,245
2	Helen	3,075
3	Dorothy	2,153
4	Margaret	2,032
5	Rose	2,025
6	Ruth	1,903
7	Anna	1,894
8	Frances	1,338
9	Florence	1,337
10	Elizabeth	1,238
11	Lillian	1,185
12	Mildred	1,160
13	Catherine	1,142
14	Josephine	1,106
15	Marie	1,092
16	Sylvia	914
17	Evelyn	911
18	Eleanor	811
19	Alice	810
20	Gertrude	808
21	Marion	799
22	Anne	734
23	Ethel	684
24	Grace	647
25	Jean	629

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Beatrice	615
27	Ann	611
28	Rita	585
29	Edith	578
30	Irene	552
31	Louise	549
32	Virginia	496
33	Esther	495
34	Ida	480
35	Edna	468
36	Doris	455
37	Pauline	435
38	Katherine	432
39	Julia	426
40	Marjorie	418
41	Agnes	417
42	Gladys	415
43	Theresa	408
44	Jennie	403
45	Betty	380
46	Martha	349
47	Sarah	339
48	Elsie	337
49	Clara	335
49	Sophie	335
51	Jane	331
52	Stella	326
53	Bertha	323
54	Charlotte	303
55	Pearl	296
56	Antoinette	291
57	Lena	288
58	Genevieve	282
59	Lucy	279
60	Angelina	275
61	Madeline	273
62	Muriel	260
63	Lucille	259
64	Marian	256
65	Blanche	253
66	Laura	251
67	Bernice	242
68	Sally	238
69	Mae	235
70	Emily	234
70	Miriam	234
72	Kathryn	226
73	Barbara	224
74	Estelle	218
75	Eva	217
75	Harriet	217
77	Emma	215
78	Thelma	211
79	Loretta	210
80	Viola	209
81	Sadie	208
82	Vera	203
83	Caroline	198
84	Carmela	196
85	Minnie	191
85	Vivian	191
87	Nancy	190
88	Hilda	189
89	Marguerite	180
90	Veronica	179
91	Kathleen	175
91	Olga	175
93	Hazel	172
94	Angela	167
95	Ellen	166
96	Adele	165
96	Bessie	165
98	Phyllis	162
99	Concetta	160
100	Mabel	159