Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,342
2	Helen	3,957
3	Dorothy	2,725
4	Margaret	2,584
5	Ruth	2,489
6	Rose	2,355
7	Anna	2,320
8	Frances	1,665
9	Florence	1,571
10	Lillian	1,546
11	Elizabeth	1,518
12	Mildred	1,438
13	Marie	1,413
14	Catherine	1,407
15	Josephine	1,384
16	Evelyn	1,147
17	Sylvia	1,109
18	Eleanor	1,048
19	Alice	1,005
20	Gertrude	949
21	Marion	937
22	Grace	911
23	Anne	871
24	Jean	809
25	Irene	772

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rita	742
27	Beatrice	740
28	Doris	726
29	Edith	695
30	Ann	688
31	Louise	684
32	Virginia	683
33	Ethel	667
34	Edna	632
35	Esther	578
36	Julia	567
37	Pauline	556
38	Marjorie	554
39	Theresa	543
40	Jennie	540
41	Ida	523
42	Agnes	507
43	Katherine	505
44	Betty	480
45	Gladys	467
46	Elsie	445
47	Stella	440
48	Sophie	439
49	Jane	434
50	Bertha	431
51	Martha	408
52	Clara	403
53	Muriel	394
54	Sarah	384
55	Charlotte	377
56	Antoinette	369
57	Genevieve	365
58	Madeline	347
58	Pearl	347
60	Lucille	345
61	Emma	341
62	Lucy	340
63	Angelina	324
63	Kathryn	324
65	Lena	312
66	Miriam	311
67	Estelle	300
68	Bernice	293
69	Marian	292
69	Viola	292
71	Laura	291
72	Hazel	290
73	Loretta	267
74	Emily	263
74	Olga	263
76	Barbara	259
76	Blanche	259
78	Harriet	256
79	Caroline	249
79	Nancy	249
81	Thelma	248
82	Marguerite	234
83	Vera	232
84	Eva	231
85	Carmela	229
85	Kathleen	229
87	Vivian	228
88	Adele	222
89	Hilda	217
90	Mabel	216
91	Veronica	215
92	Ellen	211
93	Sally	209
93	Winifred	209
95	Jeanette	207
96	Phyllis	206
97	Bessie	200
97	Janet	200
99	Claire	199
99	Fannie	199