Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,497
2	Helen	3,923
3	Dorothy	2,797
4	Margaret	2,706
5	Ruth	2,505
6	Rose	2,309
7	Anna	2,279
8	Frances	1,700
9	Florence	1,587
10	Elizabeth	1,578
11	Josephine	1,498
12	Lillian	1,447
13	Catherine	1,420
14	Marie	1,383
15	Mildred	1,362
16	Evelyn	1,175
17	Sylvia	1,140
18	Eleanor	1,056
19	Marion	1,033
20	Alice	942
21	Anne	937
22	Gertrude	923
23	Grace	897
24	Beatrice	884
25	Jean	852

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	837
27	Irene	804
28	Rita	784
29	Edith	761
30	Ann	760
31	Doris	756
32	Louise	669
33	Ethel	652
34	Esther	643
35	Edna	607
36	Marjorie	599
37	Julia	573
38	Betty	553
39	Ida	540
40	Katherine	538
41	Jane	530
42	Pauline	527
43	Agnes	519
44	Jennie	518
45	Gladys	504
46	Theresa	487
47	Elsie	465
48	Stella	446
49	Pearl	423
50	Martha	415
51	Sophie	410
52	Genevieve	409
53	Charlotte	405
54	Bertha	403
55	Clara	395
56	Sarah	390
57	Lucy	381
58	Muriel	374
59	Marian	366
60	Lena	357
61	Antoinette	344
62	Lucille	335
63	Angelina	334
64	Madeline	329
65	Miriam	326
66	Blanche	323
67	Barbara	310
68	Viola	300
69	Emily	299
70	Laura	295
71	Emma	293
72	Thelma	289
73	Harriet	274
74	Bernice	272
75	Estelle	268
76	Olga	266
77	Nancy	259
78	Jeanette	258
79	Loretta	253
80	Ellen	251
80	Kathryn	251
82	Vera	244
83	Eileen	241
84	Hilda	240
85	Hazel	238
86	Mae	237
87	Carmela	234
88	Eva	233
89	Shirley	232
90	Sally	226
91	Marguerite	225
91	Vivian	225
93	Caroline	223
94	Adele	222
95	Geraldine	217
96	Kathleen	212
97	Sadie	204
97	Veronica	204
99	Janet	201
99	Phyllis	201
99	Winifred	201