Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,502
2	Helen	4,015
3	Dorothy	2,928
4	Ruth	2,676
5	Margaret	2,673
6	Anna	2,276
7	Rose	2,254
8	Frances	1,823
9	Florence	1,697
10	Elizabeth	1,581
11	Marie	1,542
12	Josephine	1,500
13	Lillian	1,477
14	Catherine	1,422
15	Mildred	1,378
16	Evelyn	1,199
17	Sylvia	1,145
18	Eleanor	1,114
19	Marion	994
20	Virginia	989
21	Alice	982
22	Anne	964
23	Gertrude	956
24	Jean	931
25	Beatrice	915

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	909
27	Doris	813
28	Ann	812
29	Irene	768
30	Rita	762
31	Edith	715
31	Ethel	715
33	Esther	637
34	Louise	636
35	Marjorie	629
36	Betty	618
37	Jane	613
38	Edna	589
39	Julia	570
40	Agnes	569
41	Theresa	557
42	Ida	549
43	Katherine	539
44	Gladys	519
45	Martha	506
46	Jennie	498
47	Pauline	480
48	Clara	479
49	Sophie	478
50	Stella	473
51	Elsie	456
52	Muriel	446
53	Shirley	417
54	Miriam	415
55	Charlotte	403
56	Sarah	402
57	Antoinette	400
58	Pearl	396
59	Bertha	395
60	Lucille	376
61	Lucy	373
62	Marian	372
63	Angelina	363
64	Genevieve	361
65	Madeline	352
66	Lena	349
67	Bernice	340
68	Barbara	339
69	Blanche	318
70	Harriet	315
71	Kathryn	313
72	Viola	312
73	Nancy	298
73	Thelma	298
75	Estelle	293
75	Geraldine	293
77	Laura	284
78	Loretta	280
79	Emma	279
80	Eileen	273
81	Olga	262
82	Marguerite	260
83	Carmela	254
84	Vera	249
85	Emily	248
86	Vivian	245
87	Anita	244
87	Eva	244
89	Hazel	243
90	Veronica	237
91	Janet	235
92	Adele	233
93	Hilda	230
94	Norma	226
95	Phyllis	222
96	Jeanette	220
97	Caroline	218
97	Ellen	218
97	Minnie	218
100	Kathleen	213