Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,523
2	Helen	4,091
3	Dorothy	3,252
4	Margaret	2,764
5	Ruth	2,720
6	Anna	2,243
7	Rose	2,196
8	Frances	1,894
9	Florence	1,893
10	Elizabeth	1,646
11	Marie	1,545
12	Lillian	1,475
13	Catherine	1,454
14	Mildred	1,438
15	Josephine	1,425
16	Evelyn	1,366
17	Sylvia	1,227
18	Eleanor	1,179
19	Virginia	1,142
20	Marion	1,044
21	Alice	975
22	Grace	957
23	Jean	950
24	Doris	946
25	Gertrude	911

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Beatrice	880
27	Anne	840
28	Rita	835
29	Irene	832
30	Ann	802
31	Edith	792
32	Betty	753
33	Marjorie	702
34	Louise	673
35	Ethel	666
36	Jane	660
37	Shirley	622
38	Edna	600
38	Julia	600
40	Esther	594
41	Gladys	579
42	Theresa	573
43	Katherine	566
44	Agnes	531
45	Pauline	506
46	Jennie	503
47	Muriel	498
48	Ida	470
49	Pearl	468
50	Martha	456
51	Stella	455
52	Charlotte	435
53	Sophie	421
54	Clara	417
55	Elsie	406
56	Lucy	402
57	Lucille	397
58	Genevieve	393
59	Miriam	388
60	Barbara	386
61	Marian	380
62	Antoinette	374
63	Bertha	367
64	Thelma	364
65	Madeline	362
66	Bernice	357
67	Angelina	347
67	Harriet	347
69	Lorraine	337
69	Sarah	337
71	Blanche	329
72	Geraldine	319
73	Eileen	318
73	Viola	318
75	Kathryn	305
76	Loretta	294
76	Nancy	294
78	Laura	293
79	Lena	291
80	Estelle	290
80	Victoria	290
82	Phyllis	289
83	Norma	286
84	Emily	285
84	Vivian	285
86	Adele	283
86	Carmela	283
88	June	281
89	Olga	278
89	Veronica	278
91	Marguerite	269
92	Janet	266
93	Emma	263
94	Kathleen	261
95	Jeanette	251
96	Hazel	249
97	Patricia	241
98	Ellen	240
99	Vera	235
100	Joan	234
100	Lois	234