Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,060
2	Helen	3,737
3	Dorothy	3,087
4	Ruth	2,664
5	Margaret	2,363
6	Anna	2,037
7	Rose	2,019
8	Frances	1,775
9	Florence	1,671
10	Elizabeth	1,541
11	Josephine	1,490
12	Mildred	1,446
13	Marie	1,424
14	Lillian	1,413
15	Catherine	1,322
16	Evelyn	1,279
17	Virginia	1,139
18	Eleanor	1,134
19	Sylvia	1,083
20	Alice	1,030
21	Marion	995
22	Jean	977
23	Doris	954
24	Gertrude	937
25	Grace	888

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	885
27	Beatrice	882
28	Rita	832
29	Betty	787
30	Anne	759
31	Edith	758
32	Shirley	728
33	Ann	713
34	Jane	654
35	Marjorie	605
36	Louise	600
37	Ethel	598
38	Esther	596
39	Edna	566
40	Gladys	562
41	Jennie	535
41	Theresa	535
43	Julia	522
44	Katherine	504
45	Muriel	496
46	Pauline	482
47	Agnes	481
48	Charlotte	466
49	Ida	450
50	Pearl	442
51	Martha	436
52	Sophie	419
53	Elsie	413
54	Lucy	396
55	Stella	394
56	Clara	385
57	Lucille	383
58	Genevieve	380
59	Antoinette	378
60	Marian	365
61	Madeline	363
62	Miriam	357
63	Bertha	355
64	Angelina	354
65	Thelma	353
66	Barbara	352
67	Norma	351
68	Sarah	336
69	Bernice	330
70	Geraldine	320
71	Lena	313
72	Harriet	312
73	Eileen	309
74	Blanche	307
75	Olga	296
76	Estelle	284
77	Lorraine	282
78	Emily	281
79	June	270
79	Laura	270
81	Janet	269
82	Loretta	267
82	Nancy	267
84	Viola	261
85	Kathleen	260
86	Vivian	259
87	Vera	258
88	Kathryn	256
89	Patricia	254
89	Phyllis	254
91	Adele	250
92	Carmela	245
93	Marguerite	244
94	Hazel	241
95	Veronica	238
96	Jeanette	237
97	Eva	235
98	Joan	228
98	Violet	228
100	Caroline	226