Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,299
2	Helen	3,608
3	Dorothy	3,420
4	Margaret	2,717
5	Ruth	2,712
6	Anna	2,125
7	Rose	2,079
8	Frances	1,774
9	Florence	1,718
10	Elizabeth	1,585
11	Marie	1,583
12	Mildred	1,535
13	Lillian	1,416
14	Josephine	1,396
15	Catherine	1,378
16	Eleanor	1,251
17	Evelyn	1,228
18	Virginia	1,194
19	Doris	1,125
20	Alice	1,109
21	Marion	1,073
22	Jean	986
23	Sylvia	965
24	Betty	916
25	Shirley	911

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	907
27	Irene	875
28	Beatrice	840
29	Rita	833
30	Gertrude	813
31	Anne	773
32	Ann	730
33	Edith	721
34	Marjorie	694
35	Jane	663
36	Louise	639
37	Ethel	604
38	Muriel	603
39	Gladys	572
40	Esther	557
41	Edna	536
42	Agnes	506
42	Katherine	506
44	Julia	496
45	Theresa	495
46	Barbara	482
47	Jennie	471
48	Pauline	468
49	Lucille	465
50	Charlotte	439
51	Antoinette	426
52	Pearl	415
53	Eileen	410
54	Martha	407
55	Marian	400
56	Clara	399
57	Lucy	397
57	Norma	397
59	Harriet	380
59	Stella	380
59	Thelma	380
62	Ida	366
63	Geraldine	365
64	Elsie	360
65	Genevieve	359
66	Sophie	358
67	Miriam	356
68	Madeline	354
69	Angelina	341
69	June	341
71	Bernice	338
72	Nancy	335
73	Blanche	331
74	Laura	322
74	Sarah	322
76	Janet	313
77	Phyllis	307
78	Joan	305
79	Viola	293
80	Kathleen	287
81	Vivian	283
82	Lena	279
83	Carmela	278
84	Jeanette	275
85	Anita	274
86	Emily	271
87	Loretta	267
88	Bertha	266
89	Emma	259
90	Patricia	255
91	Adele	254
91	Jeanne	254
93	Estelle	252
94	Ellen	249
95	Olga	247
96	Veronica	245
97	Constance	243
98	Hazel	240
99	Marguerite	238
100	Kathryn	236