Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,413
2	Helen	3,605
3	Dorothy	3,367
4	Margaret	2,699
5	Ruth	2,569
6	Rose	2,029
7	Anna	1,928
8	Frances	1,854
9	Florence	1,725
10	Marie	1,661
11	Elizabeth	1,589
12	Josephine	1,404
13	Catherine	1,396
14	Mildred	1,350
15	Virginia	1,272
16	Doris	1,239
16	Lillian	1,239
18	Evelyn	1,213
19	Eleanor	1,208
20	Marion	1,107
21	Jean	1,093
22	Alice	1,064
23	Shirley	1,053
24	Irene	1,023
25	Betty	974

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sylvia	917
27	Beatrice	902
28	Grace	876
29	Marjorie	858
30	Rita	853
31	Gertrude	772
32	Edith	762
33	Anne	747
34	Ann	709
35	Jane	694
36	Louise	649
37	Muriel	628
38	Gloria	611
39	Ethel	610
40	Theresa	601
41	Barbara	591
42	Gladys	559
43	Esther	544
44	Edna	535
45	Katherine	534
46	Norma	503
47	Jennie	497
48	Charlotte	477
49	Eileen	469
50	Agnes	467
51	Julia	464
52	Pearl	456
53	Pauline	435
54	Bernice	414
55	Ida	402
55	Martha	402
57	Lucille	397
58	Genevieve	396
59	Antoinette	394
60	Patricia	392
61	Clara	391
62	Marian	389
63	Lucy	385
64	Geraldine	380
65	Angelina	378
66	Phyllis	370
66	Thelma	370
68	Nancy	369
68	Stella	369
70	Harriet	363
71	Miriam	357
72	Madeline	354
73	Elsie	353
74	June	346
75	Joan	345
76	Kathleen	336
77	Sophie	321
78	Jeanne	320
79	Sarah	308
80	Lena	305
81	Laura	303
82	Carmela	301
83	Bertha	298
84	Janet	296
84	Viola	296
86	Elaine	291
86	Lorraine	291
88	Blanche	279
88	Vivian	279
90	Audrey	276
91	Loretta	274
92	Emily	268
93	Constance	263
93	Veronica	263
95	Ellen	262
96	Olga	260
97	Marguerite	258
98	Estelle	253
99	Jeanette	249
100	Anita	248