Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,305
2	Helen	3,380
3	Dorothy	3,261
4	Margaret	2,539
5	Ruth	2,384
6	Rose	1,954
7	Anna	1,773
8	Florence	1,712
9	Frances	1,691
10	Marie	1,566
11	Elizabeth	1,453
12	Josephine	1,403
13	Catherine	1,355
14	Mildred	1,320
15	Virginia	1,239
16	Evelyn	1,238
17	Doris	1,234
18	Lillian	1,209
19	Shirley	1,198
20	Betty	1,148
21	Jean	1,132
22	Eleanor	1,096
23	Alice	1,094
24	Marion	1,058
25	Irene	987

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	939
27	Rita	842
28	Beatrice	832
29	Grace	818
30	Sylvia	816
31	Ann	807
32	Edith	728
33	Marjorie	727
34	Anne	721
35	Gertrude	719
36	Jane	716
37	Muriel	685
38	Louise	645
39	Ethel	589
40	Barbara	586
41	Theresa	569
42	Esther	547
43	Gladys	517
44	Eileen	512
45	Norma	491
46	Edna	484
47	Julia	479
48	Jennie	473
49	Agnes	465
50	Charlotte	460
51	June	455
52	Katherine	453
53	Pearl	444
54	Pauline	428
55	Antoinette	426
55	Martha	426
57	Phyllis	425
58	Geraldine	413
59	Patricia	403
60	Bernice	399
61	Lucille	397
62	Kathleen	381
63	Joan	376
64	Angelina	368
64	Elsie	368
66	Ida	364
67	Lucy	362
68	Clara	360
69	Jeanne	354
70	Harriet	352
71	Marian	351
72	Nancy	348
73	Genevieve	343
74	Thelma	342
75	Miriam	332
76	Madeline	327
77	Elaine	316
78	Stella	305
79	Blanche	303
80	Carmela	301
81	Lorraine	289
82	Janet	282
82	Lena	282
84	Adele	273
85	Laura	271
86	Loretta	269
87	Sarah	268
87	Vivian	268
89	Claire	264
90	Bertha	263
90	Constance	263
92	Audrey	262
93	Sophie	257
94	Olga	254
95	Anita	252
96	Hazel	240
96	Lois	240
98	Jeanette	239
99	Emily	234
99	Estelle	234
99	Veronica	234