Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,158
2	Dorothy	3,395
3	Helen	3,224
4	Margaret	2,379
5	Ruth	2,361
6	Rose	1,796
7	Anna	1,641
8	Frances	1,627
9	Florence	1,625
10	Elizabeth	1,558
11	Marie	1,512
12	Josephine	1,376
13	Shirley	1,358
14	Betty	1,348
15	Catherine	1,311
16	Doris	1,269
17	Mildred	1,264
18	Lillian	1,261
19	Gloria	1,247
20	Eleanor	1,225
21	Virginia	1,224
22	Jean	1,214
23	Evelyn	1,133
24	Marion	1,097
25	Irene	1,059

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	1,018
27	Ann	861
28	Rita	834
29	Grace	818
30	Beatrice	786
31	Anne	756
32	Sylvia	743
33	Gertrude	728
34	Jane	716
35	Edith	712
36	Barbara	697
37	Muriel	693
38	Marjorie	689
39	Louise	646
40	Theresa	556
41	Ethel	555
42	Eileen	530
43	Norma	520
44	June	519
45	Gladys	495
46	Esther	494
46	Patricia	494
48	Edna	481
49	Agnes	473
50	Jennie	468
51	Lucille	458
52	Julia	448
53	Bernice	437
54	Charlotte	436
55	Phyllis	429
56	Joan	428
57	Katherine	425
58	Antoinette	422
59	Pauline	417
60	Elaine	400
61	Pearl	399
62	Jeanne	396
62	Martha	396
64	Nancy	392
65	Thelma	391
66	Lucy	389
66	Miriam	389
68	Harriet	385
69	Geraldine	384
70	Angelina	381
71	Marian	373
72	Kathleen	372
73	Madeline	360
74	Clara	339
74	Ida	339
76	Stella	327
77	Carmela	323
78	Genevieve	319
79	Lorraine	312
80	Audrey	310
81	Janet	306
82	Laura	299
83	Sarah	297
84	Elsie	289
85	Dolores	284
86	Rosemary	277
87	Anita	276
88	Blanche	267
89	Lena	266
89	Loretta	266
91	Claire	263
92	Viola	261
93	Emily	257
94	Lois	256
94	Sophie	256
96	Marilyn	253
97	Kathryn	252
98	Bertha	251
99	Vivian	250
100	Carol	245