Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,144
2	Dorothy	3,421
3	Helen	3,088
4	Margaret	2,457
5	Ruth	2,174
6	Rose	1,786
7	Anna	1,685
8	Florence	1,611
9	Frances	1,605
10	Marie	1,574
11	Gloria	1,546
12	Elizabeth	1,523
13	Shirley	1,499
14	Betty	1,439
15	Jean	1,412
16	Doris	1,324
17	Josephine	1,271
18	Mildred	1,254
19	Catherine	1,253
20	Virginia	1,233
21	Eleanor	1,223
22	Lillian	1,190
23	Evelyn	1,175
24	Alice	1,139
25	Marion	1,090

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	1,012
27	Rita	910
28	Ann	843
29	Grace	797
30	Jane	769
31	Marjorie	768
32	Beatrice	729
33	Barbara	723
34	Anne	703
35	Gertrude	692
36	Edith	683
37	Patricia	677
38	Sylvia	673
39	Louise	648
40	Muriel	631
41	Theresa	616
42	Joan	563
43	Phyllis	550
44	Eileen	545
45	June	528
46	Norma	523
47	Ethel	515
48	Elaine	505
49	Antoinette	491
50	Bernice	490
51	Gladys	481
52	Pauline	476
53	Agnes	448
54	Esther	447
55	Katherine	441
56	Edna	430
57	Jennie	423
58	Martha	420
59	Lucille	419
60	Nancy	415
61	Charlotte	400
62	Thelma	397
63	Harriet	394
63	Julia	394
65	Angelina	392
66	Jeanne	385
67	Pearl	382
68	Lucy	376
69	Marian	374
70	Kathleen	373
71	Geraldine	369
72	Marilyn	362
73	Lorraine	355
74	Clara	346
75	Lois	343
76	Elsie	334
76	Miriam	334
78	Ida	326
79	Madeline	321
80	Genevieve	317
81	Audrey	316
82	Rosemary	315
83	Janet	312
84	Vivian	310
85	Anita	301
85	Carmela	301
87	Claire	297
88	Beverly	296
89	Stella	291
90	Laura	282
91	Dolores	268
92	Carol	262
93	Lena	258
94	Loretta	257
95	Jeanette	255
96	Emily	254
96	Sophie	254
98	Blanche	250
98	Constance	250
100	Estelle	247