Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,914
2	Dorothy	3,329
3	Helen	2,759
4	Margaret	2,328
5	Ruth	2,150
6	Gloria	1,996
7	Rose	1,693
8	Marie	1,619
9	Betty	1,592
10	Anna	1,569
11	Jean	1,504
12	Florence	1,500
13	Shirley	1,459
14	Frances	1,441
15	Elizabeth	1,348
16	Doris	1,344
17	Josephine	1,305
18	Catherine	1,257
19	Virginia	1,206
20	Eleanor	1,192
21	Alice	1,115
22	Mildred	1,111
23	Evelyn	1,106
24	Irene	1,057
25	Lillian	1,043

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marion	982
27	Rita	899
28	Patricia	897
29	Barbara	878
30	Grace	845
31	Ann	842
32	Joan	836
33	Anne	734
34	Theresa	726
35	Beatrice	710
36	Marjorie	705
37	Jane	700
38	Muriel	682
39	Edith	637
40	June	624
41	Phyllis	600
42	Eileen	595
43	Louise	590
44	Norma	586
45	Sylvia	569
46	Gertrude	566
47	Elaine	508
48	Bernice	484
49	Marilyn	476
49	Nancy	476
51	Ethel	459
52	Pauline	456
53	Antoinette	455
54	Gladys	447
55	Agnes	426
55	Lucille	426
57	Jeanne	421
58	Lorraine	417
59	Charlotte	416
60	Esther	411
61	Angelina	405
61	Edna	405
63	Harriet	398
64	Julia	393
65	Pearl	388
66	Geraldine	387
67	Audrey	381
67	Jennie	381
69	Lois	371
69	Lucy	371
71	Thelma	368
72	Dolores	348
72	Joyce	348
74	Marian	338
75	Kathleen	336
76	Katherine	332
77	Janet	331
78	Beverly	324
79	Miriam	322
80	Martha	311
81	Clara	308
82	Anita	303
82	Madeline	303
84	Carol	297
84	Elsie	297
86	Rosemary	290
87	Claire	288
88	Laura	282
89	Loretta	278
90	Carmela	276
91	Estelle	275
92	Genevieve	274
93	Vivian	272
94	Arlene	257
95	Ida	256
96	Constance	250
96	Stella	250
98	Viola	240
99	Sarah	239
100	Ellen	230