Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,780
2	Dorothy	3,108
3	Helen	2,578
4	Margaret	2,203
5	Ruth	1,936
6	Gloria	1,871
7	Rose	1,688
8	Marie	1,586
9	Shirley	1,584
10	Jean	1,571
11	Anna	1,546
12	Betty	1,508
13	Florence	1,489
14	Frances	1,434
15	Elizabeth	1,398
16	Doris	1,379
17	Eleanor	1,145
18	Virginia	1,131
19	Alice	1,117
20	Josephine	1,116
21	Catherine	1,113
22	Evelyn	1,042
23	Mildred	1,033
24	Irene	1,016
25	Joan	988

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Barbara	979
27	Lillian	976
28	Marion	965
29	Theresa	930
30	Patricia	913
31	Rita	871
32	Ann	825
33	Grace	783
34	Anne	656
34	Marjorie	656
36	Jane	655
37	Marilyn	653
38	June	625
39	Phyllis	623
40	Gertrude	607
41	Muriel	604
42	Norma	597
43	Edith	586
44	Beatrice	582
45	Louise	581
46	Eileen	574
47	Elaine	567
48	Sylvia	497
49	Bernice	475
50	Nancy	470
51	Ethel	464
52	Dolores	463
53	Joyce	453
54	Lorraine	448
55	Charlotte	438
56	Harriet	430
57	Pauline	428
58	Lois	413
59	Antoinette	409
60	Beverly	405
61	Jeanne	401
62	Gladys	399
63	Audrey	390
64	Agnes	388
65	Lucille	376
66	Julia	371
67	Esther	370
68	Thelma	368
69	Edna	365
70	Janet	364
71	Geraldine	359
72	Claire	351
73	Kathleen	348
74	Katherine	343
74	Lucy	343
76	Jennie	329
77	Angelina	323
78	Rosemary	312
79	Marian	309
80	Martha	308
81	Pearl	307
82	Carol	305
83	Madeline	303
84	Miriam	288
85	Clara	283
86	Carmela	280
87	Vivian	276
88	Elsie	275
89	Anita	268
90	Laura	267
91	Ellen	264
92	Arlene	256
93	Constance	255
93	Genevieve	255
95	Selma	254
96	Ida	253
97	Estelle	248
98	Loretta	246
99	Emily	245
99	Teresa	245