Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,095
2	Dorothy	2,995
3	Helen	2,481
4	Margaret	2,183
5	Ruth	1,820
6	Shirley	1,732
7	Gloria	1,704
8	Marie	1,663
9	Jean	1,648
10	Rose	1,604
11	Betty	1,598
12	Anna	1,530
13	Doris	1,449
14	Florence	1,418
15	Frances	1,410
16	Elizabeth	1,283
17	Joan	1,262
18	Barbara	1,240
19	Eleanor	1,154
20	Catherine	1,130
21	Josephine	1,125
22	Virginia	1,112
23	Theresa	1,095
24	Alice	1,061
24	Patricia	1,061

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mildred	1,035
27	Evelyn	1,008
28	Irene	960
29	Rita	935
30	Lillian	908
31	Marion	903
32	Marilyn	861
33	Ann	860
34	Grace	790
35	Phyllis	696
36	Lorraine	691
37	Dolores	687
38	Eileen	661
39	Jane	658
40	Louise	652
41	June	627
42	Anne	626
43	Marjorie	623
44	Norma	604
45	Elaine	594
46	Edith	577
47	Bernice	565
48	Nancy	562
49	Beatrice	551
50	Gertrude	525
51	Beverly	512
51	Muriel	512
53	Joyce	506
54	Audrey	466
55	Sylvia	450
56	Lois	444
57	Gladys	442
58	Harriet	433
59	Antoinette	426
60	Ethel	416
61	Jeanne	410
62	Lucille	409
63	Geraldine	405
64	Pauline	394
65	Edna	386
66	Charlotte	380
67	Esther	379
67	Rosemary	379
69	Agnes	373
70	Claire	366
71	Kathleen	360
72	Katherine	357
73	Jennie	353
74	Lucy	351
75	Carol	349
76	Martha	346
77	Julia	345
78	Marian	341
79	Pearl	330
80	Angelina	328
81	Estelle	316
82	Madeline	310
83	Thelma	306
84	Elsie	301
85	Arlene	297
86	Ellen	294
86	Janet	294
88	Anita	284
88	Miriam	284
90	Carmela	280
91	Teresa	278
92	Laura	276
93	Selma	267
94	Constance	262
95	Clara	261
95	Ida	261
97	Genevieve	259
98	Jacqueline	244
98	Loretta	244
100	Vivian	240