Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,907
2	Dorothy	2,783
3	Helen	2,315
4	Margaret	2,028
5	Joan	1,703
6	Jean	1,671
7	Shirley	1,653
8	Gloria	1,608
9	Ruth	1,541
10	Rose	1,490
11	Marie	1,466
12	Betty	1,437
13	Patricia	1,433
14	Anna	1,429
15	Barbara	1,365
16	Doris	1,341
17	Florence	1,318
18	Frances	1,315
19	Elizabeth	1,281
20	Theresa	1,156
21	Josephine	1,116
22	Catherine	1,114
23	Eleanor	1,062
24	Dolores	1,060
25	Alice	990

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marilyn	984
27	Virginia	979
28	Marion	960
29	Rita	955
30	Ann	929
31	Evelyn	910
32	Mildred	896
33	Lillian	866
34	Irene	865
35	Phyllis	811
36	Lorraine	795
37	Grace	735
38	Elaine	649
39	June	618
40	Jane	610
41	Anne	580
42	Eileen	579
43	Louise	570
43	Nancy	570
45	Norma	567
46	Joyce	552
47	Marjorie	541
48	Beverly	538
49	Edith	521
50	Audrey	520
51	Lois	505
52	Beatrice	478
53	Gertrude	477
54	Bernice	476
55	Sylvia	464
56	Muriel	458
57	Jeanne	434
58	Kathleen	419
59	Carol	417
60	Geraldine	415
61	Antoinette	412
62	Gladys	410
62	Lucille	410
64	Janet	399
65	Harriet	382
66	Esther	381
67	Charlotte	372
68	Claire	359
69	Edna	351
69	Thelma	351
71	Pauline	349
72	Rosemary	337
73	Julia	330
74	Martha	327
75	Arlene	320
76	Ethel	319
77	Agnes	318
78	Angelina	317
78	Katherine	317
80	Lucy	314
81	Marian	301
82	Anita	300
83	Ellen	296
84	Jacqueline	285
84	Pearl	285
86	Carmela	281
87	Vivian	280
88	Sally	278
89	Laura	277
90	Estelle	271
91	Elsie	260
92	Teresa	258
93	Ida	255
93	Jennie	255
95	Clara	252
96	Madeline	249
97	Miriam	247
98	Sarah	244
99	Loretta	238
100	Constance	232