Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,762
2	Dorothy	2,577
3	Joan	2,459
4	Helen	2,144
5	Margaret	2,113
6	Marie	1,610
7	Jean	1,593
8	Shirley	1,540
9	Patricia	1,500
10	Ruth	1,482
11	Rose	1,475
12	Gloria	1,449
13	Barbara	1,411
14	Doris	1,360
15	Dolores	1,334
16	Anna	1,333
17	Betty	1,324
18	Elizabeth	1,242
19	Frances	1,235
20	Florence	1,130
21	Theresa	1,080
22	Josephine	1,075
23	Catherine	1,019
24	Marilyn	1,005
25	Virginia	976

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eleanor	964
27	Alice	923
28	Rita	900
29	Ann	890
30	Evelyn	862
31	Marion	825
32	Irene	819
32	Phyllis	819
34	Lillian	782
35	Mildred	729
36	Joyce	703
37	Nancy	690
38	Lorraine	685
39	Jane	676
40	Grace	649
41	Eileen	646
42	Elaine	610
43	Beverly	607
44	Louise	605
45	Anne	592
46	Marjorie	572
47	June	546
48	Norma	545
49	Lois	542
50	Carol	517
51	Audrey	504
52	Geraldine	483
53	Edith	477
54	Bernice	448
55	Janet	447
56	Beatrice	426
57	Gladys	423
58	Jeanne	415
58	Muriel	415
60	Gertrude	394
61	Sylvia	393
62	Lucille	383
63	Pauline	377
64	Charlotte	375
65	Harriet	372
66	Rosemary	363
67	Antoinette	360
68	Claire	356
69	Kathleen	351
70	Anita	344
71	Ethel	343
72	Esther	340
73	Agnes	321
74	Martha	312
75	Edna	311
76	Thelma	307
77	Sally	304
78	Marian	298
79	Angelina	296
79	Ellen	296
81	Jacqueline	295
82	Lucy	284
83	Katherine	282
84	Julia	280
85	Clara	278
86	Arlene	277
87	Elsie	271
87	Madeline	271
89	Carolyn	257
90	Carmela	254
91	Vivian	237
92	Jennie	231
92	Rosemarie	231
94	Laura	230
95	Pearl	228
96	Estelle	226
97	Loretta	225
98	Constance	218
99	Selma	214
100	Jeanette	211