Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,854
2	Joan	3,249
3	Dorothy	2,405
4	Helen	1,948
5	Margaret	1,938
6	Barbara	1,825
7	Patricia	1,745
8	Jean	1,551
9	Dolores	1,519
10	Marie	1,461
11	Shirley	1,405
12	Marilyn	1,360
13	Rose	1,354
14	Gloria	1,305
15	Ruth	1,303
16	Betty	1,300
17	Elizabeth	1,253
18	Anna	1,196
19	Doris	1,150
20	Frances	1,139
21	Florence	1,055
22	Theresa	1,046
23	Catherine	990
24	Rita	968
25	Ann	962

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eleanor	960
27	Josephine	933
28	Alice	908
29	Virginia	874
30	Nancy	863
31	Evelyn	843
32	Phyllis	820
33	Joyce	766
34	Irene	729
35	Marion	720
36	Lorraine	680
37	Lillian	677
38	Elaine	660
39	Beverly	654
40	Mildred	653
41	Anne	645
42	Jane	625
43	Janet	615
44	Louise	602
45	Grace	582
46	Eileen	566
47	June	555
48	Carol	539
49	Lois	532
50	Marjorie	522
51	Norma	495
52	Edith	485
53	Audrey	467
54	Bernice	451
55	Geraldine	444
56	Beatrice	430
57	Kathleen	416
58	Jeanne	401
59	Anita	389
60	Rosemary	380
61	Lucille	363
62	Antoinette	360
63	Gladys	356
64	Gertrude	352
65	Harriet	341
66	Muriel	334
67	Arlene	333
67	Sally	333
69	Ellen	329
70	Sylvia	328
71	Jacqueline	324
72	Claire	319
73	Charlotte	312
74	Pauline	300
75	Esther	296
75	Martha	296
77	Angelina	287
77	Thelma	287
79	Agnes	285
79	Julia	285
79	Loretta	285
82	Carolyn	284
82	Edna	284
82	Katherine	284
85	Ethel	279
86	Marian	276
87	Jeanette	268
88	Rosemarie	262
89	Laura	261
89	Madeline	261
91	Clara	259
92	Constance	252
93	Judith	251
94	Carmela	240
95	Lucy	239
96	Elsie	230
97	Joanne	224
98	Estelle	223
99	Pearl	218
100	Rhoda	217