Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,596
2	Joan	3,963
3	Barbara	2,246
4	Dorothy	2,090
5	Patricia	1,844
6	Margaret	1,816
7	Helen	1,769
8	Gloria	1,410
9	Marie	1,400
10	Jean	1,327
11	Dolores	1,311
12	Marilyn	1,299
13	Rose	1,296
14	Shirley	1,241
15	Anna	1,179
16	Betty	1,172
17	Ruth	1,161
18	Elizabeth	1,124
19	Frances	1,081
20	Ann	1,045
21	Doris	957
22	Catherine	952
23	Eleanor	929
24	Josephine	910
25	Joyce	889

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Theresa	878
27	Alice	876
28	Florence	875
29	Nancy	834
30	Virginia	820
31	Rita	785
32	Phyllis	771
33	Evelyn	722
34	Irene	675
35	Marion	654
36	Lorraine	638
37	Anne	622
38	Beverly	612
39	Jane	597
39	Janet	597
41	Lillian	595
42	Eileen	594
43	Elaine	578
44	June	557
45	Carol	546
46	Norma	526
47	Louise	515
48	Mildred	514
49	Grace	504
50	Lois	481
51	Audrey	474
52	Geraldine	457
53	Marjorie	453
54	Arlene	441
55	Kathleen	396
56	Edith	381
57	Bernice	377
58	Constance	376
59	Rosemary	371
60	Anita	353
61	Lucille	352
62	Jeanne	344
63	Charlotte	342
64	Sally	338
65	Sylvia	333
66	Gladys	328
67	Antoinette	326
68	Beatrice	325
69	Ellen	322
70	Harriet	313
71	Jacqueline	307
72	Pauline	306
73	Gertrude	296
74	Claire	283
75	Martha	277
76	Esther	272
77	Ethel	267
78	Agnes	266
78	Judith	266
80	Katherine	265
81	Muriel	264
82	Clara	262
82	Loretta	262
84	Carolyn	256
85	Marlene	250
86	Elsie	246
87	Rosemarie	245
88	Julia	243
89	Jeanette	240
90	Edna	235
91	Laura	232
91	Marian	232
93	Vivian	227
94	Thelma	226
95	Carmela	223
96	Joanne	222
97	Madeline	214
98	Lucy	210
98	Maureen	210
100	Angelina	207