Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1910

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	837
2	Annie	401
3	Ruth	235
4	Ethel	199
5	Elizabeth	191
6	Margaret	171
7	Lillie	167
8	Bessie	163
9	Ruby	139
9	Sarah	139
11	Louise	137
12	Minnie	131
13	Helen	129
14	Mattie	128
15	Eva	126
15	Martha	126
17	Lillian	125
18	Bertha	124
19	Carrie	123
19	Edna	123
19	Myrtle	123
22	Alice	118
23	Gladys	116
23	Mildred	116
23	Thelma	116

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Pearl	114
27	Virginia	113
28	Hattie	107
29	Maggie	106
30	Emma	104
31	Lucy	102
32	Nellie	98
33	Clara	95
33	Hazel	95
33	Mamie	95
36	Dorothy	94
36	Frances	94
36	Rosa	94
39	Grace	93
40	Marie	92
41	Lucille	90
42	Ida	89
43	Lula	88
44	Irene	87
44	Willie	87
46	Beatrice	85
46	Jessie	85
48	Pauline	84
49	Beulah	83
49	Cora	83
51	Ella	79
52	Josephine	78
53	Mae	76
53	Viola	76
55	Fannie	75
56	Evelyn	74
57	Sallie	73
58	Laura	71
59	Julia	70
60	Gertrude	69
60	Katie	69
62	Lena	68
62	Sadie	68
64	Edith	65
65	Esther	64
66	Ada	63
67	Mabel	62
68	Anna	61
69	Catherine	60
70	Daisy	59
71	Alma	58
71	Eula	58
73	Blanche	57
73	Elsie	57
73	Essie	57
73	Maude	57
77	Lizzie	56
78	Addie	55
79	Florence	53
79	Geneva	53
81	Estelle	51
81	Georgia	51
83	Inez	50
83	Nancy	50
85	Flossie	49
86	Flora	48
87	Susie	47
88	Janie	43
89	Betty	42
89	Effie	42
89	Mable	42
92	Dora	41
92	Nannie	41
92	Ollie	41
95	Lottie	40
96	Lessie	39
96	Lois	39
98	Agnes	38
99	Nora	37
100	Lola	35
100	Nettie	35