Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	838
2	Annie	373
3	Ruth	227
4	Elizabeth	208
5	Ruby	188
6	Margaret	185
7	Ethel	182
8	Louise	170
9	Lillie	156
10	Bessie	147
11	Edna	134
12	Helen	132
13	Gladys	131
14	Sarah	130
15	Bertha	129
15	Lillian	129
17	Martha	128
18	Hazel	123
18	Mattie	123
20	Thelma	122
21	Mildred	120
22	Hattie	119
23	Virginia	114
24	Carrie	113
24	Maggie	113

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Nellie	113
27	Alice	112
27	Pauline	112
29	Rosa	109
30	Myrtle	107
31	Dorothy	106
32	Pearl	103
33	Minnie	102
34	Frances	100
35	Lucy	98
36	Grace	96
36	Mamie	96
36	Viola	96
39	Eva	94
40	Clara	92
41	Emma	89
42	Blanche	87
43	Beatrice	85
44	Anna	83
44	Willie	83
46	Ella	80
46	Fannie	80
46	Lucille	80
49	Ida	78
49	Jessie	78
49	Mabel	78
52	Beulah	77
52	Lula	77
54	Edith	76
54	Irene	76
56	Cora	75
56	Evelyn	75
58	Marie	74
59	Lena	73
60	Alma	68
61	Catherine	67
61	Daisy	67
61	Sadie	67
61	Sallie	67
65	Laura	65
66	Julia	64
66	Mae	64
68	Katie	63
68	Maude	63
70	Josephine	60
71	Gertrude	58
72	Lois	57
73	Florence	56
74	Lizzie	55
75	Elsie	53
76	Dora	52
76	Lottie	52
78	Estelle	51
79	Esther	50
79	Geneva	50
81	Addie	48
81	Nannie	48
83	Ada	47
83	Nettie	47
83	Nora	47
86	Flora	46
86	Jennie	46
88	Betty	43
88	Effie	43
88	Essie	43
88	Mable	43
88	Nancy	43
88	Susie	43
94	Georgia	41
94	Ollie	41
96	Inez	40
96	Lessie	40
98	Rose	39
99	Eunice	38
100	Flossie	37
100	Janie	37
100	Lela	37