Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,086
2	Annie	455
3	Ruth	313
4	Margaret	297
5	Elizabeth	278
6	Ruby	258
7	Ethel	227
8	Mildred	204
9	Louise	201
10	Helen	195
11	Virginia	184
12	Gladys	181
13	Bessie	180
14	Edna	173
14	Hazel	173
16	Lillie	172
17	Thelma	169
18	Sarah	168
19	Alice	163
20	Martha	155
21	Lillian	153
22	Dorothy	152
23	Maggie	146
24	Minnie	142
25	Myrtle	140

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	138
27	Hattie	136
28	Carrie	135
29	Mattie	134
30	Clara	132
31	Bertha	131
32	Pearl	129
33	Grace	128
33	Pauline	128
35	Frances	124
36	Beatrice	123
36	Lucille	123
38	Nellie	121
39	Fannie	119
40	Lucy	117
40	Viola	117
42	Alma	114
42	Eva	114
44	Irene	113
45	Beulah	112
45	Rosa	112
47	Ella	109
48	Cora	107
48	Mamie	107
50	Jessie	105
50	Willie	105
52	Evelyn	102
53	Edith	100
54	Laura	97
55	Gertrude	92
55	Ida	92
57	Elsie	90
57	Mabel	90
59	Anna	89
59	Inez	89
61	Julia	88
62	Mae	87
63	Sallie	82
64	Lula	81
64	Sadie	81
66	Lois	80
66	Marie	80
68	Blanche	79
69	Addie	77
70	Catherine	76
70	Florence	76
72	Ada	75
73	Josephine	74
74	Esther	73
74	Lena	73
76	Daisy	72
76	Katie	72
78	Flora	66
79	Essie	65
79	Geneva	65
79	Mable	65
82	Nannie	64
83	Kathleen	60
84	Eula	58
84	Nancy	58
86	Maude	57
86	Susie	57
88	Etta	56
88	Eunice	56
88	Lizzie	56
91	Vera	55
92	Estelle	54
93	Lottie	53
93	Nettie	53
95	Dora	52
96	Effie	51
97	Betty	50
98	Della	49
98	Rachel	49
98	Rebecca	49