Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,180
2	Annie	521
3	Ruth	355
4	Margaret	354
5	Elizabeth	306
6	Ruby	304
7	Ethel	248
7	Mildred	248
9	Louise	237
10	Helen	226
11	Bessie	206
12	Sarah	201
13	Virginia	192
14	Dorothy	186
14	Gladys	186
16	Lillian	179
17	Edna	178
18	Hazel	170
19	Martha	168
20	Hattie	167
21	Lillie	166
22	Frances	164
23	Thelma	161
24	Nellie	159
25	Alice	158

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	156
27	Myrtle	149
28	Bertha	147
29	Pauline	146
30	Evelyn	145
31	Pearl	144
32	Viola	139
33	Eva	138
33	Lucille	138
35	Beatrice	134
36	Lucy	132
36	Minnie	132
38	Rosa	130
39	Carrie	125
40	Mamie	124
40	Willie	124
42	Jessie	122
43	Irene	121
44	Emma	120
45	Mattie	119
46	Clara	118
46	Maggie	118
48	Mabel	116
49	Lena	111
50	Fannie	109
51	Edith	108
51	Marie	108
53	Ella	105
54	Beulah	103
55	Cora	97
56	Gertrude	96
56	Mae	96
58	Alma	95
58	Elsie	95
60	Josephine	94
60	Julia	94
62	Ida	93
63	Sadie	92
64	Daisy	91
64	Lula	91
66	Nancy	90
67	Anna	89
68	Blanche	85
68	Laura	85
70	Mable	83
71	Catherine	80
72	Kathleen	78
73	Esther	77
73	Sallie	77
75	Florence	73
76	Katie	72
77	Lois	71
77	Rachel	71
79	Inez	69
79	Katherine	69
81	Dora	68
82	Eula	67
83	Addie	66
83	Geneva	66
83	Nannie	66
86	Ada	65
87	Eunice	64
88	Stella	63
89	Lizzie	60
90	Maude	59
91	Lola	57
91	Susie	57
93	Flora	56
93	Vera	56
95	Essie	55
95	Georgia	55
97	Bernice	54
98	Juanita	53
98	Lottie	53
100	Agnes	52
100	Bonnie	52
100	Ollie	52