Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,581
2	Annie	586
3	Margaret	485
4	Ruth	474
5	Elizabeth	385
6	Ruby	375
7	Helen	330
8	Mildred	329
9	Virginia	298
10	Ethel	287
11	Louise	285
12	Thelma	274
13	Edna	272
14	Dorothy	266
15	Martha	244
16	Sarah	232
17	Frances	224
18	Hazel	223
19	Bessie	222
20	Lillie	217
21	Lillian	214
22	Alice	213
23	Pauline	211
24	Gladys	206
25	Grace	197

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Minnie	185
27	Pearl	184
28	Lucille	182
29	Nellie	180
30	Bertha	178
31	Hattie	173
32	Edith	172
33	Carrie	171
34	Myrtle	169
35	Willie	168
36	Clara	166
36	Evelyn	166
38	Eva	165
39	Emma	164
39	Lucy	164
41	Mattie	162
42	Jessie	157
43	Mamie	152
44	Beatrice	143
44	Ida	143
46	Rosa	140
47	Irene	139
48	Mabel	138
49	Fannie	133
50	Julia	132
50	Maggie	132
52	Alma	130
53	Viola	129
54	Beulah	127
55	Ella	126
55	Lois	126
57	Marie	125
58	Katie	120
59	Catherine	118
59	Laura	118
61	Sadie	117
62	Geneva	116
63	Josephine	115
64	Lula	114
65	Elsie	108
66	Gertrude	107
67	Sallie	105
68	Katherine	104
69	Florence	101
70	Nancy	100
71	Anna	99
72	Esther	98
73	Mae	96
74	Cora	91
75	Daisy	90
76	Lena	89
77	Inez	87
78	Eunice	86
79	Rachel	85
80	Ada	83
81	Estelle	81
82	Addie	79
83	Susie	78
84	Kathleen	76
84	Mable	76
84	Maude	76
87	Eula	75
88	Betty	73
88	Doris	73
90	Essie	72
90	Lottie	72
92	Nannie	71
93	Christine	70
93	Vera	70
95	Agnes	69
95	Dora	69
97	Blanche	68
97	Georgia	68
99	Bernice	67
100	Bonnie	65
100	Janie	65
100	Lizzie	65