Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,946
2	Annie	766
3	Ruth	677
4	Margaret	599
5	Ruby	505
6	Elizabeth	468
7	Louise	387
8	Virginia	375
9	Mildred	370
10	Ethel	369
11	Helen	363
12	Edna	344
13	Hazel	339
14	Dorothy	329
15	Gladys	324
16	Frances	316
17	Martha	294
18	Pauline	289
19	Sarah	283
20	Lillian	267
21	Alice	245
22	Bessie	243
22	Thelma	243
24	Evelyn	240
25	Lillie	236

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bertha	235
27	Lucille	232
28	Nellie	226
29	Edith	225
30	Minnie	220
31	Grace	215
32	Myrtle	205
33	Jessie	194
34	Mattie	193
35	Emma	192
36	Marie	191
37	Eva	187
38	Irene	184
39	Fannie	181
40	Clara	179
41	Carrie	176
42	Hattie	173
42	Lucy	173
44	Pearl	172
45	Willie	170
46	Beatrice	169
47	Mamie	167
48	Alma	165
48	Rosa	165
50	Mabel	164
51	Elsie	163
52	Beulah	161
52	Julia	161
54	Catherine	158
55	Maggie	157
56	Ida	147
56	Lois	147
58	Geneva	146
59	Ella	145
60	Anna	142
61	Viola	137
62	Daisy	130
63	Laura	129
63	Sadie	129
65	Lula	122
66	Mae	119
67	Gertrude	118
68	Sallie	117
69	Florence	115
69	Lena	115
71	Esther	113
72	Inez	110
73	Addie	109
73	Blanche	109
75	Cora	107
75	Nancy	107
77	Josephine	106
78	Doris	104
79	Georgia	102
79	Katherine	102
81	Christine	100
82	Katie	99
82	Mable	99
84	Ada	98
85	Vera	95
86	Eunice	92
87	Maude	91
87	Rachel	91
89	Eula	88
90	Juanita	87
91	Kathleen	85
92	Estelle	84
92	Rebecca	84
94	Lola	83
95	Nannie	82
95	Vivian	82
97	Betty	81
98	Sara	80
99	Bernice	79
100	Bonnie	75
100	Ellen	75