Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,056
2	Annie	770
3	Margaret	726
4	Ruth	692
5	Ruby	545
6	Elizabeth	499
7	Helen	487
8	Mildred	427
9	Dorothy	398
10	Virginia	393
11	Louise	378
12	Hazel	357
13	Edna	351
14	Gladys	326
15	Pauline	322
16	Ethel	319
17	Frances	304
17	Sarah	304
19	Martha	292
20	Evelyn	283
21	Thelma	281
22	Lillian	265
23	Bessie	261
24	Lillie	251
25	Alice	250

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	245
27	Grace	239
28	Mattie	233
29	Nellie	223
30	Minnie	220
31	Irene	213
32	Emma	204
33	Myrtle	203
34	Lucille	202
34	Lucy	202
36	Beatrice	201
37	Bertha	195
38	Carrie	194
38	Clara	194
40	Eva	188
41	Jessie	184
42	Pearl	183
43	Lula	177
44	Hattie	176
45	Rosa	175
46	Julia	173
47	Lois	168
48	Alma	166
49	Fannie	165
50	Marie	164
50	Willie	164
52	Ella	163
53	Maggie	162
54	Beulah	156
54	Viola	156
56	Mabel	153
57	Laura	152
58	Esther	151
58	Mamie	151
60	Catherine	149
60	Ida	149
62	Elsie	148
63	Sadie	143
64	Anna	139
65	Mae	137
66	Sallie	129
67	Blanche	128
68	Florence	127
69	Geneva	125
70	Mable	124
71	Cora	123
72	Daisy	121
73	Gertrude	119
73	Inez	119
75	Lena	118
76	Josephine	117
77	Doris	116
77	Eula	116
79	Nancy	107
80	Katherine	104
81	Eunice	102
81	Nannie	102
83	Katie	101
84	Ada	99
85	Betty	98
85	Christine	98
85	Rachel	98
88	Kathleen	95
89	Bernice	92
90	Lizzie	90
91	Addie	89
92	Georgia	85
93	Estelle	84
94	Agnes	81
95	Janie	80
96	Marjorie	79
96	Maude	79
96	Ollie	79
96	Rebecca	79
96	Vera	79