Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,129
2	Annie	834
3	Margaret	762
4	Ruth	659
5	Ruby	547
6	Helen	517
7	Elizabeth	503
8	Dorothy	460
9	Mildred	446
10	Virginia	437
11	Louise	398
12	Ethel	383
13	Hazel	372
14	Frances	367
15	Gladys	341
16	Lillie	327
17	Sarah	326
18	Edna	324
19	Pauline	309
20	Martha	305
21	Thelma	290
22	Evelyn	280
23	Bessie	263
24	Alice	260
24	Edith	260

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Myrtle	259
27	Lucille	253
28	Lillian	248
29	Nellie	234
30	Beatrice	230
31	Bertha	221
32	Minnie	216
33	Grace	215
34	Hattie	213
35	Mattie	210
35	Willie	210
37	Clara	209
38	Eva	208
39	Marie	206
40	Emma	205
40	Jessie	205
42	Lucy	204
43	Carrie	201
44	Rosa	195
45	Pearl	193
46	Maggie	183
47	Julia	179
48	Irene	174
49	Mabel	170
50	Ella	169
51	Mamie	164
52	Beulah	162
53	Fannie	160
54	Lois	159
55	Elsie	156
56	Alma	148
56	Laura	148
58	Anna	147
59	Lula	146
60	Geneva	142
60	Lena	142
62	Ida	140
63	Doris	138
63	Florence	138
65	Catherine	136
65	Viola	136
67	Nancy	131
68	Esther	127
69	Katherine	125
69	Mae	125
71	Blanche	124
72	Sallie	121
73	Cora	117
73	Inez	117
73	Josephine	117
76	Gertrude	115
77	Agnes	113
78	Rachel	112
79	Mable	111
80	Betty	108
81	Eula	107
82	Sadie	104
83	Eunice	101
84	Kathleen	100
85	Bernice	99
86	Daisy	98
87	Vera	95
88	Katie	94
89	Essie	93
90	Addie	91
90	Juanita	91
92	Ada	90
93	Naomi	89
93	Vivian	89
95	Christine	84
95	Rebecca	84
97	Ellen	83
97	Marjorie	83
97	Nannie	83
100	Etta	81