Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,344
2	Annie	883
3	Margaret	846
4	Ruth	715
5	Ruby	598
6	Helen	584
7	Dorothy	544
8	Elizabeth	542
9	Virginia	498
10	Mildred	481
11	Frances	450
12	Louise	430
13	Hazel	392
14	Ethel	377
15	Edna	370
16	Sarah	364
17	Pauline	347
18	Gladys	328
19	Thelma	323
20	Martha	319
21	Lillie	314
22	Edith	297
23	Lillian	288
24	Evelyn	281
25	Alice	272

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nellie	250
27	Bessie	243
28	Bertha	239
29	Emma	238
30	Willie	237
31	Lucille	230
32	Minnie	227
32	Myrtle	227
34	Grace	226
35	Hattie	219
36	Lucy	218
37	Maggie	214
38	Clara	213
39	Rosa	211
40	Mattie	208
41	Jessie	207
41	Marie	207
43	Beatrice	201
44	Carrie	197
44	Eva	197
46	Catherine	191
46	Mabel	191
48	Irene	190
49	Fannie	179
50	Mamie	177
51	Pearl	174
52	Elsie	171
53	Alma	170
54	Ella	168
54	Lula	168
56	Doris	165
57	Beulah	156
57	Lois	156
59	Laura	155
60	Josephine	154
61	Julia	153
62	Anna	152
63	Ida	150
64	Cora	149
65	Mae	148
66	Geneva	147
67	Sallie	144
68	Florence	139
69	Viola	137
70	Katherine	136
71	Gertrude	133
71	Rachel	133
73	Sadie	132
74	Nancy	130
75	Inez	128
76	Christine	126
77	Lena	124
78	Daisy	123
79	Kathleen	121
80	Mable	118
81	Agnes	115
81	Eula	115
83	Addie	113
84	Betty	112
84	Blanche	112
84	Esther	112
87	Vera	110
88	Juanita	108
89	Katie	107
90	Rebecca	103
91	Eunice	101
92	Sara	96
93	Georgia	95
93	Lizzie	95
95	Bernice	94
96	Ada	93
96	Ollie	93
98	Ellen	92
98	Nannie	92
100	Essie	90