Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,578
2	Margaret	927
3	Annie	883
4	Ruth	731
5	Ruby	622
6	Helen	619
7	Dorothy	565
8	Mildred	530
9	Elizabeth	529
10	Virginia	478
11	Frances	453
12	Louise	449
13	Edna	425
14	Gladys	383
14	Hazel	383
16	Sarah	363
17	Ethel	355
18	Thelma	352
19	Lillie	346
20	Martha	341
21	Pauline	332
22	Edith	329
23	Evelyn	325
24	Alice	299
25	Lucille	293

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bessie	291
27	Emma	264
28	Marie	261
29	Lillian	260
30	Mattie	250
31	Minnie	247
32	Willie	245
33	Rosa	241
34	Grace	239
35	Clara	235
36	Eva	231
36	Myrtle	231
38	Nellie	225
39	Bertha	224
40	Hattie	215
40	Irene	215
42	Lucy	210
43	Elsie	208
44	Carrie	205
45	Jessie	195
46	Catherine	192
47	Maggie	191
48	Beatrice	190
49	Ella	186
50	Doris	185
50	Mamie	185
52	Cora	183
53	Lois	182
54	Alma	180
55	Julia	177
55	Mabel	177
57	Laura	171
57	Viola	171
59	Pearl	169
60	Anna	167
61	Fannie	164
61	Lula	164
63	Beulah	162
64	Geneva	158
65	Gertrude	153
66	Josephine	152
67	Ida	146
68	Christine	145
68	Nancy	145
70	Katie	143
71	Betty	141
71	Inez	141
71	Mae	141
74	Esther	137
75	Florence	134
76	Rachel	133
77	Agnes	130
78	Sadie	129
79	Bernice	128
80	Eula	127
81	Mable	126
82	Sallie	125
83	Blanche	122
84	Kathleen	120
84	Lena	120
86	Daisy	117
87	Katherine	115
88	Addie	110
88	Vivian	110
90	Juanita	108
91	Rebecca	107
92	Estelle	105
93	Sara	101
93	Susie	101
95	Eunice	99
96	Marjorie	94
96	Nannie	94
98	Nora	93
98	Vera	93
98	Wilma	93