Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,674
2	Annie	939
3	Margaret	925
4	Ruth	828
5	Dorothy	751
6	Helen	667
7	Mildred	637
8	Virginia	568
9	Elizabeth	567
10	Ruby	543
11	Frances	535
12	Louise	471
13	Hazel	414
14	Edna	400
15	Ethel	398
15	Martha	398
17	Sarah	393
18	Gladys	384
19	Thelma	374
20	Pauline	348
21	Evelyn	334
22	Edith	333
23	Alice	322
24	Lillie	310
25	Marie	295

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bessie	287
27	Doris	283
28	Lillian	279
29	Lucille	276
30	Nellie	262
31	Minnie	253
32	Myrtle	248
33	Carrie	239
34	Willie	238
35	Mattie	235
36	Clara	234
37	Grace	231
38	Lucy	224
39	Bertha	223
39	Rosa	223
41	Catherine	221
42	Emma	218
43	Eva	215
44	Hattie	199
44	Jessie	199
44	Julia	199
47	Irene	198
48	Anna	193
48	Beatrice	193
50	Lois	188
50	Mabel	188
52	Maggie	185
53	Elsie	182
54	Alma	180
55	Geneva	179
56	Ella	176
57	Mamie	171
58	Pearl	169
59	Mae	166
60	Nancy	165
61	Fannie	162
62	Laura	161
63	Lula	158
64	Christine	157
65	Beulah	155
65	Josephine	155
67	Viola	154
68	Betty	153
69	Katherine	151
70	Rachel	149
71	Ida	145
72	Esther	144
73	Florence	143
74	Juanita	140
75	Kathleen	138
76	Inez	134
76	Katie	134
78	Sadie	133
79	Mable	132
80	Lena	131
81	Ada	130
82	Daisy	128
83	Gertrude	119
84	Eula	118
85	Vera	116
86	Cora	115
86	Marjorie	115
88	Rebecca	113
89	Addie	111
89	Nannie	111
91	Sara	109
92	Bernice	108
93	Agnes	106
93	Blanche	106
95	Georgia	105
96	Sallie	104
97	Naomi	102
97	Wilma	102
99	Eunice	100
99	Vivian	100