Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,811
2	Margaret	1,061
3	Annie	935
4	Dorothy	911
5	Ruth	893
6	Helen	792
7	Mildred	685
8	Ruby	637
9	Elizabeth	609
10	Virginia	603
11	Frances	512
12	Hazel	488
13	Louise	472
14	Edna	438
15	Martha	428
16	Sarah	408
17	Gladys	386
18	Pauline	385
19	Thelma	379
20	Evelyn	376
21	Edith	370
22	Ethel	364
23	Doris	349
24	Alice	323
25	Lillian	297

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lucille	287
27	Lillie	285
28	Myrtle	279
29	Marie	269
30	Willie	256
31	Mattie	255
32	Emma	252
33	Bessie	241
34	Irene	239
35	Grace	230
36	Catherine	228
37	Minnie	224
38	Nellie	220
39	Rosa	218
40	Carrie	215
41	Clara	209
42	Lois	206
43	Eva	202
43	Mabel	202
45	Lucy	200
46	Hattie	198
47	Beatrice	196
48	Elsie	194
49	Alma	192
50	Betty	191
50	Ella	191
52	Jessie	188
53	Bertha	187
54	Julia	185
55	Maggie	184
56	Nancy	177
57	Ida	174
58	Anna	168
58	Rachel	168
60	Laura	167
60	Viola	167
62	Juanita	164
62	Katherine	164
64	Inez	163
64	Lula	163
66	Christine	162
67	Josephine	160
68	Beulah	159
69	Marjorie	157
70	Fannie	156
71	Florence	155
72	Mamie	154
73	Pearl	153
74	Geneva	149
75	Esther	143
75	Mae	143
77	Cora	141
77	Margie	141
79	Kathleen	140
80	Mable	135
81	Bernice	130
82	Sadie	129
83	Eula	125
84	Gertrude	123
85	Lena	122
86	Sallie	120
87	Agnes	118
87	Naomi	118
87	Wilma	118
90	Sara	117
91	Rebecca	116
92	Eunice	115
93	Daisy	112
94	Dora	108
95	Ada	107
95	Blanche	107
95	Katie	107
98	Vivian	103
99	Nannie	102
99	Vera	102