Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,855
2	Margaret	1,009
3	Annie	982
4	Dorothy	979
5	Ruth	750
6	Helen	738
7	Virginia	628
8	Ruby	602
9	Mildred	600
10	Elizabeth	563
11	Frances	495
12	Louise	462
13	Martha	453
14	Hazel	447
15	Sarah	421
16	Gladys	407
17	Edna	405
18	Doris	379
19	Thelma	375
20	Evelyn	354
21	Ethel	351
22	Alice	340
23	Pauline	317
24	Edith	311
25	Lillie	295

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	281
27	Lillian	280
28	Myrtle	278
29	Minnie	273
30	Emma	263
30	Lucille	263
32	Catherine	246
33	Clara	238
33	Nellie	238
35	Irene	233
36	Willie	231
37	Grace	229
38	Mattie	228
38	Rosa	228
40	Carrie	226
40	Eva	226
42	Bessie	210
42	Jessie	210
44	Betty	209
45	Bertha	208
46	Beatrice	203
47	Hattie	200
47	Lois	200
49	Margie	193
50	Ella	192
51	Lucy	191
52	Alma	184
52	Mamie	184
54	Maggie	180
55	Elsie	176
56	Juanita	175
56	Julia	175
56	Nancy	175
59	Rachel	174
60	Mabel	173
61	Geneva	172
62	Fannie	170
62	Laura	170
64	Ida	168
65	Marjorie	167
66	Kathleen	164
67	Josephine	157
67	Katherine	157
69	Mable	156
70	Christine	154
71	Lena	150
72	Gertrude	149
73	Lula	148
73	Viola	148
75	Pearl	147
76	Beulah	146
77	Bernice	140
78	Cora	139
78	Esther	139
80	Anna	138
81	Sadie	135
82	Daisy	131
83	Inez	126
84	Florence	124
85	Mae	123
86	Eula	118
87	Sara	115
88	Eunice	114
88	Katie	114
90	Blanche	110
91	Vera	108
92	Rebecca	107
93	Janie	104
93	Nannie	104
95	Vivian	103
95	Wilma	103
97	Eleanor	102
97	Jean	102
99	Hilda	101
100	Agnes	99