Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,891
2	Margaret	1,049
3	Dorothy	1,012
4	Annie	974
5	Ruth	872
6	Helen	760
7	Ruby	660
8	Mildred	656
9	Virginia	577
10	Frances	572
11	Elizabeth	508
12	Louise	504
13	Martha	447
14	Sarah	441
15	Doris	440
16	Hazel	437
17	Edna	431
18	Gladys	390
19	Thelma	368
20	Evelyn	354
21	Edith	333
22	Betty	319
22	Ethel	319
24	Alice	318
25	Pauline	305

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillie	292
27	Lillian	291
27	Marie	291
29	Lucille	286
30	Willie	280
31	Lois	275
32	Emma	268
33	Bessie	254
34	Irene	253
35	Catherine	249
36	Clara	245
37	Mattie	234
38	Beatrice	232
39	Lucy	225
39	Nellie	225
41	Grace	223
42	Jessie	217
43	Carrie	215
44	Myrtle	214
45	Minnie	211
46	Bertha	209
47	Marjorie	206
48	Nancy	203
49	Ella	202
50	Eva	197
51	Rosa	194
52	Elsie	192
52	Josephine	192
54	Kathleen	186
55	Rachel	183
56	Juanita	182
57	Ida	172
58	Mamie	171
59	Maggie	170
60	Julia	168
61	Mabel	166
61	Margie	166
63	Lula	165
64	Alma	164
64	Katherine	164
66	Hattie	162
67	Anna	159
67	Esther	159
69	Bernice	158
70	Geneva	156
71	Mae	153
72	Pearl	150
73	Laura	147
74	Christine	144
74	Fannie	144
76	Cora	143
77	Lena	139
77	Mable	139
79	Blanche	135
80	Georgia	133
80	Sadie	133
82	Eunice	129
83	Eula	124
84	Vivian	122
85	Inez	120
86	Florence	118
86	Sara	118
88	Beulah	117
88	Hilda	117
90	Daisy	116
91	Viola	113
91	Wilma	113
93	Agnes	107
93	Sallie	107
95	Essie	105
96	Naomi	103
97	Vera	101
98	Katie	99
99	Ada	96
100	Janie	95