Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,124
2	Margaret	1,108
3	Dorothy	1,038
4	Annie	958
5	Ruth	878
6	Helen	848
7	Mildred	712
8	Ruby	685
9	Virginia	640
10	Frances	600
11	Elizabeth	545
12	Doris	508
13	Martha	455
14	Louise	450
15	Edna	444
16	Sarah	440
17	Hazel	432
18	Betty	430
19	Gladys	413
20	Evelyn	412
21	Edith	374
22	Thelma	364
23	Pauline	356
24	Alice	315
25	Ethel	311

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillian	306
27	Lois	305
28	Lucille	295
29	Marie	288
30	Lillie	273
31	Willie	263
32	Clara	255
33	Catherine	253
34	Emma	251
35	Jessie	240
36	Nellie	239
37	Bessie	235
37	Myrtle	235
39	Beatrice	234
40	Carrie	227
41	Grace	221
42	Lucy	220
43	Rosa	218
44	Mattie	213
45	Minnie	212
46	Irene	207
47	Bertha	204
47	Nancy	204
49	Rachel	201
50	Margie	200
51	Hattie	199
52	Elsie	198
53	Juanita	195
54	Eva	191
54	Josephine	191
56	Ella	190
57	Julia	188
57	Marjorie	188
59	Alma	187
59	Lula	187
61	Mamie	184
62	Christine	183
63	Anna	182
64	Katherine	180
65	Bernice	177
66	Ida	174
67	Esther	169
67	Geneva	169
69	Mabel	164
70	Mable	163
71	Fannie	161
71	Kathleen	161
71	Laura	161
74	Maggie	156
75	Beulah	148
76	Pearl	146
77	Mae	145
77	Sara	145
77	Viola	145
80	Florence	138
81	Inez	136
81	Rebecca	136
83	Cora	135
83	Sadie	135
85	Daisy	133
86	Vera	125
87	Gertrude	124
87	Katie	124
87	Sallie	124
90	Hilda	118
90	Naomi	118
92	Eunice	116
92	Vivian	116
94	Wilma	114
95	Agnes	112
95	Jean	112
97	Eula	109
98	Blanche	106
98	Ellen	106
100	Dora	105
100	Lena	105