Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,916
2	Dorothy	1,089
3	Margaret	992
4	Annie	986
5	Helen	784
6	Ruth	759
7	Mildred	647
8	Ruby	632
9	Frances	605
10	Virginia	590
11	Doris	544
12	Betty	536
13	Elizabeth	531
14	Martha	443
15	Sarah	435
16	Louise	431
17	Hazel	420
18	Evelyn	403
19	Edna	385
20	Gladys	346
21	Ethel	341
22	Edith	337
23	Thelma	327
24	Alice	324
25	Lillie	316

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	289
27	Willie	287
28	Lillian	276
29	Clara	259
30	Pauline	256
31	Lois	247
32	Rosa	245
33	Mattie	239
34	Emma	238
35	Catherine	233
35	Lucille	233
37	Nellie	232
38	Ella	224
39	Myrtle	221
40	Minnie	218
41	Bessie	216
41	Irene	216
43	Marjorie	209
44	Nancy	202
45	Margie	200
46	Jessie	198
46	Lucy	198
48	Beatrice	194
49	Rachel	193
50	Hattie	192
50	Julia	192
52	Grace	191
53	Juanita	189
54	Elsie	184
54	Eva	184
56	Laura	181
56	Maggie	181
58	Ida	180
59	Carrie	179
60	Bertha	177
61	Christine	176
62	Josephine	172
63	Alma	167
63	Anna	167
65	Mamie	165
66	Bernice	164
67	Geneva	156
68	Pearl	155
69	Lena	151
70	Jean	149
71	Katherine	148
72	Hilda	145
72	Kathleen	145
74	Lula	142
75	Beulah	141
76	Esther	138
77	Mabel	136
78	Mae	135
79	Cora	134
80	Florence	125
81	Fannie	124
81	Sallie	124
83	Daisy	123
84	Eunice	120
85	Inez	117
85	Wilma	117
87	Katie	116
87	Mable	116
89	Sadie	115
89	Vivian	115
91	Sara	113
92	Geraldine	106
93	Blanche	104
94	Agnes	100
94	Ellen	100
96	Rebecca	98
96	Vera	98
98	Viola	97
99	Addie	94
100	Eloise	93
100	Janie	93