Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,908
2	Dorothy	1,139
3	Margaret	1,000
4	Annie	863
5	Helen	842
6	Ruth	749
7	Doris	667
8	Betty	650
9	Ruby	605
10	Mildred	597
11	Frances	565
12	Virginia	563
13	Martha	474
14	Elizabeth	463
15	Louise	438
16	Sarah	420
17	Evelyn	404
18	Hazel	398
19	Edna	386
20	Gladys	361
21	Edith	329
22	Thelma	324
23	Ethel	323
24	Alice	310
25	Pauline	308

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	269
27	Lois	258
28	Emma	254
29	Lillie	246
30	Lillian	244
31	Catherine	240
32	Willie	239
33	Clara	227
34	Carrie	224
35	Bessie	223
36	Nancy	221
37	Irene	216
38	Margie	210
39	Rosa	208
40	Myrtle	205
41	Hattie	201
41	Minnie	201
43	Elsie	198
44	Ella	197
45	Grace	196
46	Bertha	190
46	Nellie	190
48	Rachel	182
49	Jessie	178
49	Juanita	178
49	Mattie	178
52	Lucille	177
53	Josephine	175
54	Eva	174
55	Beatrice	171
56	Jean	163
57	Christine	162
57	Hilda	162
59	Alma	161
59	Mable	161
61	Laura	159
62	Lucy	157
63	Bernice	152
63	Mamie	152
65	Fannie	151
66	Anna	149
66	Geneva	149
68	Ida	146
68	Marjorie	146
70	Julia	143
70	Kathleen	143
72	Katherine	140
73	Peggy	132
74	Mabel	128
74	Maggie	128
76	Daisy	127
76	Esther	127
78	Beulah	126
78	Geraldine	126
78	Wilma	126
81	Agnes	123
82	Pearl	122
83	Cora	119
84	Eunice	118
84	Mae	118
86	Georgia	115
86	Vivian	115
88	Barbara	114
88	Joyce	114
88	Lula	114
88	Sara	114
92	Vera	113
93	Eula	111
94	Viola	109
95	Rebecca	108
96	Katie	104
97	Lena	102
98	Florence	101
99	Inez	99
99	Nannie	99
99	Sadie	99