Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,968
2	Dorothy	1,218
3	Margaret	946
4	Betty	887
5	Annie	859
6	Helen	797
7	Doris	727
8	Ruth	665
9	Mildred	660
10	Ruby	624
11	Frances	562
12	Virginia	557
13	Elizabeth	448
14	Hazel	445
15	Sarah	431
16	Edna	428
16	Martha	428
18	Louise	393
19	Evelyn	389
20	Gladys	373
21	Thelma	329
22	Alice	303
23	Edith	287
24	Ethel	282
25	Pauline	280

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Willie	280
27	Lois	269
28	Lucille	255
29	Catherine	254
30	Lillie	249
31	Nancy	240
32	Lillian	237
33	Marie	234
34	Clara	229
35	Emma	227
36	Nellie	226
37	Bessie	214
37	Minnie	214
39	Ella	209
40	Myrtle	208
41	Mattie	205
42	Juanita	203
43	Irene	202
44	Bertha	199
45	Jessie	198
45	Rosa	198
47	Jean	190
48	Grace	185
49	Elsie	180
50	Margie	179
51	Christine	178
51	Eva	178
53	Beatrice	174
54	Alma	173
54	Lucy	173
56	Hattie	172
57	Julia	168
57	Rachel	168
59	Marjorie	167
60	Peggy	161
61	Carrie	160
62	Laura	155
63	Rebecca	154
64	Hilda	152
65	Geneva	151
66	Ida	150
67	Josephine	149
68	Barbara	145
68	Mamie	145
68	Wilma	145
71	Bernice	143
72	Fannie	140
72	Geraldine	140
74	Anna	138
74	Katherine	138
74	Pearl	138
77	Vivian	133
78	Joyce	131
79	Eula	128
79	Maggie	128
81	Mabel	126
82	Kathleen	125
83	Beulah	123
83	Esther	123
85	Inez	121
86	Cora	119
87	Ellen	118
87	Lula	118
89	Vera	117
90	Sadie	116
91	Mable	114
92	Audrey	113
93	Carolyn	112
94	Florence	111
94	Mae	111
96	Eleanor	109
97	Sara	105
98	Agnes	104
98	Janie	104
100	Eunice	103
100	Faye	103