Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,898
2	Dorothy	1,148
3	Betty	1,109
4	Margaret	872
5	Annie	863
6	Helen	735
7	Doris	705
8	Ruth	644
9	Mildred	630
10	Frances	609
11	Ruby	561
12	Virginia	493
13	Elizabeth	478
14	Martha	453
15	Hazel	420
16	Louise	388
16	Sarah	388
18	Evelyn	383
19	Edna	373
20	Gladys	368
21	Thelma	335
22	Alice	302
23	Ethel	276
24	Lois	265
25	Lillie	262

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	259
27	Willie	254
28	Pauline	250
29	Nancy	242
30	Marie	237
31	Lucille	234
32	Emma	233
33	Clara	230
34	Catherine	228
35	Jean	216
36	Lillian	214
37	Bertha	213
38	Nellie	208
39	Peggy	206
40	Grace	204
41	Bessie	198
42	Juanita	195
42	Minnie	195
44	Rosa	194
45	Margie	192
46	Myrtle	191
47	Ella	189
48	Irene	179
49	Barbara	178
49	Eva	178
49	Jessie	178
52	Lucy	176
53	Carrie	175
54	Christine	170
54	Mattie	170
56	Alma	169
56	Ida	169
58	Elsie	166
59	Rachel	164
60	Joyce	163
61	Hattie	162
61	Josephine	162
63	Marjorie	159
64	Bernice	153
65	Anna	152
66	Hilda	150
67	Beatrice	141
67	Wilma	141
69	Maggie	140
70	Julia	138
71	Fannie	134
72	Carolyn	128
73	Mamie	125
74	Ann	123
74	Geraldine	123
76	Geneva	122
76	Mabel	122
78	Laura	120
79	Lula	118
79	Rebecca	118
81	Katherine	117
82	Beulah	116
83	Eula	115
83	Kathleen	115
85	Georgia	114
86	Esther	113
87	Cora	111
87	Eunice	111
87	Pearl	111
90	Inez	110
90	Shirley	110
90	Vivian	110
93	Daisy	107
94	Mae	105
95	Florence	102
95	Sara	102
97	Agnes	100
97	Audrey	100
99	Mable	99
100	Sadie	97