Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,666
2	Betty	1,325
3	Dorothy	1,095
4	Annie	819
5	Margaret	784
6	Doris	728
7	Helen	638
8	Ruth	569
9	Mildred	534
10	Frances	525
10	Ruby	525
12	Martha	454
13	Virginia	443
14	Elizabeth	420
15	Evelyn	388
16	Sarah	364
17	Edna	344
18	Louise	333
19	Hazel	331
20	Gladys	323
21	Alice	291
22	Peggy	289
23	Nancy	277
24	Thelma	265
25	Ethel	245

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Lillie	245
27	Lois	243
28	Pauline	241
29	Clara	231
30	Barbara	228
31	Marie	226
32	Willie	223
33	Rosa	220
34	Ella	216
35	Jean	215
36	Emma	210
37	Edith	198
38	Nellie	194
39	Catherine	190
39	Lillian	190
41	Joyce	189
42	Lucille	187
43	Grace	179
44	Mattie	174
45	Irene	173
46	Bessie	172
46	Elsie	172
48	Bertha	171
48	Myrtle	171
50	Carrie	164
51	Juanita	163
52	Margie	161
53	Minnie	160
54	Geraldine	159
55	Bernice	157
56	Lucy	154
56	Rachel	154
58	Christine	151
58	Julia	151
60	Hattie	149
61	Beatrice	147
61	Jessie	147
63	Ida	143
64	Alma	139
65	Laura	136
66	Carolyn	133
67	Anna	130
68	Josephine	128
69	Marjorie	125
70	Hilda	124
71	Ann	123
72	Cora	122
73	Mamie	118
74	Beulah	116
74	Eva	116
74	Wilma	116
77	Lula	114
78	Shirley	113
79	Fannie	112
79	Maggie	112
81	Vivian	111
82	Esther	110
82	Mable	110
84	Billie	109
84	Kathleen	109
86	Geneva	105
86	Mae	105
88	Lena	104
89	Audrey	103
90	Georgia	102
90	Katherine	102
90	Rebecca	102
93	Jane	99
94	Eleanor	98
95	Ellen	97
96	Eunice	95
96	Mabel	95
98	Sadie	93
99	Maxine	92
100	Norma	91