Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,484
2	Betty	1,531
3	Dorothy	1,139
4	Annie	817
5	Margaret	784
6	Doris	713
7	Helen	606
8	Mildred	523
9	Ruby	508
10	Ruth	474
11	Frances	464
12	Martha	448
13	Virginia	419
14	Elizabeth	398
15	Peggy	388
16	Nancy	361
17	Sarah	352
18	Edna	348
19	Hazel	338
20	Evelyn	334
21	Louise	320
22	Gladys	318
23	Alice	286
24	Thelma	283
25	Barbara	255

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lois	252
27	Joyce	248
28	Clara	239
29	Marie	236
30	Ethel	228
31	Jean	223
32	Catherine	220
33	Lillie	218
34	Willie	217
35	Edith	207
36	Pauline	202
37	Emma	199
37	Lucille	199
39	Juanita	189
40	Lillian	188
41	Mattie	180
42	Rosa	179
43	Ella	178
44	Nellie	174
45	Minnie	167
45	Myrtle	167
47	Rachel	164
48	Margie	163
49	Grace	160
50	Irene	159
51	Carrie	155
51	Lucy	155
53	Bessie	154
54	Bertha	152
54	Eva	152
56	Christine	148
56	Hattie	148
58	Elsie	146
59	Carolyn	145
60	Jessie	143
61	Wilma	142
62	Anna	140
63	Hilda	137
64	Billie	136
65	Ida	133
66	Ann	132
67	Lula	131
68	Alma	130
68	Geraldine	130
68	Shirley	130
71	Bernice	128
72	Beatrice	123
72	Julia	123
74	Fannie	117
75	Maggie	112
75	Vivian	112
77	Kathleen	111
77	Mae	111
77	Mamie	111
80	Eula	109
80	Geneva	109
82	Bettie	108
83	Josephine	107
84	Rebecca	106
85	Cora	102
86	Anne	101
87	Mable	99
87	Marjorie	99
89	Laura	98
90	Lena	97
91	Daisy	96
91	Esther	96
91	Katherine	96
94	Sara	95
95	Beulah	94
95	Vera	94
97	Patricia	92
98	Georgia	91
98	Pearl	91
100	Sadie	90