Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,443
2	Betty	1,608
3	Dorothy	962
4	Margaret	741
5	Annie	676
6	Doris	594
7	Helen	585
8	Peggy	551
9	Frances	478
10	Ruth	438
11	Mildred	435
12	Barbara	433
13	Ruby	430
14	Martha	413
15	Virginia	403
16	Nancy	387
17	Elizabeth	369
18	Sarah	354
19	Evelyn	349
20	Hazel	308
21	Edna	302
22	Louise	270
23	Joyce	265
24	Alice	261
25	Gladys	254

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clara	230
27	Ethel	228
27	Lillie	228
27	Thelma	228
30	Jean	225
31	Emma	219
32	Edith	201
33	Lois	197
34	Willie	191
35	Marie	182
36	Nellie	180
37	Catherine	179
38	Pauline	175
39	Margie	174
40	Mattie	172
41	Shirley	169
42	Juanita	164
43	Geraldine	163
44	Lucille	159
44	Rosa	159
46	Rachel	156
47	Minnie	155
48	Lillian	154
49	Bertha	152
50	Carolyn	150
51	Ella	145
52	Bessie	144
53	Marjorie	142
54	Ann	141
54	Elsie	141
56	Myrtle	140
57	Grace	139
58	Christine	137
59	Bernice	135
60	Alma	134
60	Norma	134
62	Irene	132
63	Patricia	131
64	Eva	130
65	Ida	127
66	Hattie	126
66	Hilda	126
66	Julia	126
66	Laura	126
70	Joan	124
71	Anna	123
71	Jessie	123
71	Lucy	123
71	Rebecca	123
75	Carrie	122
76	Wilma	119
77	Mamie	118
78	Beatrice	117
79	Patsy	114
79	Vivian	114
81	Fannie	113
82	Josephine	111
83	Lula	110
83	Sara	110
85	Billie	102
86	Sadie	100
87	Maggie	99
88	Cora	98
89	Bobbie	97
90	Esther	93
90	Geneva	93
90	Katie	93
93	Mae	91
94	Bettie	89
95	Daisy	87
95	Jane	87
97	Anne	86
97	Georgia	86
99	Eleanor	85
99	Eunice	85
99	Faye	85