Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,674
2	Betty	1,776
3	Dorothy	1,044
4	Annie	778
5	Doris	722
6	Margaret	701
7	Barbara	608
8	Peggy	593
9	Helen	586
10	Nancy	484
11	Ruby	474
12	Mildred	462
13	Frances	437
14	Ruth	432
15	Virginia	425
16	Elizabeth	411
17	Martha	394
18	Joyce	345
19	Evelyn	333
20	Sarah	331
21	Louise	308
22	Alice	305
22	Jean	305
24	Hazel	286
25	Edna	271

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thelma	269
27	Shirley	260
28	Lois	239
29	Gladys	238
30	Clara	233
31	Emma	227
32	Edith	218
33	Willie	196
34	Lillie	193
35	Carolyn	186
35	Geraldine	186
37	Catherine	184
38	Ann	177
39	Margie	175
39	Marie	175
41	Minnie	171
42	Mattie	170
42	Rosa	170
44	Pauline	168
45	Bessie	167
46	Joan	165
47	Ethel	163
48	Patricia	162
49	Rachel	161
50	Lucille	160
51	Lillian	159
52	Christine	158
53	Bertha	156
53	Nellie	156
53	Norma	156
56	Myrtle	155
57	Elsie	154
58	Laura	149
59	Bernice	148
59	Ella	148
61	Carrie	144
62	Juanita	143
62	Patsy	143
64	Grace	140
65	Josephine	139
66	Alma	138
66	Julia	138
66	Lucy	138
69	Eva	137
70	Hilda	136
71	Marjorie	134
71	Wilma	134
73	Hattie	133
74	Anna	128
75	Rebecca	126
76	Jessie	125
77	Faye	124
78	Daisy	121
79	Irene	120
80	Ida	117
81	Fannie	116
82	Bobbie	112
82	Mamie	112
84	Mable	111
85	Anne	109
85	Vivian	109
87	Lula	107
88	Beatrice	104
89	Billie	102
90	Eula	101
91	Bettie	100
92	Cora	99
92	Jane	99
94	Katherine	98
94	Mae	98
96	Sadie	96
96	Sara	96
98	Geneva	95
99	Gloria	94
100	Eleanor	93
100	Esther	93