Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,388
2	Betty	1,618
3	Dorothy	883
4	Barbara	729
5	Annie	726
6	Doris	717
7	Margaret	621
8	Peggy	598
9	Helen	528
10	Nancy	480
11	Frances	479
12	Ruth	441
13	Martha	426
14	Ruby	412
15	Mildred	407
16	Elizabeth	393
17	Joyce	381
18	Virginia	334
19	Sarah	330
20	Evelyn	313
21	Edna	280
22	Shirley	275
23	Alice	270
24	Jean	261
25	Carolyn	246

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thelma	242
27	Hazel	238
28	Lois	233
29	Gladys	230
30	Emma	221
31	Clara	217
32	Louise	215
33	Patricia	207
34	Rosa	181
35	Ethel	180
36	Edith	178
37	Pauline	175
38	Nellie	172
39	Lillie	171
40	Willie	169
41	Lillian	167
42	Margie	165
43	Bessie	164
43	Joan	164
45	Minnie	163
46	Patsy	158
47	Marie	156
47	Norma	156
49	Geraldine	155
50	Ann	154
51	Juanita	148
52	Rachel	147
53	Ella	145
54	Catherine	144
55	Lucille	140
55	Mattie	140
57	Laura	139
58	Grace	135
58	Hattie	135
60	Carrie	133
60	Julia	133
62	Eva	131
63	Hilda	127
64	Rebecca	126
65	Bertha	124
65	Ida	124
65	Sara	124
68	Elsie	123
68	Lucy	123
70	Marjorie	122
71	Christine	121
72	Billie	120
72	Myrtle	120
74	Josephine	119
75	Alma	118
76	Bernice	114
77	Anna	112
77	Lula	112
79	Fannie	109
80	Eleanor	107
81	Beatrice	106
81	Wilma	106
83	Mamie	105
84	Jessie	104
85	Janet	103
85	Sylvia	103
87	Geneva	102
87	Jane	102
89	Bobbie	101
89	Irene	101
91	Esther	99
92	Anne	98
92	Mable	98
94	Katie	97
94	Maggie	97
96	Janice	92
97	Bonnie	91
97	Mae	91
97	Phyllis	91
100	Faye	90
100	Jo	90