Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1934

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	1,824
3	Dorothy	875
4	Barbara	862
5	Doris	744
6	Peggy	706
7	Annie	697
8	Shirley	694
9	Margaret	671
10	Helen	560
11	Frances	494
12	Nancy	450
13	Ruby	415
14	Martha	408
15	Mildred	395
16	Elizabeth	391
17	Joyce	380
18	Virginia	367
19	Ruth	350
20	Sarah	346
21	Evelyn	305
22	Edna	300
23	Jean	288
24	Alice	287
25	Carolyn	262

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patricia	260
27	Hazel	243
27	Lois	243
29	Louise	238
30	Thelma	231
31	Gladys	222
32	Clara	216
33	Lillie	206
34	Joan	203
35	Emma	197
36	Rosa	195
37	Ann	192
37	Ethel	192
39	Catherine	189
39	Ella	189
41	Geraldine	188
42	Edith	177
42	Willie	177
44	Patsy	176
45	Nellie	173
46	Minnie	169
47	Bessie	164
48	Marie	163
49	Rachel	162
50	Lillian	160
51	Norma	159
52	Juanita	158
53	Margie	155
54	Hattie	153
55	Pauline	147
56	Christine	145
57	Elsie	142
58	Carrie	139
59	Bobbie	138
60	Mattie	136
60	Phyllis	136
62	Lucy	135
63	Josephine	134
64	Rebecca	133
65	Alma	132
65	Billie	132
65	Myrtle	132
68	Bernice	131
69	Jessie	129
69	Julia	129
71	Eva	128
72	Bertha	127
73	Sylvia	126
74	Lucille	124
75	Hilda	122
75	Laura	122
75	Sara	122
78	Faye	121
78	Jane	121
78	Vivian	121
81	Marjorie	120
82	Jo	119
83	Anna	116
84	Ida	113
85	Irene	108
86	Carol	104
86	Fannie	104
88	Grace	103
88	Mamie	103
90	Wilma	101
91	Lula	100
91	Mae	100
93	Bettie	98
93	Janet	98
95	Beatrice	97
95	Rose	97
97	Bonnie	95
98	Geneva	93
99	Anne	91
100	Cora	90
100	Eleanor	90
100	Janice	90
100	Katie	90
100	Mable	90