Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,412
2	Shirley	1,844
3	Betty	1,683
4	Barbara	1,021
5	Dorothy	807
6	Annie	689
7	Margaret	679
8	Doris	662
9	Peggy	660
10	Nancy	574
11	Helen	485
12	Martha	475
13	Frances	467
14	Joyce	402
15	Ruth	376
16	Mildred	368
17	Elizabeth	367
18	Ruby	362
19	Virginia	359
20	Carolyn	327
21	Sarah	303
22	Patricia	299
23	Evelyn	291
24	Alice	284
25	Edna	265

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Jean	265
27	Clara	238
28	Hazel	233
29	Lois	212
30	Louise	210
31	Patsy	201
32	Emma	200
33	Thelma	193
34	Catherine	188
35	Rosa	187
36	Lillie	186
37	Ann	181
38	Gladys	179
39	Edith	175
40	Sylvia	174
40	Willie	174
42	Geraldine	169
42	Margie	169
44	Ethel	168
45	Bessie	163
46	Norma	162
47	Ella	160
47	Marie	160
49	Mattie	159
50	Rachel	158
51	Joan	157
51	Lillian	157
53	Jo	156
54	Nellie	155
55	Phyllis	144
56	Julia	141
56	Rebecca	141
58	Minnie	139
59	Christine	136
59	Juanita	136
61	Jessie	132
61	Pauline	132
63	Carrie	130
63	Janice	130
65	Lucille	128
66	Elsie	126
67	Anna	125
68	Lucy	124
69	Myrtle	123
70	Bobbie	122
71	Bertha	121
71	Hilda	121
73	Hattie	120
74	Grace	119
75	Laura	116
76	Bernice	113
76	Sara	113
76	Wilma	113
79	Irene	111
80	Eva	110
81	Gloria	109
82	Marjorie	107
83	Alma	106
84	Katie	103
85	Jane	102
86	Billie	101
87	Carol	100
87	Josephine	100
89	Janet	99
90	Maggie	98
91	Anne	97
92	Bettie	96
92	Ida	96
92	Lula	96
95	Esther	95
96	Mamie	94
97	Bonnie	93
98	Beatrice	92
98	Mae	92
100	Faye	90
100	Geneva	90
100	Janie	90