Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,257
2	Shirley	1,664
3	Betty	1,578
4	Barbara	1,023
5	Dorothy	779
6	Peggy	665
7	Margaret	604
8	Annie	594
9	Doris	580
9	Nancy	580
11	Helen	494
12	Frances	447
13	Joyce	423
14	Martha	418
15	Patricia	406
16	Carolyn	368
17	Elizabeth	357
18	Virginia	341
19	Ruby	333
20	Sarah	321
21	Mildred	319
22	Ruth	287
23	Jean	282
24	Alice	279
25	Evelyn	271

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	254
27	Emma	229
28	Sylvia	218
29	Lois	214
30	Louise	212
31	Hazel	210
31	Shelby	210
33	Thelma	200
34	Ann	194
35	Patsy	192
36	Clara	181
36	Ethel	181
38	Geraldine	180
39	Margie	179
40	Gladys	176
41	Marie	175
42	Edith	171
42	Nellie	171
44	Norma	168
45	Rebecca	167
46	Joan	160
46	Lillie	160
48	Willie	159
49	Jo	157
50	Rachel	154
51	Ella	153
52	Bessie	151
53	Janice	146
54	Rosa	142
55	Christine	138
55	Phyllis	138
57	Lillian	133
58	Catherine	132
59	Juanita	128
59	Minnie	128
61	Carol	125
61	Elsie	125
61	Eva	125
61	Hilda	125
65	Bertha	123
65	Jane	123
67	Carrie	122
67	Mattie	122
69	Wilma	121
70	Alma	118
70	Pauline	118
72	Grace	115
72	Lucille	115
74	Laura	114
75	Julia	113
76	Bettie	107
76	Janet	107
78	Lucy	106
79	Myrtle	105
80	Gloria	104
80	Hattie	104
80	Marjorie	104
83	Eleanor	103
83	Faye	103
85	Billie	102
86	Josephine	101
86	Sara	101
88	Jessie	100
89	Ida	96
89	Joann	96
91	Anna	95
91	Janie	95
93	Lula	94
94	Linda	93
95	Kay	92
96	Fannie	91
97	Mable	90
98	Bernice	89
98	Irene	89
100	Geneva	88