Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,304
2	Betty	1,494
3	Shirley	1,365
4	Barbara	1,057
5	Dorothy	744
6	Margaret	671
7	Doris	620
8	Nancy	616
9	Annie	607
10	Peggy	603
11	Martha	491
12	Helen	459
13	Frances	455
14	Patricia	438
15	Carolyn	419
16	Joyce	406
17	Shelby	386
18	Ruby	376
19	Virginia	363
20	Elizabeth	339
21	Alice	332
22	Sarah	321
23	Mildred	311
24	Jean	292
24	Ruth	292

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Evelyn	259
27	Sylvia	255
28	Ann	229
28	Edna	229
30	Louise	220
31	Patsy	219
32	Hazel	211
33	Lois	200
34	Janice	199
35	Thelma	195
36	Emma	190
37	Geraldine	184
37	Margie	184
39	Norma	173
40	Ethel	169
41	Carol	167
41	Linda	167
43	Clara	160
43	Gladys	160
45	Rachel	159
46	Bessie	158
47	Rebecca	156
48	Edith	151
49	Phyllis	149
49	Willie	149
51	Jo	147
52	Nellie	146
53	Joan	145
53	Lillie	145
53	Marie	145
56	Jane	144
57	Rosa	142
58	Juanita	141
59	Gloria	140
60	Ella	136
61	Mattie	131
62	Catherine	130
63	Christine	129
63	Wilma	129
65	Lillian	128
66	Julia	127
67	Bertha	126
68	Minnie	125
69	Myrtle	122
70	Alma	121
70	Elsie	121
72	Josephine	120
73	Carrie	119
73	Sara	119
75	Kay	113
76	Ellen	111
76	Faye	111
76	Pauline	111
79	Hattie	110
80	Bettie	108
80	Hilda	108
82	Eva	107
83	Janet	106
84	Joann	104
84	Laura	104
86	Billie	103
86	Bobbie	103
86	Vivian	103
89	Grace	102
90	Lucille	101
91	Anne	100
92	Anna	99
92	Ida	99
92	Irene	99
95	Jessie	97
96	Lula	96
97	Lucy	95
97	Marjorie	95
99	Bernice	94
100	Eleanor	93