Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,347
2	Betty	1,662
3	Barbara	1,323
4	Shirley	1,106
5	Dorothy	695
6	Nancy	675
7	Peggy	634
8	Margaret	619
9	Annie	602
10	Carolyn	545
11	Martha	541
12	Doris	525
13	Patricia	489
14	Frances	460
15	Joyce	431
16	Helen	420
17	Elizabeth	385
18	Sarah	365
19	Alice	329
20	Virginia	327
21	Ruby	323
22	Ruth	312
23	Shelby	304
24	Mildred	295
25	Sylvia	284

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Evelyn	262
27	Linda	243
28	Janice	240
29	Jean	236
30	Patsy	235
31	Edna	233
32	Lois	228
33	Hazel	224
34	Ann	211
34	Carol	211
36	Rebecca	200
37	Geraldine	198
38	Emma	193
39	Louise	180
40	Catherine	173
40	Marie	173
40	Norma	173
43	Rosa	172
44	Thelma	168
45	Clara	166
45	Rachel	166
47	Margie	165
48	Phyllis	164
49	Edith	161
50	Sandra	160
51	Joan	157
52	Ethel	155
53	Ella	153
53	Julia	153
55	Lillie	145
56	Jane	144
57	Bessie	143
58	Willie	141
59	Gloria	139
60	Gladys	137
61	Mattie	136
62	Minnie	132
63	Nellie	130
64	Juanita	125
65	Judith	124
66	Hilda	123
67	Christine	122
67	Grace	122
67	Jo	122
67	Wilma	122
71	Joann	121
72	Anna	119
73	Lillian	117
74	Ida	115
74	Marjorie	115
74	Sara	115
77	Eva	113
77	Laura	113
79	Bettie	111
79	Carrie	111
79	Kay	111
82	Lucille	110
83	Judy	109
84	Janet	108
85	Hattie	106
86	Pauline	105
87	Alma	104
87	Elsie	104
87	Josephine	104
90	Myrtle	102
91	Eleanor	101
91	Faye	101
91	Wanda	101
94	Bertha	100
95	Lucy	99
96	Delores	98
97	Glenda	97
98	Yvonne	96
99	Loretta	95
99	Rose	95