Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	711
2	Annie	328
3	Elizabeth	227
4	Ruth	216
5	Louise	205
6	Ethel	166
7	Carrie	155
8	Lillie	150
9	Sarah	146
10	Margaret	141
11	Willie	139
12	Marie	138
13	Bessie	137
13	Rosa	137
15	Ruby	136
16	Lucille	133
17	Martha	130
18	Mattie	127
19	Bertha	124
20	Viola	113
21	Hattie	112
21	Mamie	112
23	Edna	111
23	Minnie	111
25	Emma	110

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Helen	107
26	Maggie	107
28	Frances	106
28	Julia	106
30	Alice	103
31	Thelma	100
32	Gladys	98
33	Dorothy	97
34	Jessie	95
35	Ida	94
35	Lillian	94
37	Rebecca	93
38	Anna	90
39	Ella	89
40	Pearl	88
41	Eva	87
42	Evelyn	83
43	Daisy	80
43	Mildred	80
45	Beatrice	79
46	Clara	78
46	Janie	78
48	Fannie	75
48	Gertrude	75
50	Florence	72
51	Laura	71
51	Sadie	71
53	Alma	69
54	Geneva	68
55	Grace	67
55	Irene	67
57	Edith	66
58	Lula	65
58	Sallie	65
58	Virginia	65
61	Nellie	64
62	Lucile	59
62	Mabel	59
62	Sara	59
65	Beulah	58
66	Josephine	57
67	Bernice	55
68	Alberta	54
69	Cora	53
69	Ellen	53
69	Lois	53
72	Myrtle	52
72	Pauline	52
72	Rose	52
75	Inez	50
76	Essie	49
76	Lizzie	49
78	Catherine	46
79	Eunice	45
80	Lottie	44
81	Eloise	43
81	Katherine	43
81	Susie	43
84	Georgia	42
85	Agnes	41
85	Hazel	41
87	Ada	40
87	Addie	40
89	Nancy	39
90	Blanche	37
90	Estelle	37
92	Esther	36
92	Mae	36
94	Jennie	35
95	Katie	34
95	Victoria	34
97	Christine	33
97	Eula	33
97	Lucy	33
100	Leola	32