Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	908
2	Annie	420
3	Ruth	285
4	Louise	276
5	Elizabeth	266
6	Margaret	241
7	Sarah	228
8	Helen	206
9	Ethel	195
10	Ruby	189
11	Willie	188
12	Frances	176
13	Carrie	175
13	Lillie	175
15	Lucille	171
16	Mattie	168
17	Rosa	166
18	Edna	163
19	Martha	162
20	Marie	154
21	Alice	151
22	Bessie	149
22	Hattie	149
24	Anna	147
25	Dorothy	145

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	139
27	Jessie	135
28	Gladys	132
29	Julia	131
30	Evelyn	128
30	Ida	128
30	Mamie	128
33	Eva	120
33	Minnie	120
33	Virginia	120
36	Viola	119
37	Ella	116
37	Mildred	116
39	Grace	113
40	Lillian	111
41	Bertha	109
42	Beatrice	105
43	Maggie	104
44	Pearl	103
45	Thelma	102
46	Lula	98
47	Rebecca	96
48	Geneva	88
48	Pauline	88
50	Janie	87
51	Edith	86
51	Lois	86
53	Catherine	84
54	Fannie	82
54	Sallie	82
56	Clara	80
56	Rose	80
58	Alma	79
58	Daisy	79
58	Irene	79
61	Florence	78
62	Mae	77
62	Sara	77
64	Lucile	76
65	Nellie	75
66	Myrtle	74
67	Cora	73
67	Inez	73
69	Bernice	71
69	Lizzie	71
71	Laura	70
71	Sadie	70
73	Josephine	66
74	Essie	64
75	Ellen	63
75	Hazel	63
77	Ada	61
78	Lottie	58
79	Susie	55
80	Alberta	54
80	Eunice	54
82	Georgia	53
83	Agnes	52
83	Katherine	52
83	Nancy	52
86	Katie	51
87	Eula	50
88	Gertrude	49
89	Addie	48
89	Vera	48
91	Esther	47
92	Beulah	46
92	Eloise	46
92	Estelle	46
95	Mabel	44
96	Lucy	43
97	Leola	42
97	Lila	42
97	Vivian	42
100	Mable	40