Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,243
2	Annie	566
3	Ruth	387
4	Elizabeth	367
5	Louise	363
6	Margaret	358
7	Sarah	265
8	Ruby	259
9	Helen	247
10	Lillie	234
11	Frances	229
12	Carrie	222
13	Ethel	214
14	Rosa	209
15	Marie	208
16	Edna	206
17	Virginia	205
18	Martha	203
19	Mattie	200
20	Willie	196
21	Dorothy	188
22	Lucille	182
23	Bessie	181
24	Evelyn	174
25	Hattie	170

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	168
27	Jessie	165
28	Gladys	161
29	Maggie	155
30	Anna	151
30	Emma	151
30	Mildred	151
33	Thelma	148
34	Julia	147
35	Bertha	145
36	Eva	144
36	Lula	144
38	Janie	142
39	Edith	133
40	Mamie	130
41	Ella	129
41	Grace	129
41	Lillian	129
44	Ida	125
45	Sara	124
46	Minnie	122
46	Rebecca	122
48	Clara	121
49	Beatrice	114
49	Lois	114
51	Viola	113
52	Pearl	108
53	Nellie	107
54	Alma	104
55	Geneva	103
55	Pauline	103
57	Daisy	101
57	Essie	101
59	Hazel	100
60	Irene	97
61	Lucile	95
62	Inez	93
62	Sadie	93
64	Gertrude	92
65	Mae	90
65	Myrtle	90
67	Sallie	87
68	Catherine	86
69	Florence	84
70	Fannie	81
70	Josephine	81
72	Rose	79
73	Bernice	77
74	Laura	73
75	Cora	72
76	Jannie	70
76	Lottie	70
78	Eloise	69
78	Estelle	69
78	Eunice	69
78	Lizzie	69
82	Eula	66
83	Susie	65
84	Alberta	64
84	Vera	64
86	Agnes	63
86	Katherine	63
88	Ada	62
89	Ellen	60
89	Mabel	60
91	Nancy	57
92	Lena	56
93	Jennie	54
93	Juanita	54
95	Vivian	53
96	Beulah	51
96	Doris	51
96	Esther	51
99	Lucy	50
99	Ollie	50