Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,263
2	Annie	550
3	Margaret	371
4	Ruth	368
5	Louise	355
6	Elizabeth	327
7	Sarah	285
8	Helen	269
9	Lillie	256
10	Ruby	254
11	Frances	253
12	Ethel	248
13	Willie	238
14	Carrie	214
15	Rosa	212
16	Alice	205
16	Dorothy	205
18	Martha	196
19	Evelyn	189
20	Hattie	188
21	Mattie	182
22	Gladys	177
22	Marie	177
24	Emma	172
25	Mildred	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lucille	170
27	Bessie	168
28	Edna	165
29	Virginia	163
30	Minnie	161
31	Anna	159
32	Jessie	152
33	Thelma	151
34	Julia	147
35	Bertha	144
36	Sara	140
37	Lillian	139
38	Mamie	138
39	Rebecca	137
40	Ella	136
41	Maggie	133
42	Edith	132
43	Eva	131
44	Lula	127
44	Pearl	127
46	Beatrice	126
47	Grace	121
47	Viola	121
49	Catherine	116
49	Janie	116
51	Sadie	115
52	Ida	113
53	Florence	109
54	Geneva	107
54	Irene	107
56	Inez	105
57	Alma	104
58	Clara	102
59	Lois	99
59	Myrtle	99
61	Pauline	96
62	Daisy	95
63	Fannie	94
64	Lucile	92
64	Nellie	92
66	Hazel	91
67	Nancy	89
68	Laura	87
69	Gertrude	86
70	Essie	85
70	Josephine	85
72	Vera	83
73	Bernice	80
74	Rose	77
75	Alberta	76
76	Mae	72
77	Lizzie	69
78	Sallie	66
79	Cora	64
79	Ellen	64
81	Lottie	63
82	Rachel	62
83	Eunice	61
84	Agnes	60
85	Ada	59
85	Juanita	59
87	Georgia	57
87	Katherine	57
89	Estelle	55
89	Susie	55
91	Marjorie	54
91	Ollie	54
93	Addie	53
94	Beulah	51
94	Christine	51
94	Eliza	51
97	Kathleen	50
97	Lena	50
99	Maude	49
100	Emily	48
100	Jannie	48