Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,412
2	Annie	556
3	Elizabeth	424
4	Margaret	420
5	Ruth	400
6	Louise	386
7	Sarah	329
8	Frances	316
9	Helen	313
10	Ruby	306
11	Dorothy	274
12	Willie	259
13	Lillie	251
13	Rosa	251
15	Ethel	232
15	Marie	232
17	Evelyn	228
18	Carrie	225
19	Mattie	219
20	Edna	217
21	Martha	213
22	Mildred	211
23	Alice	207
24	Hattie	206
25	Gladys	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	203
27	Virginia	202
28	Bessie	199
29	Thelma	189
30	Lucille	188
31	Maggie	174
32	Viola	172
33	Lillian	167
34	Jessie	165
35	Eva	155
36	Ella	150
37	Anna	148
37	Julia	148
39	Edith	147
40	Bertha	146
41	Ida	145
42	Minnie	143
43	Pearl	140
44	Grace	138
45	Clara	132
46	Beatrice	127
46	Geneva	127
46	Mamie	127
49	Rebecca	126
49	Sara	126
51	Fannie	125
52	Daisy	124
52	Lula	124
54	Janie	118
54	Lois	118
56	Catherine	117
57	Lucile	112
58	Inez	109
58	Nellie	109
60	Pauline	107
61	Irene	106
62	Sadie	104
63	Alma	102
63	Gertrude	102
65	Essie	101
65	Hazel	101
67	Bernice	100
68	Myrtle	90
68	Nancy	90
70	Mae	89
71	Florence	88
72	Laura	87
72	Rose	87
74	Alberta	85
74	Josephine	85
76	Sallie	84
77	Susie	75
78	Eloise	74
79	Eunice	72
79	Lizzie	72
81	Addie	71
81	Lucy	71
83	Beulah	69
83	Katherine	69
85	Juanita	67
85	Vera	67
87	Jannie	65
87	Lila	65
89	Ellen	64
90	Agnes	62
90	Estelle	62
92	Ada	61
92	Lottie	61
94	Nettie	60
94	Rachel	60
96	Emily	57
97	Doris	56
97	Eula	56
97	Lena	56
100	Christine	55
100	Cora	55
100	Esther	55
100	Georgia	55
100	Leola	55
100	Mabel	55
100	Mable	55