Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,616
2	Annie	692
3	Margaret	479
4	Ruth	465
5	Louise	448
6	Elizabeth	419
7	Frances	354
8	Dorothy	326
9	Ruby	310
10	Sarah	308
11	Helen	305
12	Rosa	298
13	Lillie	286
14	Mildred	282
15	Martha	273
16	Willie	262
17	Ethel	257
18	Lucille	231
19	Carrie	224
20	Evelyn	220
21	Virginia	216
22	Marie	213
22	Mattie	213
24	Hattie	212
25	Edna	209

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Thelma	209
27	Emma	204
28	Bessie	203
29	Alice	199
30	Jessie	192
31	Gladys	186
32	Beatrice	177
33	Bertha	175
34	Minnie	172
35	Mamie	170
36	Julia	166
37	Eva	165
38	Lillian	162
39	Anna	160
40	Edith	159
41	Ella	158
42	Maggie	155
43	Catherine	154
44	Ida	150
45	Janie	145
46	Lula	144
47	Clara	143
48	Sara	140
49	Viola	137
50	Daisy	136
51	Geneva	134
52	Grace	128
53	Sadie	127
54	Lucile	125
55	Hazel	122
55	Pauline	122
57	Inez	120
57	Rebecca	120
59	Pearl	119
60	Lois	110
60	Nellie	110
62	Fannie	108
63	Florence	106
64	Laura	105
65	Bernice	104
66	Alma	102
66	Gertrude	102
68	Irene	100
68	Mae	100
70	Myrtle	97
71	Alberta	93
72	Essie	92
72	Sallie	92
74	Lizzie	91
75	Doris	90
76	Josephine	86
76	Vera	86
78	Agnes	84
79	Katherine	83
80	Jannie	80
80	Juanita	80
82	Eunice	77
83	Cora	76
84	Nancy	75
84	Rose	75
86	Lila	74
87	Esther	73
87	Eula	73
89	Christine	71
89	Ellen	71
89	Susie	71
92	Lucy	67
93	Eloise	65
93	Lottie	65
95	Kathleen	64
95	Vivian	64
97	Estelle	63
98	Ada	62
99	Ollie	61
100	Mabel	60
100	Nettie	60