Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,615
2	Annie	686
3	Margaret	510
4	Ruth	503
5	Louise	458
6	Helen	435
7	Dorothy	431
8	Frances	416
9	Elizabeth	409
10	Sarah	344
11	Ruby	322
12	Mildred	297
13	Ethel	283
14	Virginia	271
15	Lillie	268
16	Mattie	259
17	Willie	255
18	Thelma	247
19	Rosa	246
20	Carrie	239
21	Evelyn	227
21	Martha	227
23	Alice	207
23	Edna	207
23	Gladys	207

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	202
27	Hattie	190
28	Julia	188
29	Sara	187
30	Lillian	182
31	Emma	180
31	Lucille	180
33	Edith	178
34	Minnie	177
35	Bertha	176
36	Ida	173
37	Jessie	171
37	Mamie	171
39	Bessie	169
39	Maggie	169
41	Janie	161
42	Anna	154
42	Hazel	154
44	Beatrice	149
45	Catherine	143
46	Ella	142
47	Lula	141
48	Grace	140
48	Viola	140
50	Geneva	139
50	Irene	139
52	Nellie	137
53	Doris	133
53	Pauline	133
55	Inez	130
56	Lois	128
56	Pearl	128
58	Eva	120
59	Myrtle	117
60	Bernice	116
60	Laura	116
62	Gertrude	115
63	Rebecca	113
64	Sadie	112
65	Alma	109
65	Fannie	109
67	Clara	108
67	Daisy	108
69	Alberta	99
69	Katherine	99
71	Josephine	98
71	Mae	98
73	Lucile	97
74	Florence	96
75	Eloise	91
75	Nancy	91
77	Susie	87
77	Vera	87
79	Kathleen	83
79	Rose	83
81	Essie	82
81	Juanita	82
83	Eunice	81
83	Sallie	81
85	Lizzie	78
86	Agnes	77
87	Vivian	76
88	Ellen	74
89	Christine	70
90	Beulah	69
91	Lila	68
91	Lucy	68
93	Cora	67
94	Lena	66
95	Lottie	65
96	Betty	64
96	Blanche	64
96	Jannie	64
99	Mabel	62
100	Emily	61
100	Marion	61
100	Rachel	61