Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,688
2	Annie	627
3	Margaret	562
4	Ruth	471
5	Dorothy	450
6	Helen	447
7	Frances	442
8	Louise	419
9	Elizabeth	416
10	Mildred	338
11	Sarah	323
12	Ruby	297
13	Martha	279
14	Lillie	278
15	Ethel	263
16	Thelma	257
17	Mattie	255
18	Virginia	254
19	Willie	250
20	Gladys	240
21	Evelyn	239
22	Carrie	226
23	Alice	212
24	Edna	209
25	Rosa	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	190
27	Catherine	189
28	Emma	183
29	Hattie	182
30	Jessie	180
30	Lucille	180
32	Julia	172
33	Minnie	166
34	Doris	165
35	Edith	163
36	Clara	160
36	Mamie	160
38	Sara	158
39	Lillian	156
40	Lula	155
41	Bertha	152
42	Hazel	151
43	Bessie	146
44	Anna	145
45	Ella	143
46	Maggie	140
47	Eva	139
48	Beatrice	138
49	Myrtle	135
50	Bernice	133
51	Janie	132
52	Alma	131
52	Lois	131
54	Ida	130
55	Grace	129
55	Katherine	129
57	Geneva	128
58	Pauline	122
59	Viola	119
60	Rebecca	117
61	Daisy	116
61	Pearl	116
63	Inez	115
64	Florence	106
65	Irene	105
66	Rose	104
67	Eloise	101
67	Nellie	101
69	Fannie	99
69	Juanita	99
71	Josephine	97
72	Sadie	92
73	Gertrude	90
74	Laura	89
74	Lucile	89
76	Essie	87
77	Kathleen	85
78	Agnes	84
78	Mae	84
78	Susie	84
81	Margie	82
81	Nancy	82
83	Betty	81
83	Vera	81
85	Lizzie	77
86	Vivian	76
87	Christine	75
87	Marjorie	75
89	Cora	71
89	Jannie	71
91	Eunice	70
91	Sallie	70
93	Addie	69
94	Alberta	68
94	Lottie	68
96	Ada	65
96	Carolyn	65
96	Lucy	65
99	Ellen	64
100	Mable	62