Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,635
2	Annie	644
3	Margaret	525
4	Dorothy	513
5	Elizabeth	469
6	Frances	444
7	Ruth	443
8	Louise	435
9	Helen	415
10	Sarah	356
11	Virginia	300
12	Ruby	294
13	Lillie	289
14	Mildred	287
15	Martha	278
16	Ethel	267
17	Willie	265
18	Thelma	256
19	Rosa	247
20	Evelyn	246
21	Edna	241
22	Carrie	232
23	Mattie	203
24	Hattie	201
25	Alice	200

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Marie	200
27	Julia	193
28	Emma	192
28	Gladys	192
30	Ella	190
30	Jessie	190
32	Minnie	186
33	Doris	183
33	Lucille	183
35	Bessie	180
36	Lillian	177
37	Sara	172
38	Catherine	171
39	Anna	165
40	Mamie	161
41	Grace	159
42	Beatrice	155
43	Bertha	152
43	Maggie	152
45	Lula	145
46	Edith	144
47	Janie	141
48	Daisy	139
48	Rebecca	139
50	Bernice	138
51	Ida	135
52	Geneva	127
52	Viola	127
54	Hazel	126
55	Inez	124
56	Lois	119
57	Pauline	115
58	Alma	111
58	Essie	111
58	Eva	111
61	Clara	110
62	Juanita	108
63	Fannie	106
63	Nellie	106
65	Irene	104
65	Katherine	104
67	Lucile	101
67	Myrtle	101
67	Nancy	101
70	Pearl	100
71	Josephine	98
71	Laura	98
73	Florence	96
74	Betty	94
74	Kathleen	94
76	Rose	92
77	Christine	90
78	Ellen	86
78	Eloise	86
78	Lizzie	86
78	Margie	86
78	Sallie	86
83	Alberta	83
84	Gertrude	81
84	Vivian	81
86	Mable	79
86	Sadie	79
88	Mae	76
89	Jannie	74
90	Cora	73
91	Agnes	72
92	Eunice	71
92	Vera	71
94	Dora	70
95	Georgia	69
96	Beulah	66
97	Susie	65
98	Addie	64
98	Rachel	64
100	Katie	63
100	Marjorie	63