Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,647
2	Annie	665
3	Dorothy	543
4	Margaret	505
5	Ruth	429
6	Louise	427
7	Elizabeth	413
8	Helen	401
9	Frances	364
10	Sarah	328
11	Mildred	323
12	Ruby	308
13	Virginia	276
14	Martha	275
15	Rosa	259
16	Lillie	258
17	Thelma	240
18	Evelyn	239
18	Willie	239
20	Alice	221
21	Ethel	219
22	Gladys	215
23	Doris	210
24	Carrie	208
25	Mattie	206

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sara	197
27	Lillian	189
28	Lucille	187
29	Catherine	176
30	Emma	174
30	Marie	174
32	Jessie	170
32	Julia	170
34	Hattie	167
35	Edna	165
36	Bessie	162
37	Anna	160
38	Edith	157
39	Ella	151
39	Minnie	151
41	Mamie	150
42	Lois	146
43	Betty	143
44	Maggie	141
45	Beatrice	140
46	Bertha	138
47	Hazel	136
48	Clara	135
49	Ida	134
50	Geneva	127
50	Grace	127
52	Rebecca	125
53	Pauline	121
54	Janie	119
55	Bernice	118
56	Daisy	117
57	Sadie	114
58	Lula	112
59	Nellie	108
60	Eva	107
60	Myrtle	107
62	Fannie	106
63	Nancy	105
64	Pearl	103
65	Alma	101
65	Mae	101
67	Viola	99
68	Juanita	98
69	Inez	94
69	Laura	94
71	Katherine	93
72	Lucile	92
73	Florence	89
73	Josephine	89
75	Gertrude	86
76	Margie	83
77	Irene	79
77	Vivian	79
79	Kathleen	77
80	Rose	76
81	Alberta	75
81	Eloise	75
81	Essie	75
81	Lizzie	75
85	Eula	72
86	Eunice	71
87	Agnes	69
87	Vera	69
89	Esther	68
89	Marjorie	68
91	Jannie	67
91	Sallie	67
91	Susie	67
94	Cora	66
94	Emily	66
96	Jean	65
97	Katie	61
97	Mable	61
99	Beulah	60
99	Christine	60
99	Lottie	60