Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,742
2	Annie	665
3	Dorothy	619
4	Margaret	578
5	Ruth	444
6	Elizabeth	422
7	Helen	398
8	Frances	393
9	Louise	370
10	Sarah	348
11	Mildred	331
12	Ruby	329
13	Martha	318
14	Virginia	285
15	Lillie	279
16	Willie	273
17	Evelyn	267
18	Thelma	255
19	Rosa	252
20	Doris	245
21	Ethel	241
22	Gladys	240
23	Carrie	224
24	Mattie	203
25	Edna	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Betty	195
27	Jessie	191
28	Catherine	185
28	Lucille	185
30	Sara	174
31	Emma	172
32	Hattie	171
33	Alice	169
34	Lois	167
34	Marie	167
36	Lillian	161
37	Anna	160
37	Bessie	160
39	Bernice	156
39	Julia	156
39	Minnie	156
42	Bertha	153
43	Eva	151
44	Maggie	150
45	Grace	148
46	Ella	147
47	Geneva	140
48	Janie	138
49	Mamie	137
50	Hazel	135
51	Edith	132
52	Lula	131
53	Beatrice	128
53	Clara	128
55	Laura	125
56	Margie	124
56	Nellie	124
58	Ida	118
59	Daisy	115
59	Rebecca	115
61	Katherine	114
62	Inez	112
62	Juanita	112
64	Pauline	111
65	Myrtle	108
66	Viola	102
67	Irene	101
68	Alma	99
68	Pearl	99
70	Sadie	98
71	Christine	92
72	Nancy	90
72	Sallie	90
74	Fannie	88
75	Eloise	87
75	Mae	87
77	Jannie	85
77	Vivian	85
79	Essie	84
80	Vera	83
81	Florence	81
82	Gertrude	79
82	Lizzie	79
84	Alberta	78
84	Susie	78
86	Lucile	77
87	Ellen	73
87	Eunice	73
89	Agnes	72
89	Carolyn	72
89	Josephine	72
89	Rose	72
93	Eula	70
93	Kathleen	70
95	Emily	69
96	Beulah	68
97	Lucy	67
98	Cora	66
99	Marjorie	65
100	Rachel	64