Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,668
2	Annie	647
3	Dorothy	620
4	Margaret	540
5	Frances	428
6	Helen	404
7	Elizabeth	396
8	Ruth	395
9	Louise	389
10	Mildred	368
11	Sarah	318
12	Ruby	314
13	Virginia	294
14	Lillie	271
15	Martha	270
16	Doris	265
16	Willie	265
18	Rosa	250
19	Betty	248
20	Thelma	239
21	Gladys	233
22	Evelyn	231
23	Ethel	228
24	Carrie	220
25	Mattie	211

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	195
27	Alice	194
28	Emma	185
29	Catherine	181
30	Bessie	178
30	Edith	178
32	Lucille	177
33	Marie	176
34	Hattie	169
35	Anna	166
36	Hazel	163
37	Minnie	160
37	Sara	160
39	Julia	156
40	Jessie	155
41	Ella	149
41	Janie	149
43	Lois	145
44	Lillian	137
45	Bernice	136
45	Clara	136
47	Mamie	131
48	Beatrice	130
49	Geneva	128
50	Ida	125
50	Maggie	125
52	Nellie	124
53	Margie	123
53	Viola	123
55	Bertha	120
56	Daisy	117
56	Lula	117
58	Eva	116
58	Fannie	116
58	Juanita	116
61	Pauline	114
62	Katherine	112
63	Pearl	107
64	Irene	105
65	Mae	104
66	Grace	99
66	Rebecca	99
68	Alma	97
69	Sadie	95
70	Florence	92
70	Rose	92
70	Sallie	92
73	Essie	91
73	Vera	91
75	Alberta	87
75	Gertrude	87
77	Inez	86
78	Josephine	85
79	Myrtle	82
79	Vivian	82
81	Christine	81
81	Lucile	81
81	Nancy	81
84	Lizzie	80
85	Marjorie	78
85	Susie	78
87	Laura	75
88	Cora	74
89	Jannie	72
89	Kathleen	72
91	Eula	69
92	Carolyn	68
93	Ellen	66
94	Agnes	65
94	Georgia	65
96	Eunice	64
97	Eloise	63
98	Dora	61
99	Mabel	59
100	Henrietta	57
100	Ollie	57