Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,627
2	Dorothy	579
3	Annie	564
4	Margaret	491
5	Elizabeth	399
6	Frances	391
7	Ruth	377
8	Helen	368
9	Mildred	333
9	Sarah	333
11	Louise	298
12	Ruby	277
13	Martha	276
14	Doris	273
15	Betty	267
16	Willie	265
17	Lillie	261
18	Virginia	255
19	Ethel	235
20	Rosa	220
21	Evelyn	205
21	Thelma	205
23	Gladys	202
24	Carrie	199
25	Alice	190

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	188
27	Catherine	170
28	Jessie	166
29	Mattie	163
30	Sara	160
31	Bernice	159
32	Emma	154
33	Bessie	151
34	Hattie	148
34	Marie	148
36	Lois	143
37	Hazel	142
38	Minnie	139
39	Lucille	137
40	Lillian	134
41	Julia	131
42	Bertha	126
42	Edith	126
44	Geneva	125
45	Anna	124
46	Beatrice	119
47	Maggie	118
48	Rebecca	117
49	Ella	115
50	Ida	114
50	Janie	114
50	Lula	114
53	Daisy	107
53	Inez	107
55	Grace	106
56	Juanita	102
56	Mamie	102
58	Eva	101
59	Myrtle	98
60	Clara	97
61	Pauline	96
62	Viola	95
63	Sadie	92
64	Alma	89
65	Fannie	88
66	Nancy	87
67	Irene	86
67	Josephine	86
69	Laura	84
70	Carolyn	83
70	Lizzie	83
72	Jannie	79
72	Mae	79
72	Sallie	79
75	Gertrude	78
75	Margie	78
77	Lucile	77
77	Nellie	77
77	Pearl	77
80	Katherine	76
80	Vera	76
82	Eunice	75
83	Essie	74
83	Florence	74
83	Rose	74
86	Jean	71
86	Susie	71
88	Ellen	69
89	Eloise	68
89	Vivian	68
91	Kathleen	66
92	Georgia	64
93	Alberta	60
93	Esther	60
93	Rachel	60
96	Miriam	59
97	Mable	58
97	Wilma	58
99	Christine	57
99	Lottie	57
99	Marjorie	57