Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,639
2	Dorothy	668
3	Annie	532
4	Margaret	462
5	Betty	393
6	Helen	381
7	Ruth	378
8	Elizabeth	374
9	Frances	368
10	Sarah	348
11	Mildred	331
12	Louise	309
13	Ruby	268
14	Willie	263
15	Martha	262
16	Virginia	250
17	Thelma	234
18	Doris	232
19	Ethel	231
20	Rosa	224
21	Evelyn	221
22	Lillie	208
23	Carrie	186
24	Mattie	181
25	Gladys	179

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bessie	165
26	Edna	165
28	Sara	164
29	Alice	160
30	Ella	150
31	Jessie	149
32	Catherine	148
33	Bernice	146
34	Minnie	145
35	Mamie	143
36	Emma	142
37	Hattie	141
37	Julia	141
39	Edith	133
39	Rebecca	133
41	Lucille	131
42	Geneva	129
43	Lillian	125
44	Marie	123
45	Beatrice	120
45	Lula	120
45	Maggie	120
48	Hazel	117
48	Janie	117
50	Anna	116
51	Lois	114
52	Clara	105
52	Ida	105
54	Grace	104
55	Mae	102
55	Nellie	102
57	Bertha	99
58	Alma	95
59	Pauline	89
59	Rose	89
61	Daisy	88
61	Juanita	88
63	Laura	86
64	Fannie	85
64	Margie	85
64	Nancy	85
64	Pearl	85
68	Eva	84
69	Carolyn	82
69	Sadie	82
71	Josephine	81
71	Myrtle	81
73	Sallie	80
74	Barbara	78
74	Inez	78
76	Jannie	77
77	Vera	75
77	Viola	75
79	Florence	74
79	Katherine	74
81	Irene	73
81	Kathleen	73
81	Susie	73
84	Eunice	71
84	Jean	71
86	Lizzie	70
87	Christine	68
87	Gertrude	68
87	Vivian	68
90	Alberta	66
90	Essie	66
92	Ellen	64
93	Cora	63
94	Lottie	61
95	Lucile	60
95	Rachel	60
97	Beulah	58
98	Eloise	56
98	Lila	56
100	Marjorie	53