Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,539
2	Dorothy	605
3	Annie	502
4	Betty	469
5	Margaret	420
6	Helen	377
7	Frances	356
8	Ruth	351
9	Elizabeth	328
10	Mildred	314
11	Sarah	310
12	Louise	280
13	Doris	277
14	Ruby	269
15	Willie	252
16	Lillie	250
16	Virginia	250
18	Martha	246
19	Rosa	220
20	Thelma	216
21	Ethel	210
22	Carrie	204
23	Evelyn	203
24	Edna	158
24	Gladys	158

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Minnie	154
27	Emma	152
28	Hattie	151
28	Sara	151
30	Alice	150
31	Mattie	146
32	Catherine	144
33	Marie	142
34	Bessie	141
35	Bernice	138
36	Julia	136
37	Jessie	135
38	Lucille	133
39	Ella	126
40	Lillian	123
41	Hazel	122
42	Anna	121
42	Lois	121
44	Janie	115
45	Maggie	113
46	Lula	112
46	Mamie	112
48	Ida	108
49	Beatrice	107
49	Daisy	107
51	Clara	105
52	Edith	101
53	Margie	100
54	Josephine	99
55	Grace	98
55	Mae	98
57	Bertha	97
57	Geneva	97
59	Barbara	94
60	Nancy	91
61	Rebecca	90
62	Carolyn	89
62	Juanita	89
64	Nellie	85
65	Laura	84
66	Alma	83
67	Eva	81
67	Pauline	81
69	Myrtle	80
69	Vivian	80
71	Katherine	79
72	Viola	77
73	Christine	76
74	Sadie	74
75	Rose	73
76	Vera	72
77	Essie	70
77	Irene	70
79	Jean	69
80	Katie	68
81	Pearl	67
82	Miriam	66
83	Gertrude	65
83	Jannie	65
85	Ellen	62
85	Eunice	62
85	Fannie	62
85	Inez	62
89	Florence	60
89	Marion	60
91	Eloise	59
91	Georgia	59
93	Lucile	58
94	Esther	57
94	Lizzie	57
94	Lottie	57
97	Agnes	55
97	Kathleen	55
97	Sallie	55
100	Alberta	54