Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,417
2	Dorothy	631
3	Betty	582
4	Annie	488
5	Margaret	420
6	Helen	343
7	Frances	336
8	Elizabeth	324
9	Doris	313
10	Louise	301
10	Mildred	301
12	Ruth	285
13	Sarah	269
14	Willie	258
15	Ruby	229
16	Martha	222
17	Virginia	214
18	Thelma	208
19	Evelyn	197
20	Lillie	194
21	Rosa	188
22	Gladys	170
23	Carrie	162
23	Edna	162
25	Ethel	153

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	151
27	Bernice	140
28	Alice	137
28	Mattie	137
30	Jessie	136
31	Marie	135
32	Hattie	132
33	Sara	130
34	Emma	127
35	Lois	121
36	Barbara	119
37	Mamie	118
38	Minnie	116
39	Edith	112
39	Lucille	112
41	Anna	110
42	Bessie	109
42	Lillian	109
44	Julia	108
45	Bertha	106
46	Ella	103
47	Geneva	101
48	Hazel	100
49	Clara	99
50	Juanita	95
51	Beatrice	94
51	Janie	94
53	Ida	89
54	Daisy	88
55	Rebecca	87
56	Maggie	83
57	Grace	81
57	Nancy	81
59	Eva	80
60	Nellie	79
61	Pearl	78
62	Carolyn	77
62	Josephine	77
62	Lula	77
62	Myrtle	77
66	Margie	76
66	Pauline	76
68	Vivian	75
69	Laura	73
70	Alberta	70
71	Alma	67
72	Irene	64
73	Eunice	62
74	Ellen	61
74	Fannie	61
74	Florence	61
74	Sallie	61
78	Mae	60
79	Joyce	58
79	Marjorie	58
81	Ann	57
81	Inez	57
81	Sadie	57
84	Jannie	56
84	Peggy	56
86	Beulah	54
86	Jean	54
88	Bobbie	53
88	Lizzie	53
90	Eloise	52
90	Essie	52
90	Gertrude	52
90	Vera	52
94	Emily	51
94	Katherine	51
96	Christine	50
96	Esther	50
98	Georgia	49
98	Katie	49
100	Gloria	48
100	Rachel	48