Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,452
2	Betty	745
3	Dorothy	553
4	Annie	463
5	Margaret	421
6	Frances	359
7	Elizabeth	322
8	Doris	290
9	Helen	284
10	Sarah	282
11	Mildred	279
12	Martha	273
13	Louise	271
14	Ruth	267
15	Lillie	229
15	Willie	229
17	Ruby	218
18	Virginia	209
19	Rosa	208
20	Evelyn	205
21	Thelma	188
22	Edna	161
22	Gladys	161
24	Jessie	159
25	Carrie	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ethel	150
27	Sara	145
28	Julia	139
29	Catherine	133
30	Hazel	128
31	Barbara	127
32	Mattie	124
33	Ella	123
34	Hattie	122
35	Bessie	121
36	Alice	120
36	Minnie	120
38	Bernice	118
38	Emma	118
38	Marie	118
41	Mamie	112
42	Clara	110
43	Ida	109
44	Lucille	105
45	Daisy	104
45	Lula	104
47	Anna	103
48	Lois	97
49	Lillian	96
50	Nancy	93
51	Bertha	90
52	Juanita	89
53	Carolyn	88
54	Edith	87
54	Eva	87
56	Beatrice	85
56	Geneva	85
58	Rebecca	83
59	Josephine	81
59	Laura	81
61	Alma	80
61	Joyce	80
63	Bobbie	78
63	Janie	78
65	Nellie	76
66	Katherine	74
66	Pauline	74
68	Fannie	73
69	Grace	72
69	Margie	72
69	Susie	72
72	Christine	71
72	Jean	71
72	Myrtle	71
75	Rose	70
76	Florence	69
77	Peggy	67
78	Alberta	66
78	Mae	66
78	Pearl	66
78	Sadie	66
82	Maggie	65
83	Vivian	64
84	Jannie	63
85	Gertrude	61
85	Irene	61
87	Viola	59
88	Agnes	58
88	Inez	58
90	Eunice	57
90	Lizzie	57
92	Anne	55
93	Kathleen	54
93	Lucile	54
95	Ann	52
95	Cora	52
95	Sallie	52
98	Vera	51
98	Wilma	51
100	Georgia	50
100	Patricia	50