Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,365
2	Betty	823
3	Dorothy	603
4	Annie	405
5	Margaret	334
6	Helen	297
7	Frances	285
8	Ruth	284
9	Sarah	282
10	Elizabeth	265
11	Doris	262
12	Mildred	254
13	Martha	250
14	Louise	216
15	Ruby	210
16	Barbara	202
17	Virginia	194
17	Willie	194
19	Thelma	191
20	Evelyn	186
21	Lillie	176
22	Rosa	172
23	Ethel	163
24	Gladys	144
25	Carrie	136

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Minnie	134
27	Sara	132
28	Mattie	129
29	Alice	123
29	Nancy	123
31	Catherine	122
32	Jessie	120
33	Peggy	118
34	Edna	117
35	Ella	110
35	Emma	110
37	Clara	108
38	Lillian	106
39	Carolyn	105
40	Julia	104
41	Bessie	103
41	Hattie	103
41	Juanita	103
41	Lois	103
45	Anna	102
45	Mamie	102
47	Daisy	100
47	Ida	100
49	Bobbie	95
49	Edith	95
51	Bernice	93
51	Hazel	93
53	Margie	92
54	Marie	91
55	Geneva	89
55	Janie	89
57	Lucille	88
58	Joyce	87
59	Lula	85
60	Maggie	80
61	Josephine	78
62	Beatrice	76
62	Eva	76
64	Bertha	75
65	Nellie	73
66	Grace	72
66	Pauline	72
68	Patricia	70
69	Jean	69
70	Florence	67
70	Sadie	67
72	Fannie	66
73	Rebecca	64
74	Alberta	60
74	Mae	60
76	Viola	59
77	Gloria	58
77	Katherine	58
77	Sallie	58
77	Vera	58
81	Laura	57
81	Pearl	57
81	Susie	57
84	Shirley	56
85	Ellen	55
85	Myrtle	55
87	Ernestine	54
88	Jannie	53
88	Joan	53
88	Vivian	53
91	Irene	52
92	Christine	51
92	Gertrude	51
94	Lottie	50
94	Rose	50
96	Essie	49
96	Geraldine	49
98	Katie	48
99	Alma	47
100	Miriam	46