Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,563
2	Betty	886
3	Dorothy	635
4	Annie	486
5	Margaret	421
6	Frances	338
7	Helen	317
8	Elizabeth	306
9	Barbara	295
10	Doris	285
11	Sarah	274
12	Ruth	263
13	Louise	259
13	Martha	259
15	Mildred	255
16	Ruby	222
17	Willie	206
18	Evelyn	205
18	Lillie	205
20	Thelma	194
21	Rosa	189
22	Virginia	184
23	Carrie	176
24	Gladys	172
25	Ethel	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ella	149
27	Mattie	146
28	Catherine	145
28	Peggy	145
30	Alice	143
31	Sara	141
32	Edna	128
33	Bernice	122
33	Carolyn	122
33	Emma	122
36	Minnie	121
37	Jessie	120
38	Hattie	118
39	Julia	117
40	Nancy	113
41	Marie	111
42	Hazel	110
42	Joyce	110
44	Bobbie	108
44	Lula	108
46	Bessie	107
46	Janie	107
48	Ida	106
49	Rebecca	105
50	Lillian	103
51	Margie	102
52	Clara	98
53	Mamie	95
54	Bertha	94
54	Edith	94
56	Juanita	92
57	Lucille	90
58	Daisy	88
58	Jean	88
60	Lois	86
61	Geneva	85
62	Beatrice	84
62	Laura	84
62	Nellie	84
65	Eva	83
66	Maggie	82
67	Anna	81
68	Rose	80
69	Josephine	79
70	Grace	78
71	Gloria	77
71	Patricia	77
73	Ann	76
73	Joan	76
75	Pauline	75
75	Shirley	75
77	Alma	74
78	Fannie	73
78	Vivian	73
80	Jannie	71
81	Mae	70
82	Irene	68
83	Sadie	66
84	Viola	64
85	Christine	63
86	Alberta	62
86	Essie	62
88	Rachel	60
89	Eloise	58
89	Georgia	58
89	Myrtle	58
89	Sallie	58
93	Eunice	57
93	Katherine	57
93	Miriam	57
96	Pearl	55
97	Eula	53
97	Wilma	53
99	Dora	52
99	Lizzie	52