Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,467
2	Betty	899
3	Dorothy	593
4	Annie	467
5	Barbara	376
6	Margaret	356
7	Frances	320
8	Elizabeth	281
9	Doris	278
10	Sarah	274
11	Martha	253
12	Louise	247
13	Helen	245
14	Mildred	237
15	Ruth	236
16	Ruby	222
17	Virginia	205
18	Rosa	201
19	Evelyn	199
20	Willie	192
21	Lillie	188
22	Thelma	169
23	Peggy	156
24	Carrie	154
25	Mattie	149

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	145
26	Nancy	145
28	Sara	144
29	Ethel	143
30	Alice	138
31	Carolyn	137
31	Joyce	137
33	Catherine	136
34	Gladys	133
35	Hattie	130
36	Patricia	129
37	Julia	127
38	Bernice	123
39	Bobbie	119
39	Ella	119
41	Jessie	117
42	Bertha	112
43	Edna	109
44	Joan	105
44	Minnie	105
46	Mamie	102
47	Bessie	100
47	Clara	100
49	Janie	98
50	Shirley	97
51	Ida	96
52	Anna	95
53	Edith	93
53	Margie	93
55	Lois	91
56	Lillian	89
56	Lucille	89
58	Eva	88
59	Beatrice	85
60	Rebecca	84
61	Laura	82
62	Ann	81
62	Maggie	81
64	Marie	80
65	Geneva	77
65	Jean	77
65	Rose	77
68	Hazel	76
68	Lula	76
70	Mae	75
70	Nellie	75
72	Daisy	74
73	Vivian	73
74	Fannie	71
75	Sadie	69
76	Geraldine	67
76	Juanita	67
78	Essie	66
78	Jannie	66
80	Grace	65
80	Katherine	65
82	Eleanor	64
82	Georgia	64
82	Inez	64
85	Josephine	63
86	Susie	62
87	Christine	58
87	Pauline	58
87	Viola	58
90	Alma	57
90	Patsy	57
90	Pearl	57
93	Eloise	56
94	Emily	55
94	Gloria	55
96	Ellen	54
96	Sallie	54
98	Norma	53
99	Miriam	52
99	Myrtle	52