Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,526
2	Betty	961
3	Dorothy	559
4	Annie	460
5	Barbara	383
6	Margaret	380
7	Frances	338
8	Elizabeth	297
9	Helen	285
10	Martha	268
11	Doris	262
12	Sarah	260
13	Ruth	250
14	Mildred	249
15	Ruby	244
16	Willie	217
17	Louise	205
18	Shirley	201
19	Evelyn	193
19	Virginia	193
21	Lillie	191
22	Carolyn	179
23	Rosa	176
24	Peggy	170
25	Thelma	162

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nancy	160
27	Carrie	157
28	Edna	153
29	Ethel	145
30	Alice	142
31	Gladys	141
31	Mattie	141
33	Patricia	140
34	Hattie	139
35	Emma	138
36	Joyce	134
37	Sara	133
38	Minnie	131
39	Bernice	124
39	Catherine	124
41	Joan	122
42	Jessie	119
43	Bessie	113
44	Bobbie	112
44	Clara	112
44	Juanita	112
47	Mamie	111
48	Ida	110
49	Bertha	109
49	Marie	109
51	Janie	105
52	Ella	104
53	Julia	101
54	Ann	97
55	Lillian	94
56	Margie	91
56	Rebecca	91
58	Maggie	88
59	Lois	87
60	Anna	86
60	Hazel	86
60	Jean	86
60	Patsy	86
64	Geneva	85
65	Edith	80
65	Eva	80
65	Gloria	80
65	Mae	80
69	Lula	79
70	Daisy	75
70	Myrtle	75
72	Beatrice	73
72	Norma	73
72	Sadie	73
75	Vivian	71
76	Jannie	67
77	Fannie	65
77	Grace	65
77	Josephine	65
77	Lucille	65
81	Irene	64
81	Rose	64
81	Susie	64
84	Christine	63
84	Jo	63
86	Nellie	62
87	Rachel	59
88	Laura	58
89	Essie	57
89	Georgia	57
89	Pauline	57
92	Pearl	55
93	Sylvia	53
94	Eleanor	52
94	Emily	52
96	Alma	51
96	Ellen	51
96	Geraldine	51
99	Viola	50
100	Alberta	49
100	Dora	49
100	Eloise	49
100	Eunice	49
100	Marian	49