Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,462
2	Betty	848
3	Shirley	651
4	Dorothy	570
5	Barbara	422
6	Annie	418
7	Margaret	392
8	Frances	292
9	Elizabeth	287
10	Helen	270
10	Sarah	270
12	Martha	267
13	Doris	232
14	Virginia	218
15	Ruth	213
16	Ruby	208
17	Willie	206
18	Mildred	204
19	Louise	198
20	Patricia	193
21	Rosa	183
22	Lillie	174
23	Peggy	167
24	Evelyn	166
25	Nancy	164

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carolyn	159
27	Carrie	150
28	Alice	146
29	Thelma	141
30	Gladys	140
31	Joyce	136
32	Ethel	134
33	Sara	129
34	Edna	125
34	Minnie	125
36	Emma	123
36	Mattie	123
38	Bobbie	122
39	Catherine	120
40	Clara	118
41	Bernice	117
42	Ella	115
43	Jessie	107
44	Bertha	106
44	Juanita	106
46	Hattie	102
47	Daisy	101
48	Julia	100
49	Bessie	99
50	Janie	97
51	Marie	96
52	Hazel	93
52	Rebecca	93
54	Lois	92
54	Margie	92
56	Patsy	91
57	Lucille	90
58	Anna	89
59	Ida	88
59	Lillian	88
61	Ann	85
61	Edith	85
61	Geneva	85
64	Mamie	82
65	Joan	79
66	Mae	78
67	Maggie	77
67	Nellie	77
69	Beatrice	76
69	Rose	76
71	Jean	74
71	Lizzie	74
73	Eva	73
73	Geraldine	73
73	Lula	73
76	Laura	72
77	Jo	71
77	Sylvia	71
79	Josephine	70
80	Gloria	68
80	Sadie	68
82	Fannie	65
83	Jannie	61
83	Vera	61
85	Georgia	59
86	Vivian	57
87	Pauline	54
88	Ernestine	53
89	Katherine	52
89	Susie	52
91	Naomi	51
91	Sallie	51
93	Christine	50
93	Norma	50
93	Pearl	50
96	Jane	49
97	Cora	48
97	Emily	48
97	Florence	48
97	Irene	48
97	Miriam	48