Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,437
2	Betty	846
3	Shirley	597
4	Dorothy	482
5	Barbara	454
6	Annie	382
7	Margaret	353
8	Elizabeth	275
9	Frances	260
10	Helen	254
11	Martha	252
12	Sarah	248
13	Doris	235
14	Patricia	203
15	Lillie	202
16	Ruby	191
17	Mildred	190
18	Evelyn	189
19	Louise	188
20	Willie	184
21	Virginia	182
22	Rosa	178
23	Carolyn	177
24	Ruth	173
25	Nancy	168

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joyce	166
27	Peggy	163
28	Carrie	140
29	Alice	139
30	Thelma	138
31	Catherine	137
32	Emma	124
33	Jessie	121
34	Julia	119
35	Edna	118
36	Sylvia	114
37	Hattie	113
38	Ethel	108
39	Ella	105
39	Janie	105
39	Sara	105
42	Gladys	103
43	Mattie	102
44	Margie	99
45	Eva	98
46	Bobbie	97
47	Patsy	96
48	Ann	95
49	Minnie	94
50	Clara	93
51	Hazel	92
52	Ida	91
52	Jean	91
52	Juanita	91
55	Bessie	90
56	Geneva	89
56	Nellie	89
58	Lois	88
59	Rose	87
60	Bertha	86
61	Gloria	85
62	Joan	84
63	Bernice	82
64	Lucille	81
65	Rebecca	80
66	Mamie	78
67	Lillian	77
68	Anna	76
68	Vivian	76
70	Daisy	74
71	Mae	73
72	Maggie	72
73	Geraldine	71
73	Marie	71
75	Lula	70
76	Edith	69
77	Beatrice	67
78	Jo	64
78	Laura	64
80	Alma	60
80	Sadie	60
82	Christine	59
83	Fannie	56
83	Jannie	56
85	Norma	54
86	Eleanor	53
86	Jane	53
86	Josephine	53
89	Georgia	52
89	Shelby	52
91	Dora	51
91	Florence	51
91	Viola	51
94	Grace	50
94	Myrtle	50
94	Rachel	50
94	Sallie	50
94	Yvonne	50
99	Agnes	47
99	Essie	47
99	Marion	47
99	Miriam	47