Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,548
2	Betty	788
3	Shirley	515
4	Barbara	510
5	Dorothy	503
6	Annie	400
7	Margaret	390
8	Frances	280
9	Sarah	279
10	Martha	276
11	Elizabeth	273
12	Doris	225
13	Helen	223
14	Patricia	210
15	Carolyn	209
16	Willie	202
17	Ruth	201
18	Nancy	196
18	Rosa	196
18	Ruby	196
21	Lillie	183
21	Mildred	183
23	Evelyn	180
24	Carrie	175
25	Louise	172

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Virginia	172
27	Peggy	169
28	Joyce	146
29	Emma	141
30	Ethel	139
31	Mattie	136
31	Thelma	136
33	Julia	132
34	Catherine	130
35	Shelby	126
36	Sylvia	125
37	Alice	124
38	Bobbie	119
38	Jessie	119
40	Edna	118
41	Bertha	108
42	Bernice	107
42	Ida	107
44	Gladys	105
45	Marie	103
45	Minnie	103
47	Sara	102
48	Hattie	101
49	Edith	100
50	Rebecca	98
51	Ella	97
52	Hazel	96
52	Lula	96
54	Joan	94
55	Ann	91
56	Anna	90
57	Janie	89
58	Bessie	87
58	Daisy	87
60	Gloria	85
60	Lois	85
62	Mamie	84
63	Clara	81
63	Jean	81
63	Juanita	81
66	Maggie	79
66	Margie	79
66	Patsy	79
69	Jo	77
70	Mae	76
71	Geneva	72
72	Annette	71
72	Rose	71
74	Beatrice	68
74	Christine	68
76	Eva	66
77	Grace	65
78	Josephine	64
78	Nellie	64
78	Rachel	64
81	Lillian	63
82	Pauline	62
83	Florence	61
84	Cora	60
84	Jannie	60
86	Georgia	59
86	Irene	59
86	Laura	59
89	Alma	56
90	Emily	55
90	Pearl	55
92	Ellen	54
92	Lucille	54
92	Sadie	54
92	Viola	54
96	Linda	53
96	Myrtle	53
96	Vivian	53
99	Fannie	52
100	Dora	50
100	Essie	50
100	Sally	50
100	Vera	50