Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,479
2	Betty	771
3	Dorothy	515
4	Shirley	488
5	Barbara	482
6	Annie	404
7	Margaret	345
8	Martha	327
9	Elizabeth	315
10	Frances	284
11	Sarah	269
12	Patricia	259
13	Nancy	248
14	Carolyn	233
15	Helen	223
16	Doris	206
17	Virginia	199
18	Rosa	195
19	Evelyn	187
19	Ruth	187
21	Louise	178
22	Mildred	177
23	Joyce	171
23	Ruby	171
25	Lillie	169

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Willie	169
27	Peggy	164
28	Thelma	151
29	Carrie	144
30	Alice	138
31	Ethel	125
31	Shelby	125
33	Emma	119
34	Sylvia	118
35	Edna	116
36	Mattie	115
37	Catherine	114
38	Rebecca	113
39	Marie	112
40	Hattie	107
41	Janie	105
42	Julia	104
42	Sara	104
44	Ann	103
45	Margie	102
46	Ella	101
46	Gladys	101
46	Hazel	101
46	Minnie	101
50	Clara	97
50	Jessie	97
50	Patsy	97
53	Bernice	93
53	Jean	93
55	Juanita	91
56	Bobbie	90
57	Gloria	86
58	Edith	85
59	Ida	84
60	Laura	83
61	Joan	81
61	Lula	81
61	Rose	81
64	Daisy	80
65	Eva	78
65	Linda	78
67	Mae	75
68	Anna	74
68	Lois	74
70	Bertha	73
71	Sadie	72
72	Beatrice	71
72	Maggie	71
74	Lillian	69
75	Geraldine	68
76	Bessie	67
77	Christine	65
77	Josephine	65
77	Norma	65
80	Lucille	64
81	Emily	63
81	Geneva	63
83	Jane	62
83	Rachel	62
85	Alma	61
85	Grace	61
85	Nellie	61
88	Fannie	60
88	Jo	60
88	Vivian	60
91	Myrtle	57
92	Annette	56
92	Janice	56
92	Sallie	56
95	Carol	55
95	Eleanor	55
95	Miriam	55
98	Mamie	54
99	Judith	53
99	Loretta	53