Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,484
2	Betty	790
3	Barbara	559
4	Shirley	471
5	Dorothy	457
6	Annie	424
7	Martha	344
8	Margaret	342
9	Elizabeth	312
10	Carolyn	292
11	Nancy	272
12	Patricia	260
13	Frances	247
14	Helen	244
15	Sarah	232
16	Doris	202
17	Virginia	198
18	Rosa	197
19	Ruth	193
20	Louise	189
21	Lillie	180
22	Willie	173
23	Ruby	167
24	Joyce	165
24	Mildred	165

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	163
27	Evelyn	160
28	Alice	157
29	Linda	155
30	Carrie	131
30	Emma	131
30	Rebecca	131
33	Sylvia	128
34	Thelma	126
35	Jessie	122
36	Hattie	119
37	Catherine	112
38	Ella	111
39	Ann	108
40	Julia	105
41	Sara	104
42	Edna	103
42	Gloria	103
44	Bessie	102
44	Mattie	102
46	Margie	101
47	Juanita	100
48	Ethel	98
48	Shelby	98
50	Clara	96
50	Marie	96
52	Daisy	93
52	Gladys	93
52	Minnie	93
55	Ida	92
56	Edith	91
56	Patsy	91
58	Bobbie	88
58	Lula	88
60	Joan	86
61	Bertha	84
61	Jean	84
63	Janice	82
63	Josephine	82
63	Mamie	82
66	Hazel	79
66	Rose	79
68	Sandra	78
69	Laura	77
70	Judith	76
71	Bernice	75
71	Lois	75
73	Nellie	74
74	Geneva	73
74	Jannie	73
76	Christine	71
76	Maggie	71
78	Geraldine	70
78	Judy	70
80	Jane	69
81	Annette	68
81	Janie	68
81	Lucille	68
84	Emily	66
85	Georgia	65
85	Lillian	65
87	Norma	64
87	Rachel	64
89	Eva	63
90	Carol	62
90	Jo	62
90	Vivian	62
93	Jeanette	60
94	Joann	59
95	Fannie	58
96	Alma	57
96	Anna	57
98	Mae	56
99	Johnnie	55
99	Miriam	55