Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,569
2	Betty	811
3	Barbara	566
4	Dorothy	461
5	Shirley	412
6	Annie	402
7	Margaret	377
8	Patricia	372
9	Martha	339
10	Linda	320
11	Frances	306
12	Elizabeth	304
13	Carolyn	283
14	Helen	271
15	Sarah	269
16	Nancy	261
17	Doris	226
18	Virginia	203
19	Rosa	199
20	Ruth	196
21	Joyce	184
22	Ruby	178
23	Willie	175
24	Alice	169
24	Mildred	169

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillie	164
27	Peggy	160
28	Brenda	153
29	Evelyn	144
30	Sandra	136
31	Carrie	132
31	Emma	132
33	Gloria	130
33	Louise	130
35	Rebecca	122
35	Sara	122
37	Patsy	119
38	Minnie	116
39	Sylvia	114
40	Judy	113
40	Mattie	113
42	Bessie	112
42	Thelma	112
44	Hattie	111
45	Catherine	110
46	Edna	109
47	Rose	108
48	Julia	107
49	Ethel	104
50	Ella	103
50	Margie	103
52	Marie	102
53	Ida	101
54	Anna	100
54	Jessie	100
56	Ann	97
56	Daisy	97
58	Juanita	95
59	Gladys	92
59	Hazel	92
61	Mae	91
62	Geraldine	90
63	Lois	86
64	Joan	85
65	Bertha	84
66	Judith	83
67	Janie	81
68	Jannie	78
68	Shelby	78
70	Bernice	76
70	Bobbie	76
70	Delores	76
70	Jean	76
74	Edith	75
74	Josephine	75
74	Lillian	75
77	Carol	73
77	Lula	73
77	Vivian	73
80	Norma	71
81	Eva	70
82	Clara	69
83	Lucille	67
84	Nellie	66
85	Janice	65
86	Jo	64
86	Maggie	64
86	Mamie	64
89	Christine	63
89	Loretta	63
91	Geneva	61
92	Jeanette	60
92	Rachel	60
94	Fannie	58
94	Joann	58
94	Laura	58
97	Annette	56
98	Beatrice	54
98	Emily	54
100	Jane	53
100	Vera	53