Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,626
2	Betty	734
3	Barbara	580
4	Patricia	461
5	Dorothy	442
6	Linda	431
7	Shirley	409
8	Annie	403
9	Margaret	343
10	Carolyn	342
11	Martha	338
12	Frances	279
13	Elizabeth	277
14	Helen	266
15	Nancy	263
16	Sarah	253
17	Brenda	241
18	Virginia	216
19	Joyce	210
20	Ruth	196
21	Rosa	195
22	Ruby	183
23	Peggy	181
24	Doris	177
25	Lillie	172

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mildred	165
27	Evelyn	164
28	Judy	158
29	Gloria	157
30	Louise	154
31	Sandra	153
32	Willie	151
33	Alice	142
34	Ethel	136
35	Julia	133
36	Rebecca	132
37	Edna	126
38	Patsy	124
39	Mattie	122
39	Sylvia	122
41	Sara	120
42	Emma	119
43	Carrie	112
43	Thelma	112
45	Minnie	111
46	Judith	109
47	Jessie	107
48	Ella	105
49	Carol	101
50	Ann	99
50	Janie	99
52	Juanita	98
52	Marie	98
54	Hattie	97
54	Joan	97
56	Catherine	96
57	Jo	91
58	Hazel	90
59	Jean	89
60	Gladys	88
61	Margie	87
62	Anna	84
62	Mae	84
64	Bertha	83
64	Rose	83
66	Ida	82
67	Bobbie	81
67	Clara	81
67	Vivian	81
70	Daisy	80
71	Bessie	77
71	Janice	77
73	Lillian	76
74	Geraldine	75
75	Delores	74
76	Lois	73
77	Laura	72
78	Annette	71
78	Bonnie	71
78	Josephine	71
81	Jannie	68
82	Joann	66
82	Lula	66
82	Mamie	66
85	Bernice	65
85	Jeanette	65
87	Emily	64
87	Jane	64
87	Norma	64
90	Maggie	63
91	Shelby	62
92	Edith	61
92	Lucille	61
92	Phyllis	61
95	Johnnie	60
95	Rachel	60
97	Ernestine	59
97	Fannie	59
97	Geneva	59
100	Beatrice	58
100	Georgia	58