Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,634
2	Betty	716
3	Barbara	668
4	Linda	543
5	Dorothy	510
6	Patricia	491
7	Shirley	430
8	Margaret	387
9	Carolyn	381
10	Annie	380
11	Brenda	375
12	Martha	362
13	Nancy	304
14	Elizabeth	300
15	Frances	299
16	Sarah	267
17	Sandra	260
18	Helen	253
19	Joyce	238
20	Doris	222
21	Judy	217
22	Virginia	208
23	Rosa	192
24	Louise	180
24	Willie	180

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	175
27	Mildred	165
28	Lillie	159
28	Ruby	159
30	Emma	157
31	Alice	150
32	Gloria	146
32	Ruth	146
34	Evelyn	144
35	Mattie	141
36	Rebecca	140
37	Judith	136
38	Carol	134
39	Sara	129
40	Patsy	126
41	Carrie	125
41	Minnie	125
43	Sylvia	122
44	Julia	120
45	Ann	116
46	Marie	113
47	Catherine	111
48	Ethel	110
49	Thelma	109
50	Hattie	104
51	Janie	103
52	Edna	102
53	Edith	100
53	Vivian	100
55	Geraldine	99
55	Jessie	99
57	Janice	97
58	Joan	94
59	Bessie	93
59	Daisy	93
61	Margie	92
62	Hazel	90
63	Delores	89
63	Jean	89
65	Anna	88
66	Bertha	87
67	Ida	85
68	Gladys	83
69	Bernice	82
70	Ella	81
71	Bobbie	79
71	Lillian	79
73	Eva	78
73	Mae	78
75	Johnnie	75
75	Rose	75
77	Jo	74
78	Georgia	73
79	Laura	72
80	Clara	71
80	Josephine	71
80	Lula	71
83	Jannie	69
84	Beverly	68
85	Jane	67
85	Juanita	67
87	Geneva	66
87	Jeanette	66
89	Annette	65
89	Emily	65
91	Christine	64
92	Ellen	63
93	Bonnie	62
94	Joann	61
94	Maggie	61
94	Nellie	61
94	Rachel	61
94	Susan	61
99	Sadie	60
100	Myrtle	59
100	Norma	59