Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,697
2	Betty	781
3	Linda	712
4	Barbara	705
5	Patricia	520
6	Dorothy	469
7	Brenda	431
8	Shirley	428
9	Martha	398
10	Annie	377
11	Carolyn	373
12	Margaret	366
13	Nancy	340
14	Elizabeth	324
15	Frances	294
16	Sandra	290
17	Helen	283
18	Joyce	277
19	Sarah	271
20	Judy	263
21	Peggy	214
22	Rosa	209
23	Doris	206
23	Virginia	206
25	Willie	186

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	177
26	Gloria	177
28	Ruth	170
29	Mildred	166
30	Lillie	164
31	Ruby	162
32	Carol	160
33	Louise	158
34	Evelyn	144
34	Patsy	144
36	Judith	138
37	Julia	131
38	Emma	129
39	Rebecca	127
40	Ann	125
41	Ethel	124
42	Sylvia	122
43	Catherine	121
43	Sara	121
45	Carrie	116
46	Thelma	115
47	Minnie	112
48	Jean	110
48	Margie	110
50	Vivian	106
51	Delores	104
51	Joan	104
53	Edna	103
54	Mattie	101
55	Daisy	98
55	Janice	98
57	Bertha	97
58	Janie	95
59	Ella	94
59	Rose	94
61	Hattie	93
62	Geraldine	92
63	Clara	91
64	Edith	89
64	Marie	89
64	Susan	89
67	Gladys	87
67	Jane	87
67	Lois	87
70	Laura	86
71	Bessie	82
71	Mae	82
73	Bonnie	80
74	Jessie	79
75	Juanita	78
76	Josephine	77
77	Anna	76
78	Mamie	75
79	Lillian	74
79	Lula	74
81	Deloris	73
81	Johnnie	73
83	Emily	72
84	Beverly	71
84	Ida	71
84	Jo	71
87	Hazel	70
87	Rachel	70
89	Janet	69
89	Jeanette	69
91	Bernice	68
91	Jannie	68
93	Maggie	66
94	Annette	65
95	Eva	64
95	Glenda	64
97	Christine	63
97	Donna	63
99	Elaine	62
99	Lucille	62