Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,606
2	Betty	757
3	Linda	632
4	Barbara	621
5	Patricia	516
6	Shirley	463
7	Dorothy	455
8	Carolyn	437
9	Brenda	421
10	Margaret	391
11	Sandra	362
12	Annie	319
13	Martha	318
14	Nancy	315
15	Elizabeth	293
16	Joyce	288
17	Frances	277
17	Judy	277
19	Sarah	268
20	Helen	236
21	Virginia	205
22	Doris	199
23	Carol	198
24	Rosa	197
25	Gloria	194

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Willie	181
27	Peggy	174
28	Mildred	171
29	Alice	161
30	Lillie	160
31	Ruby	153
32	Ruth	148
33	Evelyn	139
34	Rebecca	134
35	Louise	133
36	Julia	129
37	Judith	126
38	Carrie	124
39	Ethel	113
40	Ann	111
41	Catherine	107
42	Hattie	106
43	Mattie	105
44	Joan	103
44	Minnie	103
44	Thelma	103
47	Sara	102
47	Sylvia	102
49	Ella	99
49	Patsy	99
51	Emma	97
51	Susan	97
53	Janice	96
54	Jean	94
55	Janie	92
56	Edna	91
56	Mamie	91
56	Margie	91
59	Bessie	90
59	Hazel	90
61	Gladys	89
62	Jessie	88
63	Geraldine	87
63	Jane	87
65	Marie	86
66	Donna	85
66	Mae	85
68	Bertha	84
68	Delores	84
68	Jannie	84
71	Rose	82
72	Lula	78
73	Vivian	75
74	Bonnie	74
74	Cheryl	74
76	Bernice	73
77	Daisy	72
78	Anna	71
79	Johnnie	68
80	Phyllis	67
81	Georgia	66
82	Beatrice	65
82	Ida	65
82	Jo	65
85	Laura	64
85	Lucille	64
87	Jeanette	63
88	Bobbie	62
88	Christine	62
88	Rachel	62
91	Janet	61
91	Juanita	61
93	Deloris	60
94	Clara	59
94	Joann	59
94	Josephine	59
97	Beverly	58
97	Geneva	58
97	Lillian	58
97	Marilyn	58
97	Sharon	58