Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,548
2	Betty	717
3	Linda	653
4	Barbara	629
5	Patricia	507
6	Dorothy	439
7	Shirley	423
8	Margaret	380
9	Carolyn	364
10	Brenda	362
11	Martha	332
12	Annie	330
13	Sandra	327
14	Elizabeth	288
15	Judy	286
16	Frances	284
17	Nancy	266
18	Gloria	247
19	Sarah	235
20	Joyce	226
21	Helen	222
22	Rosa	205
23	Doris	189
24	Virginia	183
25	Carol	180

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mildred	157
27	Peggy	150
27	Willie	150
29	Evelyn	144
30	Ruby	140
31	Alice	135
32	Louise	132
33	Lillie	131
34	Janice	129
35	Sylvia	127
36	Ruth	126
37	Ethel	125
37	Rebecca	125
39	Catherine	124
40	Judith	122
41	Emma	121
42	Julia	110
43	Hattie	109
43	Patsy	109
45	Minnie	108
46	Ann	105
46	Susan	105
48	Carrie	103
48	Donna	103
50	Rose	102
51	Marie	101
52	Ella	100
52	Mattie	100
54	Jessie	96
55	Bertha	95
55	Janie	95
57	Gladys	94
58	Joan	93
59	Margie	90
60	Geraldine	89
60	Sara	89
62	Thelma	88
63	Clara	87
64	Bessie	86
64	Edna	86
66	Anna	85
67	Delores	84
68	Bonnie	80
68	Jo	80
68	Mae	80
71	Jane	79
72	Daisy	77
73	Johnnie	76
73	Lois	76
75	Deloris	74
75	Jean	74
75	Mamie	74
75	Vivian	74
79	Edith	73
79	Ida	73
81	Jannie	72
82	Juanita	71
83	Laura	69
84	Cheryl	66
84	Lula	66
84	Marilyn	66
84	Phyllis	66
88	Beverly	64
89	Bernice	63
89	Christine	63
91	Bobbie	62
91	Diane	62
91	Geneva	62
91	Janet	62
91	Lillian	62
96	Norma	60
97	Sadie	59
98	Ellen	58
98	Georgia	58
100	Miriam	57