Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,570
2	Linda	842
3	Barbara	703
4	Betty	701
5	Patricia	610
6	Brenda	524
7	Shirley	463
8	Carolyn	430
9	Dorothy	421
10	Sandra	420
11	Margaret	400
12	Judy	387
13	Annie	374
14	Nancy	353
15	Martha	344
16	Elizabeth	328
17	Frances	298
18	Joyce	269
19	Gloria	244
20	Sarah	242
21	Helen	234
22	Carol	222
23	Virginia	199
24	Doris	188
25	Susan	181

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	177
27	Rosa	172
28	Rebecca	170
29	Peggy	167
30	Sylvia	164
31	Alice	152
31	Lillie	152
33	Ruth	145
33	Willie	145
35	Mildred	142
36	Evelyn	139
37	Judith	137
38	Ruby	135
39	Carrie	127
40	Louise	126
41	Catherine	122
42	Donna	120
43	Julia	119
44	Ann	116
45	Sara	115
46	Patsy	114
47	Phyllis	108
48	Marie	107
49	Ethel	106
50	Cynthia	105
51	Janie	104
52	Jane	101
53	Dianne	100
54	Joan	99
55	Anna	96
55	Edna	96
57	Delores	94
58	Diane	92
59	Cheryl	91
59	Jo	91
61	Geraldine	89
61	Sharon	89
63	Margie	88
63	Mattie	88
65	Emma	87
65	Gladys	87
65	Juanita	87
68	Deloris	86
68	Rose	86
70	Bertha	85
71	Hattie	84
72	Bessie	82
72	Vivian	82
74	Elaine	81
74	Lillian	81
76	Jessie	80
77	Beverly	79
78	Janet	78
78	Norma	78
80	Thelma	77
81	Bonnie	76
82	Daisy	75
82	Ella	75
82	Laura	75
85	Ida	74
86	Christine	72
86	Edith	72
86	Jean	72
89	Clara	70
90	Jeanette	67
91	Mae	66
91	Marilyn	66
93	Minnie	65
94	Bernice	64
94	Eva	64
94	Gail	64
94	Wanda	64
98	Geneva	63
98	Gwendolyn	63
98	Lois	63
98	Mamie	63