Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,708
2	Linda	1,196
3	Barbara	758
4	Patricia	717
5	Betty	709
6	Brenda	561
7	Shirley	503
8	Sandra	486
9	Carolyn	485
10	Dorothy	460
11	Margaret	438
12	Judy	433
13	Martha	419
13	Nancy	419
15	Annie	335
16	Gloria	308
17	Elizabeth	300
18	Sarah	297
19	Joyce	273
20	Frances	270
21	Helen	249
22	Doris	219
23	Janice	218
23	Peggy	218
25	Virginia	206

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Susan	205
27	Carol	199
28	Rosa	184
29	Rebecca	169
30	Donna	158
31	Willie	152
32	Mildred	149
33	Alice	147
33	Catherine	147
33	Lillie	147
36	Ruby	146
37	Evelyn	144
38	Sylvia	143
39	Emma	140
39	Patsy	140
39	Ruth	140
42	Carrie	139
43	Phyllis	138
44	Cynthia	128
44	Judith	128
46	Louise	124
47	Janie	121
48	Joan	120
49	Beverly	119
50	Geraldine	117
51	Ann	116
52	Delores	113
53	Ethel	110
54	Dianne	109
55	Sara	108
56	Hattie	105
57	Marilyn	104
58	Rose	102
59	Julia	101
60	Sharon	100
61	Jo	99
62	Minnie	98
63	Bessie	97
64	Thelma	96
65	Bertha	95
65	Jessie	95
67	Diane	94
67	Jannie	94
69	Cheryl	93
69	Edna	93
71	Jean	92
72	Deloris	91
72	Mattie	91
72	Vivian	91
75	Juanita	90
76	Bonnie	85
76	Janet	85
76	Norma	85
79	Jane	84
79	Wanda	84
81	Gladys	83
81	Laura	83
83	Marie	81
84	Anna	80
84	Ella	80
86	Margie	79
87	Christine	78
88	Bobbie	77
88	Geneva	77
90	Clara	76
90	Edith	76
90	Jeanette	76
93	Connie	75
93	Lillian	75
95	Eva	74
95	Rachel	74
97	Gail	73
98	Lois	71
99	Gwendolyn	70
99	Jacqueline	70