Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,041
2	Annie	539
3	Willie	287
4	Ruby	269
5	Mattie	229
6	Ethel	212
7	Ruth	211
8	Lillie	199
9	Louise	191
10	Minnie	182
11	Bessie	175
12	Elizabeth	174
13	Gladys	168
14	Emma	160
15	Sarah	157
16	Margaret	155
17	Alice	150
18	Jessie	146
19	Lucille	144
20	Lillian	140
21	Fannie	139
22	Bertha	131
23	Mildred	130
24	Edna	129
25	Carrie	128

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Helen	128
27	Ida	127
28	Martha	124
29	Hattie	123
30	Grace	121
31	Clara	116
31	Rosie	116
33	Mamie	114
34	Beatrice	113
34	Myrtle	113
36	Frances	111
36	Hazel	111
38	Lula	109
39	Vera	107
40	Marie	106
40	Thelma	106
42	Ella	105
42	Susie	105
44	Rosa	104
45	Nellie	101
46	Eva	100
47	Evelyn	99
48	Laura	98
49	Dorothy	96
49	Inez	96
49	Julia	96
52	Irene	95
53	Alma	93
54	Pauline	92
55	Lois	90
55	Lucile	90
57	Gertrude	89
58	Viola	88
59	Virginia	87
60	Maggie	86
61	Essie	85
62	Anna	82
63	Cora	78
64	Pearl	73
65	Velma	72
66	Daisy	71
66	Katie	71
66	Lena	71
66	Lizzie	71
70	Eula	70
71	Flora	69
72	Lucy	68
72	Mae	68
74	Sallie	66
75	Eunice	65
76	Bernice	63
77	Nancy	59
78	Mabel	58
79	Ada	57
79	Johnnie	57
81	Estelle	56
81	Mable	56
83	Elsie	55
84	Alberta	54
84	Ola	54
86	Lela	53
86	Nettie	53
86	Ollie	53
86	Sadie	53
90	Esther	52
90	Josephine	52
90	Lola	52
93	Georgia	51
93	Rose	51
95	Edith	50
95	Florence	50
97	Addie	48
97	Catherine	48
99	Jewel	47
100	Ora	46