Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,722
2	Annie	772
3	Ruby	478
4	Willie	419
5	Ruth	408
6	Mattie	344
7	Louise	337
8	Margaret	329
9	Mildred	325
10	Elizabeth	287
10	Lillie	287
12	Edna	266
13	Bessie	256
14	Frances	250
15	Gladys	246
16	Sarah	244
17	Ethel	237
18	Dorothy	233
19	Minnie	230
20	Emma	227
21	Helen	225
22	Lois	214
23	Jessie	211
24	Evelyn	210
25	Clara	207

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Martha	206
27	Lillian	198
28	Bertha	195
28	Lucille	195
30	Alice	193
31	Hazel	181
32	Thelma	180
33	Myrtle	177
34	Carrie	176
35	Marie	171
36	Virginia	168
37	Ida	167
38	Beatrice	164
39	Fannie	163
40	Hattie	162
41	Pauline	160
42	Lula	157
43	Vera	155
44	Irene	153
45	Ella	151
46	Grace	147
47	Eva	146
48	Laura	145
48	Nellie	145
50	Mamie	140
51	Lucile	139
52	Anna	137
53	Julia	136
53	Rosa	136
55	Flora	135
56	Bernice	131
57	Alma	129
58	Edith	128
59	Daisy	126
60	Inez	123
60	Rosie	123
60	Susie	123
63	Eunice	122
64	Maggie	121
64	Sara	121
66	Eula	112
67	Cora	108
68	Elsie	107
69	Essie	106
69	Sallie	106
71	Gertrude	105
72	Velma	103
73	Mae	100
74	Katherine	98
75	Katie	97
76	Florence	95
77	Lucy	92
78	Pearl	91
79	Agnes	90
79	Estelle	90
79	Johnnie	90
79	Lena	90
83	Doris	88
84	Josephine	86
85	Catherine	84
86	Ollie	83
87	Nettie	82
88	Opal	79
89	Lorene	76
89	Ola	76
91	Dora	75
91	Lizzie	75
91	Lola	75
94	Christine	74
95	Addie	72
95	Georgia	72
97	Mabel	70
98	Eloise	69
98	Sadie	69
100	Jewel	68
100	Nell	68
100	Viola	68