Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,825
2	Annie	732
3	Ruby	458
4	Willie	427
5	Ruth	396
6	Margaret	384
7	Mildred	353
8	Louise	320
9	Mattie	294
10	Elizabeth	292
11	Lillie	275
12	Dorothy	271
13	Gladys	263
14	Frances	258
15	Ethel	252
16	Sarah	249
17	Helen	246
18	Bessie	241
19	Edna	218
20	Evelyn	216
20	Martha	216
22	Clara	215
23	Minnie	214
24	Jessie	209
25	Emma	207

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	201
27	Virginia	196
28	Lucille	191
29	Lillian	190
30	Fannie	187
31	Lois	180
32	Nellie	170
32	Pauline	170
34	Carrie	169
35	Bertha	165
36	Thelma	163
37	Hazel	162
38	Alice	158
39	Ida	152
40	Grace	146
41	Irene	145
42	Beatrice	144
43	Alma	141
44	Ella	140
44	Myrtle	140
46	Lula	136
47	Hattie	132
47	Mamie	132
49	Gertrude	131
50	Inez	130
50	Rosa	130
52	Susie	127
53	Eva	126
54	Cora	125
54	Vera	125
56	Lucile	123
56	Sara	123
58	Rosie	122
59	Julia	120
60	Edith	118
61	Anna	115
62	Lucy	114
63	Flora	111
64	Daisy	108
65	Bernice	107
66	Eunice	106
67	Doris	105
68	Laura	104
68	Maggie	104
68	Velma	104
71	Catherine	103
72	Johnnie	102
73	Pearl	98
74	Essie	93
74	Katie	93
76	Katherine	87
76	Mae	87
78	Elsie	86
78	Lena	86
80	Eula	85
81	Sallie	82
82	Juanita	81
82	Viola	81
84	Kathleen	80
85	Addie	79
85	Josephine	79
87	Nell	76
88	Ada	75
88	Estelle	75
88	Georgia	75
91	Florence	74
92	Geneva	73
93	Esther	71
94	Lizzie	67
94	Nancy	67
94	Sadie	67
97	Ola	66
98	Opal	64
99	Christine	63
99	Jewell	63
99	Lola	63