Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,914
2	Annie	858
3	Willie	543
4	Margaret	459
5	Ruby	451
6	Mildred	390
6	Ruth	390
8	Mattie	356
9	Louise	345
10	Frances	340
11	Elizabeth	338
12	Dorothy	301
13	Helen	284
14	Ethel	281
15	Gladys	275
16	Lillie	252
17	Edna	251
18	Evelyn	240
19	Bessie	231
20	Martha	229
21	Jessie	222
21	Minnie	222
23	Sarah	221
24	Bertha	212
25	Virginia	209

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	206
26	Clara	206
28	Hazel	204
29	Thelma	198
30	Lucille	196
31	Lillian	195
31	Lois	195
33	Marie	190
34	Emma	181
35	Nellie	179
36	Myrtle	173
37	Carrie	171
38	Irene	165
39	Ida	163
40	Pauline	162
41	Julia	158
42	Mamie	155
43	Lula	154
44	Fannie	153
44	Rosa	153
46	Ella	152
47	Edith	150
48	Hattie	148
49	Grace	143
50	Eva	142
51	Vera	139
52	Bernice	136
52	Catherine	136
54	Beatrice	134
55	Laura	133
56	Inez	129
57	Rosie	128
58	Alma	127
59	Susie	123
60	Sara	121
61	Flora	118
61	Josephine	118
63	Gertrude	116
64	Doris	115
65	Essie	114
66	Anna	113
67	Johnnie	112
68	Lucy	108
68	Maggie	108
70	Cora	107
70	Katie	107
70	Lucile	107
73	Georgia	106
74	Eunice	102
75	Elsie	99
76	Florence	97
77	Mae	96
78	Ada	93
78	Daisy	93
80	Eula	92
81	Velma	89
81	Viola	89
83	Katherine	87
83	Sallie	87
85	Christine	86
85	Lorene	86
85	Pearl	86
88	Opal	85
89	Mable	84
90	Juanita	83
91	Lena	82
92	Sadie	81
93	Geneva	76
94	Alberta	75
94	Nora	75
96	Addie	72
96	Jewell	72
96	Nancy	72
96	Nettie	72
96	Ora	72