Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,360
2	Annie	965
3	Margaret	511
4	Willie	510
5	Mildred	478
6	Ruby	467
6	Ruth	467
8	Dorothy	460
9	Louise	427
10	Helen	387
11	Mattie	371
12	Frances	342
13	Gladys	322
14	Elizabeth	317
15	Sarah	310
16	Ethel	308
17	Evelyn	300
18	Lillie	297
19	Virginia	275
20	Edna	263
21	Martha	258
22	Clara	255
23	Lillian	249
24	Bessie	246
25	Minnie	244

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	238
27	Lois	227
28	Lucille	226
29	Hazel	224
30	Bertha	219
31	Jessie	212
32	Myrtle	210
33	Pauline	209
34	Marie	207
35	Doris	204
36	Fannie	197
37	Alice	188
38	Thelma	187
39	Irene	178
39	Nellie	178
41	Lula	175
42	Beatrice	173
42	Ella	173
44	Carrie	168
45	Edith	166
46	Rosa	164
47	Vera	163
48	Mamie	160
49	Ida	159
50	Katherine	157
50	Rosie	157
52	Eva	155
53	Hattie	150
54	Inez	149
54	Sara	149
56	Laura	148
57	Catherine	147
58	Anna	142
58	Bernice	142
60	Johnnie	141
61	Julia	140
62	Gertrude	132
62	Juanita	132
64	Eunice	128
65	Velma	127
66	Alma	126
66	Grace	126
66	Lucile	126
69	Lucy	122
70	Katie	120
70	Susie	120
72	Flora	118
73	Mae	116
74	Cora	112
74	Essie	112
74	Georgia	112
77	Maggie	111
78	Kathleen	108
79	Florence	103
80	Daisy	102
80	Josephine	102
80	Mable	102
83	Lorene	101
84	Opal	98
85	Elsie	97
85	Sallie	97
87	Agnes	95
87	Viola	95
89	Christine	94
90	Lena	93
91	Addie	92
91	Marjorie	92
91	Nettie	92
94	Sadie	91
94	Vivian	91
96	Pearl	86
97	Ann	84
97	Eloise	84
97	Rebecca	84
100	Ora	83