Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,316
2	Annie	957
3	Dorothy	567
4	Willie	514
5	Margaret	489
6	Mildred	488
7	Ruby	468
8	Louise	456
9	Ruth	433
10	Frances	410
11	Helen	397
12	Gladys	361
13	Sarah	346
14	Mattie	329
15	Elizabeth	322
16	Martha	307
17	Lillie	294
18	Virginia	276
19	Evelyn	271
20	Edna	264
20	Ethel	264
22	Doris	251
22	Minnie	251
24	Hazel	248
25	Bessie	246

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	238
26	Marie	238
28	Lois	213
29	Emma	212
30	Jessie	206
31	Bertha	202
31	Pauline	202
33	Thelma	200
34	Clara	194
35	Lillian	189
36	Lucille	184
37	Carrie	180
38	Ida	173
38	Nellie	173
40	Bernice	170
40	Irene	170
42	Julia	168
43	Catherine	167
43	Myrtle	167
45	Edith	166
46	Fannie	164
47	Ella	158
48	Lula	156
49	Essie	154
50	Eva	152
50	Laura	152
50	Mamie	152
53	Beatrice	150
54	Vera	147
55	Sara	142
56	Alma	139
57	Grace	138
58	Johnnie	134
58	Lucile	134
60	Christine	133
60	Hattie	133
62	Inez	132
63	Rosa	130
64	Geneva	128
65	Marjorie	126
66	Anna	123
66	Cora	123
66	Katherine	123
69	Susie	121
70	Velma	119
71	Lucy	117
72	Rosie	115
73	Eunice	113
74	Eula	112
75	Josephine	111
76	Katie	110
76	Mable	110
78	Juanita	109
79	Betty	108
79	Florence	108
81	Audrey	105
82	Flora	104
83	Eloise	103
83	Georgia	103
85	Gertrude	102
86	Mae	98
86	Maggie	98
86	Margie	98
86	Opal	98
90	Lena	96
91	Lorene	93
91	Vivian	93
93	Alberta	92
94	Nancy	89
94	Nell	89
96	Agnes	88
97	Daisy	87
97	Elsie	87
99	Ola	86
100	Jewell	84
100	Pearl	84