Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,419
2	Annie	952
3	Dorothy	651
4	Willie	543
5	Margaret	516
6	Mildred	499
7	Ruby	478
8	Louise	444
9	Ruth	420
10	Helen	408
11	Frances	399
12	Mattie	369
13	Martha	341
14	Evelyn	337
15	Sarah	309
16	Elizabeth	307
17	Lillie	301
18	Doris	292
19	Gladys	271
19	Virginia	271
21	Emma	258
22	Edna	251
22	Ethel	251
24	Lois	248
25	Minnie	243

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clara	235
27	Lillian	225
28	Marie	223
29	Hazel	222
30	Bessie	220
31	Thelma	219
32	Lucille	199
33	Juanita	198
34	Alice	192
35	Lula	191
36	Catherine	189
37	Nellie	188
38	Jessie	184
38	Pauline	184
40	Fannie	183
41	Bertha	177
42	Carrie	176
43	Bernice	175
44	Sara	173
45	Ida	170
46	Irene	166
47	Betty	161
47	Ella	161
49	Hattie	157
50	Myrtle	153
51	Edith	152
51	Vera	152
53	Johnnie	146
54	Alma	144
54	Rosie	144
56	Eva	140
56	Susie	140
58	Beatrice	137
59	Laura	136
60	Marjorie	133
61	Julia	127
61	Rosa	127
63	Mae	125
64	Maggie	123
65	Christine	122
66	Mamie	121
67	Cora	118
67	Josephine	118
69	Anna	114
69	Inez	114
71	Lucile	112
72	Katherine	111
73	Essie	110
74	Elsie	109
75	Eula	108
75	Grace	108
75	Margie	108
75	Opal	108
79	Flora	107
80	Daisy	104
81	Eloise	101
81	Gertrude	101
81	Lorene	101
84	Georgia	100
84	Velma	100
86	Lucy	99
87	Florence	97
88	Eunice	94
89	Mable	92
89	Wilma	92
91	Kathleen	91
91	Vivian	91
93	Katie	89
94	Geneva	88
95	Jean	85
95	Lena	85
97	Geraldine	84
98	Agnes	82
98	Jewel	82
100	Nell	81