Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,597
2	Annie	1,006
3	Dorothy	705
4	Margaret	568
5	Mildred	553
6	Ruby	540
7	Willie	527
8	Ruth	469
9	Helen	455
10	Louise	450
11	Frances	422
12	Doris	360
13	Sarah	355
14	Mattie	350
15	Elizabeth	347
16	Martha	342
17	Virginia	332
18	Edna	330
19	Evelyn	323
20	Lillie	297
21	Gladys	289
22	Lois	275
23	Ethel	270
24	Bessie	262
25	Hazel	252

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	245
27	Minnie	238
28	Bernice	233
29	Betty	221
30	Jessie	217
31	Alice	216
31	Clara	216
33	Thelma	215
34	Marie	209
35	Lillian	208
36	Juanita	205
37	Sara	202
38	Catherine	189
39	Nellie	188
39	Pauline	188
41	Edith	185
42	Ella	181
43	Ida	179
44	Bertha	178
45	Fannie	177
46	Lula	174
47	Rosie	160
48	Carrie	156
49	Irene	152
49	Julia	152
51	Lucille	150
52	Eva	149
53	Beatrice	145
53	Johnnie	145
55	Hattie	144
56	Mamie	142
57	Vera	139
58	Grace	137
59	Myrtle	133
59	Velma	133
61	Inez	132
62	Katie	131
63	Margie	125
64	Christine	124
64	Josephine	124
66	Eunice	122
66	Maggie	122
68	Susie	121
69	Laura	120
70	Elsie	119
70	Rosa	119
72	Marjorie	118
73	Georgia	115
74	Flora	113
75	Alma	112
76	Mae	111
77	Anna	109
78	Katherine	108
79	Essie	107
80	Eloise	106
80	Eula	106
80	Lucile	106
83	Jean	105
84	Cora	103
85	Opal	102
86	Ann	97
86	Lucy	97
86	Vivian	97
89	Kathleen	96
90	Agnes	95
91	Daisy	94
92	Gertrude	93
92	Mable	93
94	Jewel	90
95	Lorene	89
96	Geneva	88
97	Florence	82
97	Viola	82
99	Lola	80
99	Ora	80
99	Wilma	80