Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,533
2	Annie	972
3	Dorothy	839
4	Margaret	576
5	Willie	554
6	Mildred	517
7	Ruby	475
8	Frances	462
9	Louise	445
10	Helen	430
11	Betty	398
12	Doris	393
13	Ruth	386
14	Martha	374
15	Mattie	352
16	Elizabeth	343
17	Evelyn	337
18	Sarah	328
19	Lillie	292
20	Edna	284
21	Ethel	276
22	Virginia	271
23	Gladys	268
24	Emma	262
25	Minnie	252

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clara	241
26	Hazel	241
28	Bessie	237
29	Marie	236
30	Catherine	220
31	Bernice	201
32	Alice	200
32	Juanita	200
34	Lois	199
35	Jessie	198
36	Thelma	195
37	Bertha	191
38	Sara	179
39	Nellie	178
40	Johnnie	174
41	Lillian	172
42	Ella	171
43	Ida	170
43	Pauline	170
43	Rosa	170
46	Lucille	169
46	Rosie	169
48	Lula	167
49	Carrie	166
50	Edith	164
51	Margie	163
52	Fannie	159
53	Irene	156
54	Christine	153
55	Julia	147
55	Myrtle	147
57	Beatrice	143
58	Mamie	141
59	Hattie	138
60	Eva	137
61	Jean	131
62	Alma	128
62	Laura	128
64	Mae	126
65	Eunice	123
66	Essie	122
67	Eula	120
68	Geneva	119
68	Inez	119
70	Vera	118
71	Susie	115
72	Katie	112
73	Georgia	111
73	Grace	111
75	Opal	109
76	Anna	107
77	Lucile	106
78	Marjorie	105
79	Agnes	104
80	Vivian	103
81	Eloise	102
82	Mable	99
83	Cora	98
83	Gertrude	98
85	Geraldine	97
85	Velma	97
87	Daisy	95
87	Flora	95
87	Gloria	95
87	Josephine	95
91	Lucy	94
92	Wilma	93
93	Pearl	91
94	Imogene	90
95	Florence	89
96	Katherine	88
97	Elsie	84
98	Barbara	83
99	Jewel	82
100	Ada	80
100	Carolyn	80
100	Lena	80
100	Sallie	80