Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,612
2	Annie	949
3	Dorothy	872
4	Willie	572
5	Betty	561
6	Mildred	549
7	Margaret	517
8	Helen	472
9	Ruby	466
10	Frances	464
11	Louise	412
12	Ruth	408
13	Sarah	383
14	Doris	379
15	Martha	372
16	Mattie	362
17	Elizabeth	343
18	Virginia	333
19	Lillie	331
20	Edna	305
21	Gladys	297
22	Evelyn	296
23	Minnie	251
24	Ethel	246
25	Emma	242

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Hazel	238
27	Clara	234
27	Juanita	234
29	Alice	231
30	Thelma	228
31	Bessie	215
32	Bernice	212
33	Marie	204
34	Lois	203
35	Catherine	201
36	Jessie	199
37	Nellie	186
38	Bertha	183
39	Sara	177
40	Lillian	174
41	Ella	170
41	Fannie	170
43	Pauline	169
44	Ida	168
44	Johnnie	168
44	Rosie	168
47	Lucille	167
48	Lula	165
49	Carrie	154
49	Margie	154
51	Edith	152
52	Julia	151
52	Myrtle	151
54	Christine	148
55	Jean	143
56	Hattie	138
57	Eva	136
58	Rosa	134
59	Laura	132
60	Irene	131
60	Vera	131
62	Joyce	122
63	Susie	118
64	Alma	117
65	Barbara	116
66	Billie	115
66	Mamie	115
68	Mae	114
69	Maggie	113
69	Vivian	113
71	Beatrice	112
72	Katherine	109
73	Inez	108
73	Lucile	108
73	Marjorie	108
73	Opal	108
73	Wilma	108
78	Anna	107
78	Eloise	107
78	Imogene	107
78	Josephine	107
82	Katie	106
82	Velma	106
84	Agnes	104
84	Eunice	104
86	Grace	100
87	Essie	99
87	Eula	99
89	Flora	98
90	Georgia	96
91	Carolyn	95
92	Geneva	94
93	Cora	90
93	Lorene	90
93	Lucy	90
96	Daisy	89
96	Florence	89
98	Peggy	88
99	Ann	87
99	Mable	87