Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,502
2	Annie	935
3	Dorothy	901
4	Betty	762
5	Willie	536
6	Mildred	486
7	Margaret	475
8	Doris	441
9	Ruby	434
10	Helen	421
11	Louise	405
12	Frances	396
13	Martha	393
14	Ruth	375
15	Sarah	356
16	Mattie	312
17	Virginia	300
18	Elizabeth	297
19	Evelyn	279
20	Lillie	270
21	Edna	247
21	Ethel	247
23	Emma	222
23	Gladys	222
25	Lois	220

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Minnie	220
27	Alice	206
28	Clara	196
29	Hazel	195
30	Thelma	190
31	Bessie	189
31	Marie	189
33	Sara	185
34	Bernice	182
35	Catherine	181
36	Bertha	180
37	Carrie	179
38	Juanita	177
39	Jean	173
40	Lillian	172
41	Fannie	167
41	Jessie	167
43	Julia	163
44	Nellie	161
45	Lula	160
46	Ella	154
47	Johnnie	153
48	Ida	152
49	Lucille	151
50	Pauline	150
51	Rosie	144
52	Edith	140
53	Christine	136
54	Joyce	129
55	Hattie	126
56	Vera	123
57	Laura	121
58	Eva	120
59	Barbara	119
60	Billie	118
61	Maggie	116
62	Inez	113
63	Irene	112
63	Margie	112
65	Mamie	111
66	Rosa	109
67	Beatrice	108
67	Marjorie	108
69	Essie	107
70	Myrtle	104
70	Peggy	104
72	Eloise	103
72	Katie	103
74	Mae	102
75	Katherine	100
76	Georgia	97
76	Susie	97
76	Velma	97
79	Daisy	95
79	Florence	95
81	Anna	92
82	Agnes	91
82	Alma	91
82	Geneva	91
85	Josephine	90
85	Vivian	90
87	Ann	89
87	Gloria	89
89	Cora	88
89	Eunice	88
91	Grace	87
92	Lucy	85
92	Norma	85
92	Opal	85
95	Bobbie	84
96	Imogene	83
97	Carolyn	82
97	Elsie	82
99	Lucile	81
100	Wilma	80