Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,342
2	Betty	907
3	Annie	893
4	Dorothy	862
5	Margaret	496
6	Willie	479
7	Helen	437
8	Doris	434
9	Mildred	415
10	Ruby	395
11	Martha	392
12	Frances	374
13	Louise	338
14	Ruth	335
15	Sarah	324
16	Virginia	293
17	Elizabeth	289
18	Evelyn	286
19	Edna	285
20	Mattie	275
21	Lillie	248
22	Ethel	231
23	Gladys	221
23	Minnie	221
25	Emma	219

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Lois	219
27	Clara	217
28	Hazel	198
29	Juanita	197
30	Alice	195
31	Joyce	189
32	Bernice	183
33	Bessie	180
34	Marie	175
35	Lula	172
36	Jessie	171
37	Barbara	169
38	Catherine	166
39	Bertha	164
40	Thelma	159
41	Sara	157
42	Rosie	153
43	Lillian	148
44	Jean	142
44	Nellie	142
46	Christine	141
47	Vera	140
48	Johnnie	138
49	Julia	134
50	Carrie	130
51	Peggy	128
52	Mamie	127
53	Ida	126
54	Billie	124
54	Edith	124
56	Eva	122
56	Pauline	122
56	Rosa	122
59	Ella	121
59	Fannie	121
61	Inez	120
61	Margie	120
61	Myrtle	120
64	Lucille	117
65	Laura	115
66	Carolyn	111
67	Beatrice	110
67	Bobbie	110
69	Irene	109
69	Katie	109
71	Anna	108
72	Maggie	106
73	Ann	104
74	Mae	103
75	Hattie	101
76	Alma	100
76	Lucy	100
78	Georgia	97
78	Grace	97
78	Josephine	97
81	Bonnie	95
81	Eunice	95
81	Opal	95
84	Eloise	92
85	Katherine	91
85	Marjorie	91
87	Nancy	90
88	Agnes	89
88	Imogene	89
90	Cora	88
90	Eula	88
90	Velma	88
93	Susie	87
93	Vivian	87
95	Essie	86
96	Geneva	85
96	Wilma	85
98	Jewel	81
99	Geraldine	80
100	Audrey	77
100	Daisy	77