Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,396
2	Betty	1,166
3	Dorothy	864
4	Annie	815
5	Willie	467
6	Doris	466
7	Mildred	421
8	Margaret	419
9	Helen	415
10	Ruby	402
11	Martha	360
12	Louise	352
13	Sarah	339
14	Frances	331
15	Elizabeth	314
16	Mattie	283
16	Ruth	283
18	Evelyn	277
19	Virginia	275
20	Edna	262
21	Lillie	235
22	Gladys	208
23	Ethel	204
24	Clara	203
25	Emma	201

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Juanita	195
27	Alice	187
28	Bessie	186
28	Minnie	186
30	Joyce	183
31	Marie	181
32	Catherine	177
33	Carrie	176
34	Bernice	175
35	Lois	173
36	Rosie	170
37	Jessie	169
38	Barbara	166
38	Billie	166
38	Fannie	166
38	Hazel	166
42	Nellie	158
43	Sara	157
44	Peggy	155
45	Thelma	150
46	Jean	145
47	Ella	143
48	Hattie	142
48	Lula	142
50	Johnnie	141
51	Rosa	136
52	Bertha	134
52	Ida	134
52	Lillian	134
55	Laura	132
56	Christine	131
57	Julia	128
58	Lucille	126
59	Bobbie	122
60	Wilma	120
61	Eva	119
62	Carolyn	117
63	Edith	116
64	Georgia	114
65	Ann	113
66	Myrtle	112
67	Margie	109
68	Vera	108
69	Beatrice	107
70	Geraldine	106
70	Pauline	106
72	Irene	104
72	Susie	104
74	Anna	103
75	Katherine	100
76	Marjorie	99
77	Mae	97
78	Nancy	95
79	Alma	93
79	Vivian	93
81	Mamie	92
82	Bonnie	87
82	Gloria	87
84	Geneva	86
84	Opal	86
86	Cora	84
86	Jimmie	84
88	Daisy	83
89	Bettye	82
89	Grace	82
89	Inez	82
92	Eloise	81
92	Eunice	81
92	Katie	81
95	Josephine	80
95	Lucy	80
97	Flora	79
97	Jewel	79
99	Maggie	77
99	Nell	77
99	Viola	77