Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,272
2	Betty	1,313
3	Dorothy	787
4	Annie	756
5	Doris	463
6	Martha	418
7	Willie	415
8	Margaret	406
9	Helen	394
10	Ruby	390
11	Mildred	352
12	Frances	331
13	Elizabeth	307
14	Sarah	305
15	Louise	299
16	Ruth	285
17	Virginia	269
18	Mattie	255
19	Evelyn	249
20	Barbara	239
21	Lillie	231
22	Joyce	224
23	Clara	217
23	Emma	217
25	Edna	211

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	200
27	Alice	190
28	Hazel	183
28	Sara	183
30	Lois	178
31	Ethel	177
32	Marie	175
33	Juanita	174
34	Gladys	172
35	Minnie	170
36	Jean	165
37	Nellie	164
38	Bessie	163
39	Billie	161
40	Bernice	159
41	Bobbie	158
42	Jessie	156
43	Thelma	149
44	Ella	148
45	Catherine	146
46	Bertha	144
46	Carolyn	144
48	Christine	136
49	Fannie	128
50	Carrie	126
50	Johnnie	126
52	Rosie	123
53	Julia	122
54	Ida	121
55	Lula	118
56	Lillian	116
57	Ann	115
57	Hattie	115
59	Edith	112
60	Eva	109
61	Bonnie	107
62	Myrtle	106
62	Nancy	106
64	Beatrice	104
64	Georgia	104
66	Laura	103
66	Pauline	103
66	Rosa	103
69	Wilma	101
70	Geraldine	100
70	Margie	100
72	Gloria	99
73	Alma	97
74	Katie	96
75	Mamie	95
75	Vera	95
77	Anna	91
78	Lucille	90
79	Susie	89
80	Mae	87
80	Velma	87
82	Geneva	86
83	Eloise	85
83	Inez	85
85	Joan	84
86	Bettye	82
86	Cora	82
86	Eunice	82
89	Jimmie	81
90	Daisy	79
91	Irene	78
91	Marjorie	78
93	Faye	76
94	Patricia	74
95	Jo	73
95	Josephine	73
97	Katherine	72
97	Norma	72
99	Agnes	70
99	Eula	70
99	Mable	70