Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,213
2	Betty	1,419
3	Annie	784
4	Dorothy	768
5	Shirley	718
6	Barbara	573
7	Martha	469
8	Doris	402
9	Margaret	368
10	Willie	362
11	Ruby	359
12	Sarah	338
13	Helen	324
14	Frances	309
15	Peggy	285
16	Joyce	274
17	Elizabeth	266
18	Mildred	261
19	Louise	252
20	Virginia	247
21	Mattie	235
22	Carolyn	231
23	Bobbie	222
24	Lillie	216
25	Evelyn	202

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	199
27	Ruth	198
28	Patricia	197
29	Alice	185
30	Clara	167
31	Nellie	164
32	Minnie	163
33	Ethel	162
34	Sara	160
35	Bernice	155
36	Carrie	154
37	Emma	153
38	Gladys	150
39	Jo	149
40	Juanita	147
41	Jean	145
42	Catherine	144
43	Ann	143
44	Bessie	140
45	Bertha	138
46	Lois	136
47	Ella	133
48	Billie	132
49	Gloria	131
50	Hazel	126
50	Nancy	126
52	Julia	123
52	Marie	123
54	Johnnie	122
54	Lula	122
56	Jessie	119
57	Hattie	112
58	Rosie	111
59	Fannie	110
59	Thelma	110
61	Bonnie	109
62	Rosa	105
63	Margie	104
64	Bettye	103
65	Norma	101
66	Laura	100
67	Faye	99
68	Ida	98
68	Susie	98
70	Joan	97
71	Geraldine	96
71	Josephine	96
71	Lillian	96
74	Sylvia	95
75	Katie	93
75	Vera	93
77	Jimmie	92
78	Christine	91
79	Patsy	87
80	Eva	86
80	Jeanette	86
82	Daisy	85
82	Lucille	85
82	Rebecca	85
85	Anna	84
85	Jane	84
85	Wilma	84
88	Georgia	83
88	Mae	83
88	Maggie	83
91	Carol	82
91	Mamie	82
91	Vivian	82
94	Charlotte	81
94	Pauline	81
96	Eloise	80
97	Annette	79
97	Sue	79
99	Janice	74
100	Myrtle	73