Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,015
2	Betty	1,266
3	Shirley	739
4	Annie	735
5	Dorothy	704
6	Barbara	617
7	Martha	467
8	Margaret	412
9	Doris	346
10	Willie	333
11	Frances	330
12	Peggy	301
13	Sarah	294
14	Helen	288
15	Ruby	280
16	Elizabeth	273
17	Carolyn	259
18	Joyce	256
19	Virginia	254
20	Mattie	250
21	Patricia	236
22	Mildred	226
23	Bobbie	215
24	Lillie	201
25	Evelyn	200

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	195
27	Alice	188
28	Edna	186
29	Clara	178
30	Emma	176
31	Nancy	173
32	Ruth	168
33	Ann	161
33	Juanita	161
33	Minnie	161
36	Sara	158
37	Ethel	151
38	Nellie	145
39	Jessie	144
39	Jo	144
41	Rosie	139
42	Catherine	136
43	Ella	135
44	Bertha	134
44	Bessie	134
46	Johnnie	132
47	Billie	128
48	Gladys	127
48	Norma	127
50	Hazel	126
51	Lois	125
52	Jean	124
53	Marie	123
54	Bernice	117
55	Julia	113
56	Carrie	111
57	Ida	108
57	Sylvia	108
59	Joan	107
60	Geraldine	104
60	Hattie	104
60	Margie	104
63	Gloria	101
63	Jane	101
65	Thelma	100
66	Patsy	98
67	Fannie	97
67	Wilma	97
69	Lula	96
70	Rosa	95
71	Eva	92
71	Laura	92
73	Christine	91
73	Katie	91
75	Susie	89
76	Jeanette	88
77	Anna	86
77	Sue	86
77	Vera	86
80	Mamie	84
81	Josephine	83
82	Faye	82
82	Janice	82
84	Eloise	81
84	Mae	81
84	Yvonne	81
87	Bettye	80
88	Shelby	79
88	Vivian	79
90	Bonnie	78
90	Rebecca	78
92	Eleanor	77
92	Wanda	77
94	Cora	76
94	Edith	76
94	Georgia	76
94	Jimmie	76
98	Lillian	75
99	Alma	74
99	Annette	74