Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,156
2	Betty	1,242
3	Barbara	765
4	Shirley	670
5	Annie	667
6	Dorothy	639
7	Martha	514
8	Margaret	389
9	Doris	345
10	Peggy	344
11	Willie	320
12	Sarah	312
13	Carolyn	311
14	Helen	309
15	Ruby	308
16	Patricia	296
17	Frances	281
18	Elizabeth	269
19	Joyce	250
20	Virginia	240
21	Louise	223
22	Mattie	214
22	Mildred	214
24	Evelyn	202
25	Emma	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ruth	195
27	Bobbie	185
28	Lillie	183
29	Edna	181
30	Nancy	179
31	Sara	176
32	Alice	164
33	Jean	161
34	Shelby	155
35	Ann	153
36	Jo	151
37	Juanita	150
38	Marie	146
39	Ethel	145
39	Minnie	145
41	Clara	144
41	Jessie	144
43	Nellie	143
44	Catherine	142
45	Gladys	141
46	Johnnie	136
47	Gloria	131
48	Bernice	127
49	Patsy	124
50	Carrie	122
51	Bessie	121
51	Hattie	121
53	Ella	120
53	Sylvia	120
55	Geraldine	119
56	Bertha	118
56	Hazel	118
58	Fannie	117
59	Rosie	115
60	Bonnie	113
60	Carol	113
60	Norma	113
63	Lula	110
64	Ida	107
64	Margie	107
66	Lois	105
66	Thelma	105
68	Joan	104
69	Laura	101
70	Billie	100
71	Jimmie	99
71	Julia	99
73	Annette	98
73	Janice	98
75	Edith	96
75	Jane	96
77	Eva	94
77	Josephine	94
79	Jeanette	93
80	Susie	90
81	Bettye	89
82	Christine	88
83	Cora	86
83	Wanda	86
85	Mamie	84
85	Sue	84
87	Charlotte	83
87	Rosa	83
89	Eleanor	82
90	Lucy	78
90	Wilma	78
92	Geneva	77
92	Katie	77
92	Lillian	77
95	Faye	76
95	Georgia	76
95	Mae	76
98	Anna	75
98	Vera	75
100	Rebecca	73
100	Yvonne	73