Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,190
2	Betty	1,241
3	Barbara	800
4	Annie	732
4	Dorothy	732
6	Shirley	628
7	Martha	564
8	Margaret	415
9	Carolyn	382
10	Doris	381
11	Patricia	326
12	Sarah	324
13	Peggy	322
14	Frances	295
15	Willie	294
16	Helen	290
17	Ruby	274
18	Joyce	268
19	Elizabeth	266
20	Virginia	249
21	Alice	221
22	Bobbie	213
23	Mattie	211
24	Mildred	209
25	Nancy	202

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	201
27	Louise	187
28	Ann	179
29	Ruth	173
30	Lillie	172
31	Edna	169
32	Evelyn	165
32	Juanita	165
34	Sara	158
35	Ethel	157
36	Rosie	150
37	Clara	148
38	Jo	147
39	Gloria	144
40	Janice	142
40	Minnie	142
42	Bernice	141
43	Nellie	140
44	Bertha	136
44	Carrie	136
46	Patsy	135
46	Sylvia	135
48	Julia	131
49	Marie	130
50	Linda	126
50	Shelby	126
52	Carol	123
52	Jean	123
54	Catherine	122
55	Jessie	121
56	Ella	120
56	Geraldine	120
58	Gladys	119
59	Christine	117
60	Bessie	115
60	Billie	115
60	Hazel	115
60	Margie	115
64	Thelma	111
65	Johnnie	109
65	Sandra	109
67	Norma	105
68	Bonnie	102
68	Rosa	102
70	Hattie	101
70	Laura	101
72	Glenda	100
72	Jeanette	100
74	Ida	99
74	Lula	99
76	Wanda	98
77	Annette	97
78	Jane	96
78	Lois	96
80	Faye	94
80	Joan	94
82	Rebecca	91
83	Eva	90
84	Charlotte	86
84	Fannie	86
86	Alma	84
86	Anna	84
86	Georgia	84
89	Jimmie	83
89	Wilma	83
91	Eleanor	81
92	Bettye	77
92	June	77
92	Susie	77
95	Myra	76
95	Sue	76
97	Gwendolyn	75
98	Edith	73
98	Katie	73
100	Irene	72
100	Joann	72
100	Josephine	72