Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,075
2	Betty	1,195
3	Barbara	768
4	Annie	655
5	Dorothy	603
6	Shirley	590
7	Martha	573
8	Patricia	427
9	Carolyn	408
9	Margaret	408
11	Peggy	334
12	Sarah	318
13	Doris	313
14	Willie	307
15	Helen	285
16	Elizabeth	275
17	Frances	251
18	Joyce	247
19	Ruby	243
20	Virginia	235
21	Nancy	219
22	Alice	218
23	Linda	214
24	Mattie	204
25	Edna	199

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	196
27	Evelyn	191
28	Jo	174
29	Louise	172
30	Juanita	166
31	Lillie	165
32	Ann	156
33	Mildred	151
34	Carol	149
35	Bobbie	148
36	Clara	145
36	Sara	145
38	Gloria	139
38	Wanda	139
40	Ruth	138
41	Minnie	137
42	Ella	135
43	Ethel	134
44	Norma	133
45	Janice	132
46	Marie	131
47	Geraldine	129
47	Rosie	129
49	Julia	128
50	Sandra	127
51	Jeanette	124
52	Glenda	123
53	Sylvia	122
54	Johnnie	118
55	Judy	117
56	Bertha	116
56	Jean	116
56	Patsy	116
59	Bernice	114
60	Bessie	113
60	Catherine	113
62	Jessie	112
62	Laura	112
64	Joan	110
64	Margie	110
64	Rebecca	110
67	Nellie	109
68	Hattie	108
68	Hazel	108
70	Annette	106
71	Jane	105
72	Bonnie	104
73	Lula	99
74	Carrie	97
74	Charlotte	97
76	Lois	96
77	Shelby	94
78	Faye	93
79	Bettye	92
80	Ida	91
81	Georgia	90
81	Judith	90
83	Fannie	88
84	Rosa	87
85	Sue	85
86	Christine	84
86	Thelma	84
88	Eva	83
88	Gladys	83
90	Anna	82
91	Billie	80
91	Lillian	80
93	Vera	78
94	Edith	77
94	Josephine	77
96	Irene	76
96	Jimmie	76
98	Katie	74
98	Myra	74
98	Susie	74