Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,100
2	Betty	1,010
3	Barbara	915
4	Dorothy	657
5	Linda	604
6	Patricia	603
7	Annie	602
8	Martha	560
9	Shirley	530
10	Carolyn	479
11	Margaret	424
12	Peggy	377
13	Joyce	365
14	Doris	356
15	Elizabeth	300
16	Helen	280
16	Sarah	280
18	Sandra	278
19	Frances	274
20	Nancy	268
21	Willie	262
22	Ruby	256
22	Virginia	256
24	Brenda	252
25	Gloria	235

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Judy	214
27	Alice	213
28	Patsy	196
29	Glenda	189
30	Emma	188
31	Janice	186
32	Mattie	178
33	Jo	164
34	Geraldine	161
35	Wanda	160
36	Louise	159
37	Edna	158
38	Carol	156
38	Lillie	156
40	Bonnie	155
40	Evelyn	155
42	Charlotte	153
43	Rebecca	152
44	Judith	150
45	Bobbie	149
46	Mildred	146
47	Minnie	145
48	Sara	142
49	Johnnie	141
50	Juanita	135
51	Jean	130
52	Ethel	129
53	Ann	128
54	Catherine	127
55	Julia	126
56	Clara	123
57	Ella	116
58	Joan	115
59	Lois	114
59	Norma	114
59	Sylvia	114
62	Jane	109
63	Bertha	107
63	Faye	107
65	Carrie	104
65	Jessie	104
65	Marie	104
68	Rosie	101
69	Bernice	97
69	Bessie	97
69	Nellie	97
72	Laura	96
73	Christine	95
73	Sue	95
75	Ruth	93
76	Gladys	92
77	Thelma	90
78	Margie	89
79	Billie	88
80	Bettye	87
80	Shelby	87
82	Annette	86
82	Fannie	86
82	Ida	86
85	Eva	83
86	Jeanette	81
87	Lillian	80
87	Lula	80
87	Rosa	80
90	Hazel	79
91	Edith	78
91	Hattie	78
91	Katie	78
91	Wilma	78
95	Beverly	72
95	Georgia	72
95	Yvonne	72
98	Rose	71
99	Vera	70
100	Delores	69