Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,353
2	Betty	1,046
3	Barbara	1,030
4	Dorothy	774
5	Linda	746
6	Patricia	684
7	Martha	662
8	Carolyn	645
9	Shirley	622
10	Annie	615
11	Margaret	444
12	Joyce	395
13	Sandra	373
14	Elizabeth	361
15	Doris	345
16	Peggy	341
17	Sarah	334
18	Willie	333
19	Brenda	290
20	Helen	288
21	Nancy	285
22	Frances	264
23	Judy	257
24	Virginia	255
25	Ruby	254

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	252
26	Gloria	252
28	Glenda	249
29	Carol	235
30	Janice	233
31	Patsy	211
32	Lillie	197
33	Emma	192
34	Jo	189
35	Wanda	183
36	Mattie	181
36	Minnie	181
38	Mildred	175
39	Evelyn	170
40	Judith	168
41	Ann	166
42	Charlotte	165
43	Louise	161
44	Johnnie	159
45	Julia	154
46	Geraldine	152
46	Juanita	152
48	Catherine	149
48	Sara	149
50	Bobbie	148
51	Ruth	144
52	Clara	143
53	Joan	141
54	Ethel	140
54	Marie	140
56	Rebecca	139
57	Bonnie	136
58	Edna	135
59	Margie	134
60	Bertha	129
61	Jean	128
62	Jessie	124
63	Bessie	120
64	Bernice	119
64	Sylvia	119
66	Rosie	117
66	Thelma	117
68	Carrie	115
69	Bettye	113
69	Ella	113
71	Ida	110
72	Nellie	109
73	Laura	108
73	Sue	108
75	Jane	105
76	Fannie	104
77	Lula	102
78	Gladys	100
79	Norma	98
80	Georgia	95
81	Jeanette	94
82	Annette	92
83	Josephine	91
83	Rosa	91
85	Hazel	90
86	Billie	89
86	Christine	89
88	Wilma	88
89	Jimmie	85
89	Lois	85
91	Faye	84
91	Gwendolyn	84
93	Eva	83
93	Myra	83
95	Anna	80
96	Eleanor	79
97	Katie	77
97	Vera	77
99	Beverly	75
99	Delores	75