Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,305
2	Betty	1,098
3	Barbara	1,077
4	Linda	980
5	Patricia	858
6	Dorothy	729
7	Carolyn	697
8	Shirley	655
9	Martha	617
10	Annie	615
11	Sandra	446
12	Margaret	423
13	Brenda	402
14	Joyce	401
15	Elizabeth	387
16	Doris	381
17	Peggy	376
18	Nancy	364
19	Judy	353
20	Sarah	303
21	Helen	292
22	Willie	289
23	Carol	285
24	Virginia	278
25	Frances	266

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Glenda	266
27	Ruby	254
28	Gloria	247
29	Alice	246
30	Janice	237
31	Charlotte	216
32	Wanda	197
33	Rebecca	191
34	Mildred	187
35	Judith	184
35	Patsy	184
37	Ann	181
38	Jo	178
39	Lillie	176
40	Emma	174
41	Mattie	166
42	Evelyn	164
43	Bobbie	161
44	Edna	157
45	Bonnie	151
46	Geraldine	150
46	Sara	150
48	Minnie	143
49	Catherine	142
50	Joan	141
51	Ruth	139
52	Julia	138
53	Ethel	137
54	Juanita	135
55	Johnnie	127
56	Jean	126
56	Louise	126
58	Clara	125
59	Bertha	122
60	Marie	120
61	Margie	113
62	Rosie	111
63	Jessie	110
63	Sharon	110
65	Jeanette	108
66	Georgia	107
67	Jane	106
68	Bernice	105
69	Laura	102
70	Bessie	101
70	Sylvia	101
72	Donna	99
72	Gladys	99
72	Sue	99
75	Norma	98
76	Bettye	95
76	Christine	95
76	Ella	95
76	Faye	95
80	Nellie	94
80	Thelma	94
82	Lois	93
83	Carrie	92
83	Gwendolyn	92
85	Fannie	89
86	Lula	88
87	Beverly	87
87	Billie	87
87	Hattie	87
87	Hazel	87
91	Jimmie	86
92	Ida	85
93	Lillian	83
93	Rita	83
95	Jacqueline	81
96	Marilyn	80
97	Mamie	79
97	Phyllis	79
99	Rose	78
100	Josephine	75
100	Rosa	75
100	Wilma	75