Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,080
2	Linda	1,171
3	Barbara	987
4	Betty	965
5	Patricia	756
6	Carolyn	659
7	Dorothy	656
8	Shirley	626
9	Martha	618
10	Annie	567
11	Sandra	500
12	Brenda	450
13	Judy	394
14	Margaret	377
15	Elizabeth	351
16	Peggy	341
17	Nancy	316
18	Doris	313
18	Joyce	313
20	Sarah	295
21	Willie	284
22	Carol	283
23	Glenda	271
24	Gloria	268
25	Janice	262

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Helen	258
27	Frances	242
28	Virginia	235
29	Alice	226
30	Ruby	213
31	Charlotte	205
32	Judith	202
33	Rebecca	183
34	Mildred	174
35	Wanda	162
36	Ann	157
37	Evelyn	156
38	Emma	154
38	Mattie	154
38	Patsy	154
41	Jo	153
42	Lillie	150
43	Geraldine	147
44	Johnnie	145
45	Juanita	144
46	Louise	140
47	Bobbie	139
48	Edna	136
49	Bertha	135
50	Joan	132
51	Catherine	128
52	Julia	126
53	Bessie	124
54	Minnie	123
55	Bonnie	122
56	Jean	119
56	Sara	119
58	Ethel	118
58	Jane	118
58	Sharon	118
61	Ruth	115
62	Donna	113
63	Bettye	108
63	Clara	108
65	Marie	106
66	Bernice	104
67	Lois	102
68	Marilyn	99
68	Sue	99
70	Beverly	97
71	Georgia	96
72	Jeanette	95
73	Rosie	94
74	Carrie	93
74	Gwendolyn	93
76	Christine	91
76	Sylvia	91
78	Ella	90
78	Gladys	90
78	Jacqueline	90
78	Rosa	90
82	Margie	89
82	Nellie	89
84	Cheryl	88
84	Ida	88
84	Janet	88
84	Phyllis	88
88	Diane	87
88	Lynda	87
90	Laura	86
91	Susan	82
92	Hazel	81
93	Norma	80
94	Billie	79
94	Fannie	79
94	Faye	79
94	Jessie	79
98	Lula	78
98	Sherry	78
100	Josephine	76