Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,082
2	Linda	1,168
3	Barbara	975
4	Betty	944
5	Patricia	836
6	Shirley	670
7	Carolyn	633
8	Dorothy	626
9	Annie	590
10	Martha	532
11	Sandra	485
12	Judy	432
13	Brenda	414
14	Margaret	403
15	Gloria	339
16	Joyce	330
17	Elizabeth	320
18	Peggy	313
19	Doris	312
20	Janice	301
21	Carol	300
22	Sarah	279
23	Nancy	278
24	Willie	276
25	Helen	240

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	237
27	Virginia	236
28	Alice	220
29	Glenda	211
30	Ruby	206
31	Judith	192
32	Charlotte	188
33	Rebecca	182
34	Wanda	181
35	Jo	164
36	Mattie	156
37	Mildred	153
38	Evelyn	152
39	Lillie	150
40	Geraldine	149
40	Sharon	149
42	Ann	148
43	Catherine	147
44	Julia	145
45	Patsy	141
46	Emma	135
47	Johnnie	130
48	Donna	129
49	Edna	128
50	Bobbie	127
51	Susan	125
52	Juanita	124
53	Sara	119
54	Marie	118
55	Joan	117
56	Marilyn	113
57	Jean	112
58	Bonnie	111
59	Laura	110
60	Jane	109
60	Minnie	109
62	Rosie	108
63	Ruth	107
64	Clara	106
65	Louise	104
66	Bessie	103
67	Beverly	99
68	Bernice	98
69	Jacqueline	97
69	Janet	97
69	Norma	97
72	Ethel	94
73	Gwendolyn	93
73	Sylvia	93
75	Jessie	92
76	Bettye	91
76	Lois	91
76	Margie	91
79	Thelma	90
80	Bertha	89
80	Ella	89
82	Nellie	86
82	Sue	86
84	Lynda	84
85	Christine	83
85	Lula	83
87	Rose	81
88	Carrie	79
88	Diane	79
88	Vivian	79
91	Georgia	78
92	Ida	77
93	Cheryl	76
93	Hazel	76
93	Josephine	76
96	Jeanette	75
97	Wilma	74
98	Gladys	73
99	Anna	70
100	Sherry	69