Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,106
2	Linda	1,427
3	Barbara	1,047
4	Betty	1,045
5	Patricia	958
6	Carolyn	738
7	Shirley	688
8	Brenda	671
9	Sandra	646
10	Dorothy	636
11	Judy	583
12	Martha	578
13	Annie	525
14	Margaret	427
15	Janice	398
16	Peggy	374
17	Joyce	353
18	Carol	352
19	Nancy	350
20	Elizabeth	347
21	Glenda	341
22	Gloria	333
23	Sarah	322
24	Helen	307
25	Doris	304

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wanda	252
27	Frances	243
28	Virginia	239
29	Willie	235
30	Sharon	232
31	Alice	230
32	Ruby	229
33	Charlotte	200
34	Patsy	196
35	Jo	195
36	Donna	190
37	Rebecca	184
37	Susan	184
39	Judith	181
40	Geraldine	177
41	Mattie	174
42	Joan	159
43	Juanita	158
44	Catherine	151
45	Julia	142
46	Beverly	141
46	Evelyn	141
48	Ann	136
49	Jane	135
50	Emma	134
50	Ethel	134
52	Rosie	133
53	Sherry	132
54	Laura	131
55	Jacqueline	129
55	Marilyn	129
57	Gwendolyn	126
57	Lillie	126
59	Bobbie	125
59	Edna	125
59	Mildred	125
62	Louise	120
62	Sylvia	120
64	Marie	119
65	Johnnie	118
65	Lynda	118
67	Sara	115
68	Cheryl	112
69	Bonnie	111
70	Bertha	109
70	Lula	109
72	Jean	108
72	Ruth	108
74	Diane	106
75	Bettye	105
76	Phyllis	104
77	Norma	103
78	Carrie	100
78	Sue	100
80	Clara	99
81	Jessie	98
82	Connie	97
82	Georgia	97
82	Minnie	97
85	Christine	93
85	Sheila	93
87	Bessie	92
88	Ella	90
88	Lois	90
90	Janet	89
91	Anita	88
91	Anna	88
91	Elaine	88
91	Ida	88
95	Jeanette	85
95	Vivian	85
97	Cynthia	84
98	Dianne	82
99	Eva	81
99	Katherine	81
99	Thelma	81