Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,115
2	Linda	2,059
3	Patricia	1,211
4	Barbara	1,149
5	Betty	960
6	Brenda	869
7	Carolyn	786
8	Sandra	741
9	Shirley	726
10	Judy	700
11	Dorothy	689
12	Martha	606
13	Annie	562
14	Janice	450
15	Margaret	428
16	Peggy	420
17	Gloria	410
18	Elizabeth	395
19	Nancy	385
20	Glenda	351
20	Joyce	351
22	Doris	331
23	Carol	329
24	Sarah	305
24	Wanda	305

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Helen	284
27	Rebecca	276
28	Virginia	271
29	Frances	261
30	Alice	260
31	Sharon	252
32	Ruby	245
33	Willie	235
34	Judith	228
35	Jo	227
36	Patsy	223
37	Donna	219
38	Charlotte	218
39	Susan	204
40	Evelyn	197
41	Catherine	177
42	Ethel	173
43	Diane	170
44	Beverly	168
45	Marilyn	166
46	Jacqueline	165
46	Joan	165
48	Geraldine	164
49	Julia	162
49	Sherry	162
51	Cynthia	161
51	Mattie	161
53	Ann	158
54	Mildred	157
55	Gwendolyn	154
56	Emma	150
57	Jane	148
58	Johnnie	146
59	Edna	145
60	Juanita	141
61	Connie	138
61	Lillie	138
63	Laura	131
63	Sylvia	131
65	Phyllis	130
66	Minnie	129
67	Cheryl	125
68	Sara	124
69	Norma	123
70	Sheila	122
71	Rita	118
72	Bobbie	116
72	Janet	116
72	Ruth	116
75	Dianne	115
75	Lynda	115
77	Clara	114
77	Louise	114
79	Rosie	110
80	Lois	109
81	Bettye	107
82	Christine	103
83	Bernice	102
84	Bertha	101
84	Marie	101
86	Ella	99
87	Jean	97
87	Jeanette	97
89	Carrie	92
89	Margie	92
91	Bessie	91
91	Bonnie	91
91	Sue	91
94	Gail	90
95	Hazel	89
95	Katherine	89
97	Eva	88
98	Rosa	87
99	Myra	86
100	Rose	85