Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,075
2	Linda	2,046
3	Barbara	1,093
4	Patricia	1,058
5	Brenda	1,005
6	Betty	796
7	Shirley	710
8	Carolyn	685
9	Sandra	649
10	Judy	644
11	Dorothy	611
12	Martha	541
13	Annie	538
14	Janice	460
15	Margaret	436
16	Gloria	406
17	Peggy	393
18	Elizabeth	365
19	Joyce	342
19	Nancy	342
21	Carol	322
22	Glenda	315
23	Doris	299
24	Wanda	280
25	Sarah	278

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donna	268
27	Susan	264
28	Rebecca	254
29	Sharon	251
30	Frances	233
30	Virginia	233
32	Ruby	232
33	Alice	227
34	Charlotte	224
35	Willie	222
36	Jo	211
37	Deborah	207
38	Patsy	203
39	Beverly	191
39	Helen	191
41	Sherry	188
42	Emma	168
43	Geraldine	160
44	Catherine	157
44	Cynthia	157
46	Gwendolyn	155
46	Judith	155
48	Mildred	154
49	Cheryl	151
50	Ann	149
51	Ethel	147
52	Mattie	144
53	Lillie	142
54	Connie	141
55	Evelyn	140
55	Juanita	140
57	Julia	136
58	Bobbie	134
58	Bonnie	134
58	Diane	134
58	Joan	134
62	Phyllis	130
63	Janet	129
64	Jacqueline	128
64	Jane	128
66	Marilyn	124
67	Edna	123
68	Lynda	121
69	Sheila	120
70	Sara	119
71	Rosie	116
72	Karen	113
73	Carrie	111
73	Johnnie	111
75	Pamela	110
75	Rita	110
77	Bessie	109
78	Bertha	108
78	Jean	108
78	Paula	108
81	Rose	107
82	Christine	106
82	Louise	106
84	Dianne	104
85	Laura	103
86	Marie	101
87	Ella	99
87	Ruth	99
89	Hattie	98
89	Minnie	98
89	Myra	98
92	Sue	97
93	Georgia	96
94	Sylvia	95
95	Bernice	91
96	Clara	89
97	Bettye	87
98	Lois	86
98	Margie	86
98	Thelma	86