Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,974
1	Mary	1,974
3	Patricia	1,090
4	Brenda	1,078
5	Barbara	1,052
6	Betty	699
7	Shirley	698
8	Sandra	691
9	Carolyn	684
10	Judy	585
11	Martha	577
12	Dorothy	512
13	Janice	501
14	Annie	493
15	Gloria	434
16	Margaret	427
17	Elizabeth	365
17	Peggy	365
19	Nancy	359
20	Rebecca	343
21	Deborah	338
22	Sharon	337
23	Susan	334
24	Joyce	332
25	Wanda	325

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carol	291
27	Doris	284
28	Glenda	282
29	Donna	277
30	Sarah	268
31	Charlotte	228
32	Alice	217
33	Helen	214
34	Patsy	210
35	Willie	209
36	Virginia	206
37	Frances	205
38	Cynthia	196
38	Jo	196
40	Gwendolyn	181
41	Kathy	177
42	Diane	172
43	Beverly	171
44	Catherine	170
45	Sherry	169
46	Judith	167
47	Ruby	164
48	Evelyn	158
49	Emma	155
50	Jacqueline	152
51	Connie	151
52	Julia	146
53	Bonnie	144
53	Joan	144
55	Phyllis	142
56	Pamela	136
57	Marilyn	133
58	Mattie	132
59	Janet	131
60	Rita	129
61	Juanita	128
61	Sheila	128
63	Jane	127
64	Ethel	126
64	Mildred	126
66	Lillie	125
67	Ann	123
68	Laura	118
69	Geraldine	117
70	Paula	114
71	Bobbie	113
71	Edna	113
71	Karen	113
71	Minnie	113
71	Rosie	113
76	Cheryl	112
77	Dianne	110
78	Sara	108
79	Teresa	102
80	Cathy	100
80	Johnnie	100
82	Sylvia	99
83	Bessie	96
83	Ella	96
85	Clara	93
85	Ruth	93
87	Christine	92
88	Katherine	91
88	Marie	91
90	Bertha	90
91	Georgia	87
91	Myra	87
93	Lois	86
94	Elaine	85
94	Ida	85
96	Bernice	84
96	Lynda	84
96	Rose	84
99	Jean	82
100	Louise	81