Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Alabama, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,041
2	Annie	539
3	Willie	287
4	Ruby	269
5	Mattie	229
6	Ethel	212
7	Ruth	211
8	Lillie	199
9	Louise	191
10	Minnie	182
11	Bessie	175
12	Elizabeth	174
13	Gladys	168
14	Emma	160
15	Sarah	157
16	Margaret	155
17	Alice	150
18	Jessie	146
19	Lucille	144
20	Lillian	140
21	Fannie	139
22	Bertha	131
23	Mildred	130
24	Edna	129
25	Carrie	128
25	Helen	128
27	Ida	127
28	Martha	124
29	Hattie	123
30	Grace	121
31	Clara	116
31	Rosie	116
33	Mamie	114
34	Beatrice	113
34	Myrtle	113
36	Frances	111
36	Hazel	111
38	Lula	109
39	Vera	107
40	Marie	106
40	Thelma	106
42	Ella	105
42	Susie	105
44	Rosa	104
45	Nellie	101
46	Eva	100
47	Evelyn	99
48	Laura	98
49	Dorothy	96
49	Inez	96

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	784
2	John	602
3	William	589
4	Robert	406
5	Willie	376
6	George	309
7	Henry	234
8	Thomas	186
9	Charles	182
10	Frank	162
11	Joseph	156
12	Joe	140
13	Walter	139
14	Charlie	130
15	Woodrow	122
16	Arthur	108
17	Albert	103
18	Jack	102
19	Sam	100
20	Clarence	99
20	Edward	99
20	Fred	99
23	Richard	96
24	Roy	89
25	Jessie	86
25	Samuel	86
27	David	83
27	Johnnie	83
29	Ernest	80
30	Howard	77
31	Eddie	76
32	Paul	69
33	Andrew	62
34	Jimmie	60
35	Louis	59
36	Jim	56
37	Jesse	55
37	Raymond	55
39	Oscar	54
40	Eugene	52
40	Ralph	52
42	Lee	50
43	Cecil	49
44	Clyde	48
44	Earnest	48
44	Leroy	48
47	Tom	47
48	Harry	46
49	Earl	44
49	Will	44