Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Alabama, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,825
2	Annie	732
3	Ruby	458
4	Willie	427
5	Ruth	396
6	Margaret	384
7	Mildred	353
8	Louise	320
9	Mattie	294
10	Elizabeth	292
11	Lillie	275
12	Dorothy	271
13	Gladys	263
14	Frances	258
15	Ethel	252
16	Sarah	249
17	Helen	246
18	Bessie	241
19	Edna	218
20	Evelyn	216
20	Martha	216
22	Clara	215
23	Minnie	214
24	Jessie	209
25	Emma	207
26	Marie	201
27	Virginia	196
28	Lucille	191
29	Lillian	190
30	Fannie	187
31	Lois	180
32	Nellie	170
32	Pauline	170
34	Carrie	169
35	Bertha	165
36	Thelma	163
37	Hazel	162
38	Alice	158
39	Ida	152
40	Grace	146
41	Irene	145
42	Beatrice	144
43	Alma	141
44	Ella	140
44	Myrtle	140
46	Lula	136
47	Hattie	132
47	Mamie	132
49	Gertrude	131
50	Inez	130

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,698
2	John	1,132
3	William	1,118
4	Robert	813
5	Willie	688
6	George	511
7	Charles	375
8	Henry	355
9	Thomas	338
10	Joseph	271
11	Frank	264
12	Walter	254
13	Charlie	240
14	Joe	234
15	Edward	228
16	Fred	192
17	Arthur	183
18	Clarence	168
19	Jessie	150
20	Samuel	148
21	David	143
21	Johnnie	143
23	Jack	142
24	Roy	138
25	Albert	137
26	Richard	136
27	Paul	128
28	Howard	125
29	Ernest	123
29	Jesse	123
31	Ralph	115
32	Eddie	114
33	Carl	111
34	Cecil	106
34	Woodrow	106
36	Sam	103
37	Jimmie	102
38	Earl	101
38	Louis	101
40	Lewis	99
41	Eugene	98
42	Raymond	97
43	Andrew	96
43	Grady	96
45	Oscar	95
46	Clyde	89
46	Leon	89
48	Luther	86
48	Marvin	86
50	Harry	85