Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Alabama, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,419
2	Annie	952
3	Dorothy	651
4	Willie	543
5	Margaret	516
6	Mildred	499
7	Ruby	478
8	Louise	444
9	Ruth	420
10	Helen	408
11	Frances	399
12	Mattie	369
13	Martha	341
14	Evelyn	337
15	Sarah	309
16	Elizabeth	307
17	Lillie	301
18	Doris	292
19	Gladys	271
19	Virginia	271
21	Emma	258
22	Edna	251
22	Ethel	251
24	Lois	248
25	Minnie	243
26	Clara	235
27	Lillian	225
28	Marie	223
29	Hazel	222
30	Bessie	220
31	Thelma	219
32	Lucille	199
33	Juanita	198
34	Alice	192
35	Lula	191
36	Catherine	189
37	Nellie	188
38	Jessie	184
38	Pauline	184
40	Fannie	183
41	Bertha	177
42	Carrie	176
43	Bernice	175
44	Sara	173
45	Ida	170
46	Irene	166
47	Betty	161
47	Ella	161
49	Hattie	157
50	Myrtle	153

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,455
2	William	1,337
3	John	1,316
4	Robert	1,014
5	Willie	823
6	Charles	609
7	George	571
8	Thomas	449
9	Henry	405
10	Joseph	355
11	Frank	336
12	Edward	319
13	Walter	280
14	Joe	278
15	Charlie	244
16	Fred	226
17	Jack	215
18	David	214
19	Albert	209
20	Clarence	201
21	Roy	199
22	Arthur	197
23	Howard	189
23	Richard	189
25	Samuel	188
26	Eddie	186
27	Johnnie	175
28	Paul	174
29	Ralph	145
30	Jessie	141
31	Eugene	140
32	Jimmie	136
33	Earl	133
33	Harold	133
35	Ernest	131
36	Carl	128
36	Louis	128
38	Jesse	125
39	Andrew	124
40	Raymond	123
41	Marvin	120
42	Calvin	112
43	Sam	111
44	Cecil	107
44	Luther	107
46	Curtis	102
46	Herman	102
46	Lee	102
49	Oscar	101
50	Clyde	100