Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Alabama, 1929

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,342
2	Betty	907
3	Annie	893
4	Dorothy	862
5	Margaret	496
6	Willie	479
7	Helen	437
8	Doris	434
9	Mildred	415
10	Ruby	395
11	Martha	392
12	Frances	374
13	Louise	338
14	Ruth	335
15	Sarah	324
16	Virginia	293
17	Elizabeth	289
18	Evelyn	286
19	Edna	285
20	Mattie	275
21	Lillie	248
22	Ethel	231
23	Gladys	221
23	Minnie	221
25	Emma	219
25	Lois	219
27	Clara	217
28	Hazel	198
29	Juanita	197
30	Alice	195
31	Joyce	189
32	Bernice	183
33	Bessie	180
34	Marie	175
35	Lula	172
36	Jessie	171
37	Barbara	169
38	Catherine	166
39	Bertha	164
40	Thelma	159
41	Sara	157
42	Rosie	153
43	Lillian	148
44	Jean	142
44	Nellie	142
46	Christine	141
47	Vera	140
48	Johnnie	138
49	Julia	134
50	Carrie	130

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,436
2	William	1,355
3	John	1,278
4	Robert	1,119
5	Willie	990
6	Charles	816
7	George	559
8	Thomas	495
9	Billy	432
10	Henry	364
11	Joe	320
12	Edward	317
13	Joseph	312
14	Jack	303
15	Frank	277
16	David	274
17	Walter	261
18	Herbert	248
19	Richard	245
20	Charlie	234
21	Clarence	229
22	Roy	201
23	Arthur	197
24	Eddie	192
24	Harold	192
26	Paul	187
27	Eugene	180
28	Fred	179
29	Albert	168
30	Samuel	166
31	Howard	163
31	Johnnie	163
33	Carl	160
34	Ralph	156
35	Bobby	154
35	Jessie	154
37	Donald	151
38	Jimmie	143
39	Earl	138
40	Raymond	129
41	Ernest	128
42	Curtis	120
43	Hubert	115
44	Sam	114
45	Andrew	112
46	Herman	111
47	Jesse	109
47	Melvin	109
49	Marvin	106
50	Cecil	105