Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Alabama, 1931

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,272
2	Betty	1,313
3	Dorothy	787
4	Annie	756
5	Doris	463
6	Martha	418
7	Willie	415
8	Margaret	406
9	Helen	394
10	Ruby	390
11	Mildred	352
12	Frances	331
13	Elizabeth	307
14	Sarah	305
15	Louise	299
16	Ruth	285
17	Virginia	269
18	Mattie	255
19	Evelyn	249
20	Barbara	239
21	Lillie	231
22	Joyce	224
23	Clara	217
23	Emma	217
25	Edna	211
26	Peggy	200
27	Alice	190
28	Hazel	183
28	Sara	183
30	Lois	178
31	Ethel	177
32	Marie	175
33	Juanita	174
34	Gladys	172
35	Minnie	170
36	Jean	165
37	Nellie	164
38	Bessie	163
39	Billie	161
40	Bernice	159
41	Bobbie	158
42	Jessie	156
43	Thelma	149
44	Ella	148
45	Catherine	146
46	Bertha	144
46	Carolyn	144
48	Christine	136
49	Fannie	128
50	Carrie	126

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,247
2	William	1,265
3	John	1,090
4	Robert	1,076
5	Charles	942
6	Willie	876
7	Billy	592
8	Thomas	476
9	George	471
10	Edward	324
11	Joe	318
12	Henry	308
13	Joseph	289
14	Bobby	286
15	David	272
16	Jack	271
17	Walter	249
18	Richard	245
19	Harold	234
20	Frank	218
21	Charlie	214
22	Fred	197
23	Donald	193
24	Clarence	189
24	Roy	189
26	Eugene	186
27	Arthur	180
28	Jimmie	179
29	Eddie	177
30	Albert	171
31	Johnnie	168
32	Samuel	163
33	Paul	161
34	Howard	149
35	Jessie	148
36	Ralph	142
37	Herbert	141
38	Kenneth	135
39	Carl	133
40	Earl	132
41	Raymond	123
42	Curtis	119
43	Ernest	114
44	Johnny	110
45	Jesse	109
45	Ray	109
47	Marvin	106
48	Jerry	105
49	Leon	102
50	Lee	99