Alabama · 1944

Top 100 names in Alabama, 1944, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,080
#2	Linda	1,171
#3	Barbara	987
#4	Betty	965
#5	Patricia	756
#6	Carolyn	659
#7	Dorothy	656
#8	Shirley	626
#9	Martha	618
#10	Annie	567
#11	Sandra	500
#12	Brenda	450
#13	Judy	394
#14	Margaret	377
#15	Elizabeth	351
#16	Peggy	341
#17	Nancy	316
#18	Joyce	313
#19	Doris	313
#20	Sarah	295
#21	Willie	284
#22	Carol	283
#23	Glenda	271
#24	Gloria	268
#25	Janice	262
#26	Helen	258
#27	Frances	242
#28	Virginia	235
#29	Alice	226
#30	Ruby	213
#31	Charlotte	205
#32	Judith	202
#33	Rebecca	183
#34	Mildred	174
#35	Wanda	162
#36	Ann	157
#37	Evelyn	156
#38	Patsy	154
#39	Mattie	154
#40	Emma	154
#41	Jo	153
#42	Lillie	150
#43	Geraldine	147
#44	Johnnie	145
#45	Juanita	144
#46	Louise	140
#47	Bobbie	139
#48	Edna	136
#49	Bertha	135
#50	Joan	132
#51	Catherine	128
#52	Julia	126
#53	Bessie	124
#54	Minnie	123
#55	Bonnie	122
#56	Jean	119
#57	Sara	119
#58	Jane	118
#59	Sharon	118
#60	Ethel	118
#61	Ruth	115
#62	Donna	113
#63	Bettye	108
#64	Clara	108
#65	Marie	106
#66	Bernice	104
#67	Lois	102
#68	Sue	99
#69	Marilyn	99
#70	Beverly	97
#71	Georgia	96
#72	Jeanette	95
#73	Rosie	94
#74	Gwendolyn	93
#75	Carrie	93
#76	Sylvia	91
#77	Christine	91
#78	Ella	90
#79	Rosa	90
#80	Gladys	90
#81	Jacqueline	90
#82	Margie	89
#83	Nellie	89
#84	Ida	88
#85	Janet	88
#86	Phyllis	88
#87	Cheryl	88
#88	Lynda	87
#89	Diane	87
#90	Laura	86
#91	Susan	82
#92	Hazel	81
#93	Norma	80
#94	Billie	79
#95	Fannie	79
#96	Jessie	79
#97	Faye	79
#98	Sherry	78
#99	Lula	78
#100	Josephine	76

Uniquely popular in Alabama

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Annie	567	176	28
Bettye	108	34	5
Willie	284	88	14
Callie	26	8	1
Eddie	38	12	2
Jewel	50	16	3
Elouise	23	7	1
Ola	40	12	2
Johnnie	145	45	8
Mattie	154	48	9
Shelby	46	14	3
Fannie	79	25	5

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.