Alabama · 1946

Top 100 names in Alabama, 1946, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,106
#2	Linda	1,427
#3	Barbara	1,047
#4	Betty	1,045
#5	Patricia	958
#6	Carolyn	738
#7	Shirley	688
#8	Brenda	671
#9	Sandra	646
#10	Dorothy	636
#11	Judy	583
#12	Martha	578
#13	Annie	525
#14	Margaret	427
#15	Janice	398
#16	Peggy	374
#17	Joyce	353
#18	Carol	352
#19	Nancy	350
#20	Elizabeth	347
#21	Glenda	341
#22	Gloria	333
#23	Sarah	322
#24	Helen	307
#25	Doris	304
#26	Wanda	252
#27	Frances	243
#28	Virginia	239
#29	Willie	235
#30	Sharon	232
#31	Alice	230
#32	Ruby	229
#33	Charlotte	200
#34	Patsy	196
#35	Jo	195
#36	Donna	190
#37	Rebecca	184
#38	Susan	184
#39	Judith	181
#40	Geraldine	177
#41	Mattie	174
#42	Joan	159
#43	Juanita	158
#44	Catherine	151
#45	Julia	142
#46	Evelyn	141
#47	Beverly	141
#48	Ann	136
#49	Jane	135
#50	Ethel	134
#51	Emma	134
#52	Rosie	133
#53	Sherry	132
#54	Laura	131
#55	Marilyn	129
#56	Jacqueline	129
#57	Gwendolyn	126
#58	Lillie	126
#59	Bobbie	125
#60	Edna	125
#61	Mildred	125
#62	Louise	120
#63	Sylvia	120
#64	Marie	119
#65	Johnnie	118
#66	Lynda	118
#67	Sara	115
#68	Cheryl	112
#69	Bonnie	111
#70	Lula	109
#71	Bertha	109
#72	Ruth	108
#73	Jean	108
#74	Diane	106
#75	Bettye	105
#76	Phyllis	104
#77	Norma	103
#78	Carrie	100
#79	Sue	100
#80	Clara	99
#81	Jessie	98
#82	Connie	97
#83	Georgia	97
#84	Minnie	97
#85	Christine	93
#86	Sheila	93
#87	Bessie	92
#88	Ella	90
#89	Lois	90
#90	Janet	89
#91	Ida	88
#92	Anita	88
#93	Elaine	88
#94	Anna	88
#95	Jeanette	85
#96	Vivian	85
#97	Cynthia	84
#98	Dianne	82
#99	Eva	81
#100	Katherine	81

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
Voncile	24	7	0
Jimmie	62	18	2
Lula	109	31	4
Mattie	174	49	7
Bettye	105	30	4
Annie	525	148	23
Pearlie	46	13	2
Willie	235	66	11
Robbie	39	11	2
Earnestine	56	16	3
Johnnie	118	33	6
Delois	35	10	2

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.