Alabama · 1949

Top 100 names in Alabama, 1949, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,974
#2	Linda	1,974
#3	Patricia	1,090
#4	Brenda	1,078
#5	Barbara	1,052
#6	Betty	699
#7	Shirley	698
#8	Sandra	691
#9	Carolyn	684
#10	Judy	585
#11	Martha	577
#12	Dorothy	512
#13	Janice	501
#14	Annie	493
#15	Gloria	434
#16	Margaret	427
#17	Elizabeth	365
#18	Peggy	365
#19	Nancy	359
#20	Rebecca	343
#21	Deborah	338
#22	Sharon	337
#23	Susan	334
#24	Joyce	332
#25	Wanda	325
#26	Carol	291
#27	Doris	284
#28	Glenda	282
#29	Donna	277
#30	Sarah	268
#31	Charlotte	228
#32	Alice	217
#33	Helen	214
#34	Patsy	210
#35	Willie	209
#36	Virginia	206
#37	Frances	205
#38	Cynthia	196
#39	Jo	196
#40	Gwendolyn	181
#41	Kathy	177
#42	Diane	172
#43	Beverly	171
#44	Catherine	170
#45	Sherry	169
#46	Judith	167
#47	Ruby	164
#48	Evelyn	158
#49	Emma	155
#50	Jacqueline	152
#51	Connie	151
#52	Julia	146
#53	Bonnie	144
#54	Joan	144
#55	Phyllis	142
#56	Pamela	136
#57	Marilyn	133
#58	Mattie	132
#59	Janet	131
#60	Rita	129
#61	Juanita	128
#62	Sheila	128
#63	Jane	127
#64	Ethel	126
#65	Mildred	126
#66	Lillie	125
#67	Ann	123
#68	Laura	118
#69	Geraldine	117
#70	Paula	114
#71	Karen	113
#72	Edna	113
#73	Rosie	113
#74	Bobbie	113
#75	Minnie	113
#76	Cheryl	112
#77	Dianne	110
#78	Sara	108
#79	Teresa	102
#80	Cathy	100
#81	Johnnie	100
#82	Sylvia	99
#83	Ella	96
#84	Bessie	96
#85	Clara	93
#86	Ruth	93
#87	Christine	92
#88	Marie	91
#89	Katherine	91
#90	Bertha	90
#91	Georgia	87
#92	Myra	87
#93	Lois	86
#94	Elaine	85
#95	Ida	85
#96	Lynda	84
#97	Bernice	84
#98	Rose	84
#99	Jean	82
#100	Louise	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
Unknown	79	21	3
Ola	35	9	1
Annie	493	132	20
Willie	209	56	9
Mattie	132	35	6
Bettye	79	21	4
Earnestine	54	14	2
Leola	30	8	1
Pearlie	41	11	2
Tommie	35	9	2
Essie	41	11	2
Fannie	67	18	3

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.