Alabama · 1950

Top 100 names in Alabama, 1950, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,842
#2	Linda	1,694
#3	Brenda	1,094
#4	Patricia	1,070
#5	Barbara	946
#6	Sandra	722
#7	Betty	654
#8	Shirley	630
#9	Carolyn	570
#10	Deborah	566
#11	Judy	547
#12	Annie	514
#13	Martha	500
#14	Dorothy	496
#15	Janice	476
#16	Gloria	398
#17	Wanda	397
#18	Margaret	394
#19	Nancy	365
#20	Elizabeth	345
#21	Joyce	343
#22	Sharon	341
#23	Susan	340
#24	Rebecca	338
#25	Carol	299
#26	Peggy	292
#27	Glenda	283
#28	Donna	271
#29	Sarah	249
#30	Cynthia	246
#31	Doris	233
#32	Charlotte	225
#33	Diane	212
#34	Helen	211
#35	Virginia	209
#36	Kathy	206
#37	Beverly	196
#38	Frances	193
#39	Janet	190
#40	Sherry	188
#41	Jo	188
#42	Sheila	187
#43	Alice	180
#44	Gwendolyn	176
#45	Willie	176
#46	Karen	166
#47	Pamela	162
#48	Phyllis	159
#49	Patsy	159
#50	Judith	156
#51	Ruby	155
#52	Jacqueline	153
#53	Evelyn	152
#54	Rita	151
#55	Connie	142
#56	Marilyn	138
#57	Geraldine	138
#58	Catherine	137
#59	Bonnie	129
#60	Lillie	129
#61	Joan	128
#62	Mattie	127
#63	Emma	126
#64	Ann	124
#65	Laura	123
#66	Juanita	122
#67	Cheryl	121
#68	Cathy	120
#69	Julia	117
#70	Debra	114
#71	Christine	114
#72	Ethel	112
#73	Jane	112
#74	Rosie	111
#75	Paula	109
#76	Edna	107
#77	Sara	106
#78	Bobbie	104
#79	Teresa	103
#80	Mildred	102
#81	Anita	102
#82	Rose	100
#83	Johnnie	100
#84	Dianne	99
#85	Minnie	97
#86	Ruth	94
#87	Bertha	92
#88	Yvonne	91
#89	Vivian	90
#90	Bernice	89
#91	Clara	89
#92	Shelia	87
#93	Carrie	87
#94	Rhonda	86
#95	Sylvia	86
#96	Georgia	86
#97	Ella	85
#98	Marie	84
#99	Elaine	83
#100	Lynda	82

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
Charlie	21	6	1
Delois	42	11	1
Unknown	82	22	3
Annie	514	140	19
Jimmie	42	11	2
Bettye	67	18	3
Mattie	127	34	5
Ola	29	8	1
Willie	176	48	8
Fannie	65	18	3
Johnnie	100	27	5
Eula	34	9	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.