Alabama · 1957

Top 100 names in Alabama, 1957, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,224
#2	Linda	889
#3	Debra	849
#4	Deborah	848
#5	Brenda	819
#6	Cynthia	805
#7	Patricia	777
#8	Donna	638
#9	Sharon	613
#10	Kathy	577
#11	Susan	543
#12	Sandra	534
#13	Karen	531
#14	Pamela	514
#15	Barbara	505
#16	Teresa	496
#17	Wanda	440
#18	Janice	377
#19	Shirley	363
#20	Carolyn	347
#21	Cathy	327
#22	Betty	315
#23	Gloria	299
#24	Sheila	297
#25	Rebecca	295
#26	Cheryl	294
#27	Carol	293
#28	Debbie	293
#29	Dorothy	289
#30	Nancy	287
#31	Judy	280
#32	Rhonda	275
#33	Elizabeth	268
#34	Martha	255
#35	Beverly	254
#36	Sherry	252
#37	Connie	234
#38	Janet	229
#39	Vickie	222
#40	Annie	221
#41	Lisa	220
#42	Shelia	215
#43	Cindy	205
#44	Rita	201
#45	Margaret	201
#46	Angela	200
#47	Diane	193
#48	Vicki	182
#49	Anita	177
#50	Virginia	168
#51	Phyllis	166
#52	Gwendolyn	165
#53	Joyce	164
#54	Glenda	164
#55	Paula	162
#56	Jo	161
#57	Theresa	159
#58	Marilyn	158
#59	Charlotte	157
#60	Jacqueline	151
#61	Peggy	149
#62	Laura	149
#63	Catherine	139
#64	Robin	138
#65	Doris	134
#66	Darlene	130
#67	Denise	128
#68	Regina	127
#69	Julia	118
#70	Jennifer	116
#71	Belinda	114
#72	Annette	113
#73	Terri	110
#74	Rose	108
#75	Kathryn	107
#76	Sarah	106
#77	Christine	104
#78	Frances	101
#79	Sylvia	100
#80	Alice	99
#81	Evelyn	97
#82	Katherine	96
#83	Vanessa	94
#84	Bonnie	93
#85	Ann	92
#86	Helen	92
#87	Loretta	90
#88	Patsy	89
#89	Jane	89
#90	Tina	87
#91	Melissa	87
#92	Willie	87
#93	Dianne	84
#94	Julie	84
#95	Ruby	83
#96	Kim	81
#97	Emma	80
#98	Vivian	79
#99	Bobbie	78
#100	Becky	78

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
Pearlie	23	6	1
Earnestine	35	10	1
Delois	31	8	1
Annie	221	60	9
Mattie	61	17	3
Willie	87	24	4
Shelia	215	59	10
Fannie	30	8	1
Johnnie	51	14	3
Hattie	32	9	2
Bessie	43	12	2
Unknown	29	8	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.