Popular baby names in Alabama, 1947

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1947 were Mary for girls (2,115 babies) and James for boys (3,038). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 79,240 babies born in Alabama in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1947

Names given at least 15 times in Alabama that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Syble: 22 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Charlie: 21 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Earnestine: 70 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Annie: 562 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 146 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Mattie: 161 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Bettye: 107 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Willie: 235 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lizzie: 37 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Freddie: 31 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Rayford: 24 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Anderson: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Travis: 58 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Willie: 1,048 babies, 6× the national rate
Will: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ollie: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kennith: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Percy: 47 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tommie: 73 babies, 5× the national rate
Roosevelt: 60 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Mary	2,115	–	2
2	Linda	2,059	–	1
3	Patricia	1,211	↑2	3
4	Barbara	1,149	↓1	4
5	Betty	960	↓1	17
6	Brenda	869	↑2	21
7	Carolyn	786	↓1	15
8	Sandra	741	↑1	5
9	Shirley	726	↓2	19
10	Judy	700	↑1	14
11	Dorothy	689	↓1	26
12	Martha	606	–	32
13	Annie	562	–	>100
14	Janice	450	↑1	22
15	Margaret	428	↓1	16
16	Peggy	420	–	42
17	Gloria	410	↑5	27
18	Elizabeth	395	↑2	25
19	Nancy	385	–	7
20	Glenda	351	↑1	96
21	Joyce	351	↓4	20
22	Doris	331	↑3	58
23	Carol	329	↓5	6
24	Sarah	305	↓1	93
25	Wanda	305	↑1	66
26	Helen	284	↓2	38
27	Rebecca	276	↑10	52
28	Virginia	271	–	34
29	Frances	261	↓2	39
30	Alice	260	↑1	47
31	Sharon	252	↓1	9
32	Ruby	245	–	>100
33	Willie	235	↓4	>100
34	Judith	228	↑5	12
35	Jo	227	–	51
36	Patsy	223	↓2	87
37	Donna	219	↓1	10
38	Charlotte	218	↓5	68
39	Susan	204	↓1	8
40	Evelyn	197	↑7	72
41	Catherine	177	↑3	46
42	Ethel	173	new	>100
43	Diane	170	new	18
44	Beverly	168	↑2	31
45	Marilyn	166	new	29
46	Jacqueline	165	new	59
47	Joan	165	↓5	30
48	Geraldine	164	↓8	78
49	Julia	162	↓4	>100
50	Sherry	162	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	3,038	–	1
2	John	1,669	–	3
3	William	1,640	–	4
4	Robert	1,580	–	2
5	Charles	1,221	–	9
6	Larry	1,120	↑1	10
7	Willie	1,048	↓1	42
8	Jerry	887	–	20
9	Thomas	788	↑1	8
10	David	752	↓1	6
11	Jimmy	658	–	44
12	Richard	587	↑1	5
13	George	581	↓1	16
14	Donald	579	↑1	13
15	Ronald	572	↑3	11
16	Johnny	531	–	49
17	Billy	527	↓3	51
18	Bobby	516	↓1	60
19	Michael	510	↑7	7
20	Kenneth	500	–	15
21	Joseph	424	↓2	14
22	Edward	414	↑2	19
23	Joe	397	↓2	43
24	Henry	354	↓2	46
25	Gary	315	↓2	12
26	Walter	315	↓1	34
27	Eddie	296	↑4	80
28	Roy	292	–	48
29	Roger	287	↓2	25
30	Harold	269	–	35
31	Paul	261	↓2	18
32	Frank	256	↑2	23
33	Tommy	256	↑2	79
34	Terry	245	↑2	26
35	Samuel	243	↓3	72
36	Arthur	232	↓3	38
37	Ronnie	219	↑4	61
38	Danny	218	↑1	39
39	Jimmie	208	↓2	>100
40	Raymond	205	↑7	27
41	Charlie	203	↓3	>100
42	Clarence	195	↓2	88
43	Gerald	176	↑2	28
44	Wayne	172	↓2	30
45	Dennis	169	new	17
46	Albert	167	↓3	55
47	Howard	162	↑3	62
48	Carl	154	↓4	40
49	Fred	153	–	56
50	Daniel	151	new	22

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