Popular baby names in Alabama, 1948

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1948 were Mary for girls (2,075 babies) and James for boys (2,772). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 76,771 babies born in Alabama in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1948

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

Girls

Ola: 34 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Annie: 538 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Fannie: 81 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Bettye: 87 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Willie: 222 babies, 6× the national rate
Mattie: 144 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Delois: 42 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Hattie: 98 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Eddie: 33 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 111 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Booker: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tommie: 85 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Roosevelt: 77 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Unknown: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Willie: 1,002 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Grady: 52 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Donny: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lamar: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Will: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mack: 61 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Mary	2,075	–	2
2	Linda	2,046	–	1
3	Barbara	1,093	↑1	3
4	Patricia	1,058	↓1	4
5	Brenda	1,005	↑1	17
6	Betty	796	↓1	18
7	Shirley	710	↑2	20
8	Carolyn	685	↓1	14
9	Sandra	649	↓1	6
10	Judy	644	–	16
11	Dorothy	611	–	29
12	Martha	541	–	32
13	Annie	538	–	97
14	Janice	460	–	23
15	Margaret	436	–	13
16	Gloria	406	↑1	28
17	Peggy	393	↓1	38
18	Elizabeth	365	–	26
19	Joyce	342	↑2	21
20	Nancy	342	↓1	7
21	Carol	322	↑2	8
22	Glenda	315	↓2	92
23	Doris	299	↓1	64
24	Wanda	280	↑1	57
25	Sarah	278	↓1	85
26	Donna	268	↑11	11
27	Susan	264	↑12	5
28	Rebecca	254	↓1	50
29	Sharon	251	↑2	9
30	Frances	233	↓1	42
31	Virginia	233	↓3	36
32	Ruby	232	–	>100
33	Alice	227	↓3	49
34	Charlotte	224	↑4	69
35	Willie	222	↓2	>100
36	Jo	211	↓1	56
37	Deborah	207	new	30
38	Patsy	203	↓2	98
39	Beverly	191	↑5	31
40	Helen	191	↓14	40
41	Sherry	188	↑9	61
42	Emma	168	new	>100
43	Geraldine	160	↑5	83
44	Catherine	157	↓3	41
45	Cynthia	157	new	27
46	Gwendolyn	155	new	>100
47	Judith	155	↓13	15
48	Mildred	154	new	>100
49	Cheryl	151	new	25
50	Ann	149	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	2,772	–	1
2	John	1,568	–	3
3	Robert	1,540	↑1	2
4	William	1,536	↓1	4
5	Charles	1,190	–	9
6	Larry	1,175	–	11
7	Willie	1,002	–	40
8	David	827	↑2	5
9	Jerry	792	↓1	21
10	Thomas	701	↓1	8
11	Donald	618	↑3	14
12	Ronald	600	↑3	10
13	George	571	–	16
14	Michael	571	↑5	6
15	Jimmy	557	↓4	50
16	Richard	498	↓4	7
17	Billy	483	–	53
18	Johnny	476	↓2	52
19	Bobby	466	↓1	62
20	Joseph	461	↑1	13
21	Kenneth	452	↓1	15
22	Henry	374	↑2	45
23	Edward	367	↓1	19
24	Gary	365	↑1	12
25	Joe	358	↓2	47
26	Eddie	303	↑1	78
27	Walter	298	↓1	35
28	Roger	288	↑1	24
29	Harold	279	↑1	36
30	Paul	278	↑1	18
31	Terry	275	↑3	26
32	Tommy	258	↑1	79
33	Roy	250	↓5	49
34	Danny	243	↑4	39
35	Ronnie	237	↑2	59
36	Samuel	226	↓1	70
37	Frank	223	↓5	25
38	Charlie	206	↑3	>100
39	Arthur	205	↓3	44
40	Jimmie	205	↓1	>100
41	Clarence	202	↑1	87
42	Raymond	173	↓2	27
43	Albert	165	↑3	55
44	Carl	161	↑4	42
45	Wayne	159	↓1	34
46	Fred	158	↑3	66
47	Jesse	154	new	>100
48	Eugene	148	new	61
49	Curtis	147	new	>100
50	Douglas	147	new	33

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