Popular baby names in Alabama, 1949

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1949 were Linda for girls (1,974 babies) and James for boys (2,835). Social Security records list 76,235 babies born in Alabama in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1949

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

Girls

Unknown: 79 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ola: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Annie: 493 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Willie: 209 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Mattie: 132 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bettye: 79 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Earnestine: 54 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Essie: 41 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Pearlie: 41 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tommie: 35 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 46 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Connie: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Grover: 34 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Willie: 981 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tommie: 72 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Grady: 55 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Booker: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Roosevelt: 71 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lamar: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ollie: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	1,974	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,974	↓1	2
3	Patricia	1,090	↑1	3
4	Brenda	1,078	↑1	13
5	Barbara	1,052	↓2	4
6	Betty	699	–	22
7	Shirley	698	–	18
8	Sandra	691	↑1	6
9	Carolyn	684	↓1	17
10	Judy	585	–	20
11	Martha	577	↑1	34
12	Dorothy	512	↓1	32
13	Janice	501	↑1	24
14	Annie	493	↓1	>100
15	Gloria	434	↑1	29
16	Margaret	427	↓1	14
17	Elizabeth	365	↑1	25
18	Peggy	365	↓1	38
19	Nancy	359	↑1	7
20	Rebecca	343	↑8	40
21	Deborah	338	↑16	15
22	Sharon	337	↑7	10
23	Susan	334	↑4	5
24	Joyce	332	↓5	26
25	Wanda	325	↓1	56
26	Carol	291	↓5	8
27	Doris	284	↓4	69
28	Glenda	282	↓6	87
29	Donna	277	↓3	12
30	Sarah	268	↓5	84
31	Charlotte	228	↑3	71
32	Alice	217	↑1	53
33	Helen	214	↑7	46
34	Patsy	210	↑4	>100
35	Willie	209	–	>100
36	Virginia	206	↓5	39
37	Frances	205	↓7	49
38	Cynthia	196	↑7	27
39	Jo	196	↓3	60
40	Gwendolyn	181	↑6	>100
41	Kathy	177	new	42
42	Diane	172	new	19
43	Beverly	171	↓4	31
44	Catherine	170	–	37
45	Sherry	169	↓4	68
46	Judith	167	↑1	16
47	Ruby	164	↓15	>100
48	Evelyn	158	new	80
49	Emma	155	↓7	>100
50	Jacqueline	152	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	2,835	–	1
2	William	1,475	↑2	4
3	John	1,448	↓1	3
4	Robert	1,425	↓1	2
5	Charles	1,248	–	9
6	Larry	1,160	–	10
7	Willie	981	–	41
8	David	851	–	6
9	Jerry	804	–	23
10	Thomas	771	–	8
11	Michael	720	↑3	5
12	Ronald	608	–	11
13	George	568	–	18
14	Jimmy	566	↑1	53
15	Donald	559	↓4	13
16	Richard	527	–	7
17	Johnny	522	↑1	49
18	Billy	447	↓1	57
19	Joseph	438	↑1	14
20	Kenneth	416	↑1	15
21	Bobby	403	↓2	67
22	Gary	373	↑2	12
23	Joe	363	↑2	52
24	Eddie	330	↑2	80
25	Edward	327	↓2	21
26	Danny	318	↑8	40
27	Henry	308	↓5	46
28	Roger	298	–	25
29	Terry	278	↑2	28
30	Walter	269	↓3	37
31	Ronnie	261	↑4	65
32	Paul	252	↓2	17
33	Roy	251	–	51
34	Harold	250	↓5	42
35	Samuel	249	↑1	62
36	Tommy	249	↓4	84
37	Frank	228	–	27
38	Carl	214	↑6	43
39	Arthur	210	–	44
40	Stephen	207	new	19
41	Clarence	201	–	94
42	Albert	179	↑1	56
43	Daniel	179	new	22
44	Charlie	178	↓6	>100
45	Jimmie	178	↓5	>100
46	Phillip	160	new	66
47	Raymond	158	↓5	30
48	Eugene	149	–	58
49	Wayne	149	↓4	35
50	Curtis	148	↓1	97

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