Popular baby names in Alabama, 1951

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1951 were Mary for girls (1,708 babies) and James for boys (2,526). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 75,222 babies born in Alabama in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1951

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

Girls

Charlie: 19 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Unknown: 99 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Bettye: 78 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Willie: 189 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Annie: 446 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Delois: 39 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Fannie: 61 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Mattie: 105 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Leola: 29 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ola: 25 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Boys

Ezzard: 20 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Unknown: 75 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Roosevelt: 73 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Willie: 868 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Donny: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Charlie: 183 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Grady: 51 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Earnest: 85 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tommie: 64 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Will: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Mary	1,708	–	2
2	Linda	1,511	–	1
3	Patricia	1,096	↑1	3
4	Brenda	1,051	↓1	14
5	Deborah	898	↑5	4
6	Barbara	793	↓1	5
7	Betty	616	–	29
8	Sandra	609	↓2	9
9	Carolyn	591	–	22
10	Judy	583	↑1	26
11	Shirley	559	↓3	27
12	Janice	517	↑3	21
13	Donna	491	↑15	12
14	Dorothy	467	–	42
15	Martha	460	↓2	38
16	Annie	446	↓4	>100
17	Wanda	403	–	52
18	Gloria	394	↓2	31
19	Margaret	381	↓1	17
20	Carol	345	↑5	11
21	Elizabeth	345	↓1	23
22	Nancy	341	↓3	7
23	Rebecca	335	↑1	32
24	Sharon	335	↓2	13
25	Susan	320	↓2	6
26	Joyce	301	↓5	28
27	Peggy	283	↓1	40
28	Kathy	270	↑8	35
29	Glenda	266	↓2	89
30	Cynthia	257	–	20
31	Beverly	238	↑6	33
32	Debra	237	new	18
33	Charlotte	236	↓1	84
34	Pamela	236	↑13	16
35	Diane	226	↓2	15
36	Karen	224	↑10	8
37	Doris	216	↓6	80
38	Virginia	200	↓3	47
39	Sarah	195	↓10	91
40	Helen	193	↓6	54
41	Jo	192	↓1	67
42	Willie	189	↑3	>100
43	Sheila	188	↓1	69
44	Alice	179	↓1	62
45	Connie	177	new	44
46	Catherine	176	new	34
47	Sherry	174	↓6	70
48	Gwendolyn	173	↓4	>100
49	Frances	168	↓11	59
50	Jacqueline	157	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	2,526	–	1
2	Robert	1,443	–	2
3	John	1,385	–	3
4	William	1,370	–	6
5	Charles	1,192	–	9
6	Larry	1,144	–	11
7	Michael	930	↑2	4
8	David	892	–	5
9	Willie	868	↓2	45
10	Thomas	674	↑1	8
11	Jerry	659	↓1	24
12	Donald	613	↑1	15
13	Richard	586	↑2	7
14	Ronald	571	↓2	12
15	Johnny	522	↑2	50
16	Kenneth	511	↑2	16
17	George	464	↓3	22
18	Gary	445	↑1	10
19	Jimmy	438	↓3	62
20	Joseph	437	↑3	14
21	Billy	396	↓1	64
22	Bobby	377	↓1	77
23	Edward	376	↓1	23
24	Terry	334	↑4	30
25	Henry	333	↓1	47
26	Roger	316	↑4	29
27	Eddie	308	↓2	89
28	Danny	306	↓1	41
29	Joe	283	↓3	57
30	Tommy	270	↑5	94
31	Walter	269	↓2	42
32	Paul	265	↑1	18
33	Samuel	258	↓1	67
34	Roy	242	↓3	52
35	Frank	231	↑3	31
36	Ronnie	230	↑6	82
37	Stephen	220	–	19
38	Arthur	203	↓2	44
39	Dennis	202	↑5	17
40	Steven	201	↑9	13
41	Harold	197	↓7	46
42	Daniel	188	↓1	21
43	Charlie	183	↑3	>100
44	Douglas	173	↑4	27
45	Raymond	171	↑2	32
46	Carl	170	↓3	43
47	Phillip	168	↓8	79
48	Clarence	163	↓8	98
49	Gregory	162	new	25
50	Ralph	154	new	51

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