Popular baby names in Alabama, 1952

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1952 were Mary for girls (1,717 babies) and James for boys (2,391). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 75,676 babies born in Alabama in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1952

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: 96 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Eddie: 25 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Bettye: 59 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Annie: 394 babies, 7× the national rate
Mattie: 106 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Delois: 36 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Willie: 151 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lula: 60 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ola: 25 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Johnnie: 82 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 81 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Willie: 879 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tommie: 69 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Wiley: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Roosevelt: 68 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Elijah: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Will: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lamar: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jessie: 108 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Earnest: 84 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	1,717	–	2
2	Linda	1,393	–	1
3	Patricia	1,095	–	3
4	Deborah	1,035	↑1	4
5	Brenda	1,030	↓1	15
6	Barbara	777	–	6
7	Shirley	601	↑4	28
8	Sandra	599	–	10
9	Betty	552	↓2	32
10	Carolyn	495	↓1	24
11	Janice	491	↑1	23
12	Debra	487	↑20	9
13	Donna	472	–	13
14	Judy	461	↓4	26
15	Martha	423	–	40
16	Nancy	421	↑6	7
17	Dorothy	413	↓3	46
18	Susan	402	↑7	5
19	Wanda	398	↓2	54
20	Annie	394	↓4	>100
21	Gloria	388	↓3	36
22	Kathy	383	↑6	29
23	Rebecca	375	–	30
24	Margaret	369	↓5	21
25	Elizabeth	354	↓4	22
26	Sharon	341	↓2	14
27	Cynthia	307	↑3	18
28	Pamela	291	↑6	17
29	Joyce	279	↓3	27
30	Carol	274	↓10	12
31	Peggy	274	↓4	43
32	Karen	254	↑4	8
33	Doris	238	↑4	83
34	Charlotte	234	↓1	89
35	Diane	231	–	16
36	Glenda	228	↓7	97
37	Beverly	223	↓6	35
38	Jo	223	↑3	55
39	Janet	222	new	19
40	Sarah	206	↓1	93
41	Sherry	204	↑6	68
42	Cathy	201	new	56
43	Virginia	195	↓5	49
44	Sheila	192	↓1	64
45	Marilyn	186	new	38
46	Alice	183	↓2	69
47	Catherine	182	↓1	34
48	Connie	181	↓3	44
49	Teresa	179	new	52
50	Gwendolyn	173	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	2,391	–	1
2	John	1,410	↑1	3
3	William	1,394	↑1	6
4	Robert	1,336	↓2	2
5	Charles	1,199	–	9
6	David	1,060	↑2	5
7	Michael	1,013	–	4
8	Larry	1,008	↓2	14
9	Willie	879	–	48
10	Thomas	706	–	8
11	Richard	668	↑2	7
12	Jerry	636	↓1	26
13	Donald	565	↓1	13
14	Ronald	541	–	15
15	Kenneth	524	↑1	16
16	Gary	497	↑2	10
17	Johnny	480	↓2	53
18	Jimmy	465	↑1	72
19	George	455	↓2	22
20	Joseph	452	–	12
21	Billy	392	–	65
22	Edward	366	↑1	23
23	Bobby	357	↓1	77
24	Terry	355	–	29
25	Danny	342	↑3	40
26	Eddie	313	↑1	93
27	Roger	301	↓1	30
28	Henry	300	↓3	50
29	Paul	278	↑3	19
30	Joe	272	↓1	62
31	Steven	264	↑9	11
32	Walter	244	↓1	44
33	Ronnie	236	↑3	82
34	Tommy	232	↓4	97
35	Phillip	224	↑12	74
36	Samuel	222	↓3	67
37	Stephen	216	–	21
38	Frank	211	↓3	32
39	Roy	208	↓5	55
40	Carl	203	↑6	45
41	Dennis	202	↓2	18
42	Harold	199	↓1	51
43	Arthur	198	↓5	47
44	Randy	192	new	41
45	Daniel	182	↓3	20
46	Anthony	179	new	34
47	Gregory	173	↑2	24
48	Curtis	168	new	86
49	Charlie	159	↓6	>100
50	Timothy	159	new	27

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