Popular baby names in Alabama, 1953

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1953 were Mary for girls (1,500 babies) and James for boys (2,450). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 74,999 babies born in Alabama in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1953

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: 103 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Delois: 37 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Eddie: 25 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Ola: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Annie: 351 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Earnestine: 45 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Mattie: 100 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Bettye: 43 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Pearlie: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ora: 28 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 78 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lamar: 38 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Earnest: 90 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Roosevelt: 66 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Will: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Willie: 744 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Charlie: 152 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jessie: 107 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tommie: 51 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Travis: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	1,500	–	1
2	Linda	1,247	–	2
3	Deborah	1,145	↑1	3
4	Patricia	1,076	↓1	4
5	Brenda	941	–	18
6	Barbara	754	–	6
7	Shirley	579	–	29
8	Debra	575	↑4	7
9	Sandra	544	↓1	11
10	Donna	518	↑3	13
11	Betty	517	↓2	33
12	Janice	482	↓1	22
13	Carolyn	467	↓3	25
14	Susan	449	↑4	5
15	Cynthia	447	↑12	12
16	Judy	442	↓2	27
17	Kathy	412	↑5	23
18	Martha	408	↓3	41
19	Wanda	398	–	57
20	Sharon	388	↑6	15
21	Dorothy	385	↓4	49
22	Gloria	375	↓1	38
23	Pamela	363	↑5	10
24	Nancy	361	↓8	8
25	Rebecca	352	↓2	24
26	Annie	351	↓6	>100
27	Elizabeth	341	↓2	21
28	Margaret	307	↓4	20
29	Joyce	303	–	26
30	Karen	295	↑2	9
31	Beverly	293	↑6	34
32	Peggy	251	↓1	44
33	Carol	247	↓3	16
34	Doris	246	↓1	87
35	Cathy	236	↑7	56
36	Glenda	231	–	>100
37	Teresa	228	↑12	42
38	Janet	215	↑1	19
39	Jo	209	↓1	54
40	Sheila	207	↑4	60
41	Diane	203	↓6	17
42	Sarah	200	↓2	93
43	Marilyn	187	↑2	36
44	Sherry	185	↓3	70
45	Alice	184	↑1	73
46	Phyllis	183	new	69
47	Gwendolyn	182	↑3	>100
48	Virginia	182	↓5	53
49	Rita	177	new	64
50	Connie	169	↓2	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	James	2,450	–	2
2	William	1,397	↑1	6
3	Robert	1,376	↑1	1
4	John	1,282	↓2	4
5	Michael	1,191	↑2	3
6	Charles	1,128	↓1	9
7	David	1,096	↓1	5
8	Larry	963	–	18
9	Willie	744	–	49
10	Thomas	704	–	8
11	Richard	684	–	7
12	Donald	628	↑1	14
13	Jerry	592	↓1	29
14	Ronald	547	–	15
15	Johnny	534	↑2	52
16	George	480	↑3	22
17	Kenneth	473	↓2	17
18	Gary	418	↓2	10
19	Joseph	402	↑1	13
20	Danny	394	↑5	41
21	Jimmy	393	↓3	72
22	Terry	375	↑2	30
23	Bobby	352	–	74
24	Billy	348	↓3	65
25	Roger	331	↑2	31
26	Edward	301	↓4	23
27	Henry	288	↑1	54
28	Eddie	284	↓2	97
29	Paul	280	–	16
30	Steven	272	↑1	11
31	Joe	260	↓1	66
32	Dennis	253	↑9	19
33	Stephen	250	↑4	21
34	Walter	241	↓2	45
35	Randy	237	↑9	35
36	Tommy	234	↓2	95
37	Ricky	232	new	51
38	Samuel	224	↓2	70
39	Anthony	218	↑7	32
40	Ronnie	218	↓7	79
41	Carl	214	↓1	44
42	Arthur	213	↑1	50
43	Gregory	212	↑4	24
44	Roy	211	↓5	55
45	Frank	197	↓7	33
46	Phillip	197	↓11	76
47	Rickey	191	new	>100
48	Harold	181	↓6	56
49	Daniel	180	↓4	20
50	Curtis	170	↓2	86

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