Popular baby names in Alabama, 1954

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1954 were Mary for girls (1,450 babies) and James for boys (2,261). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 75,512 babies born in Alabama in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1954

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, 8.5× the national rate
Bettye: 44 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Annie: 308 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Willie: 140 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 76 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Earnestine: 38 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jimmie: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Delois: 28 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lula: 46 babies, 6× the national rate
Mattie: 77 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 87 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Earnest: 97 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Willie: 742 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Roosevelt: 66 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Donny: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Grady: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Charlie: 133 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jessie: 91 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tommie: 48 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Aubrey: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	1,450	–	1
2	Linda	1,116	–	2
3	Deborah	1,112	–	3
4	Patricia	983	–	4
5	Brenda	895	–	18
6	Debra	805	↑2	6
7	Barbara	729	↓1	7
8	Sandra	545	↑1	13
9	Donna	540	↑1	11
10	Shirley	523	↓3	33
11	Susan	487	↑3	5
12	Kathy	480	↑5	23
13	Pamela	461	↑10	12
14	Carolyn	459	↓1	27
15	Janice	454	↓3	25
16	Cynthia	449	↓1	10
17	Betty	447	↓6	36
18	Wanda	408	↑1	58
19	Sharon	406	↑1	16
20	Judy	404	↓4	29
21	Dorothy	372	–	55
22	Martha	368	↓4	46
23	Rebecca	366	↑2	26
24	Elizabeth	330	↑3	20
25	Gloria	319	↓3	42
26	Karen	319	↑4	8
27	Beverly	317	↑4	31
28	Nancy	312	↓4	9
29	Teresa	309	↑8	34
30	Annie	308	↓4	>100
31	Janet	294	↑7	19
32	Margaret	284	↓4	21
33	Marilyn	265	↑10	35
34	Carol	258	↓1	15
35	Rita	255	↑14	67
36	Joyce	252	↓7	28
37	Sheila	251	↑3	60
38	Sherry	243	↑6	62
39	Connie	229	↑11	39
40	Glenda	224	↓4	>100
41	Diane	213	–	17
42	Doris	212	↓8	93
43	Peggy	208	↓11	48
44	Cathy	197	↓9	59
45	Jo	191	↓6	53
46	Virginia	187	↑2	61
47	Rhonda	186	new	71
48	Catherine	185	new	32
49	Sarah	180	↓7	>100
50	Charlotte	178	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	James	2,261	–	3
2	William	1,312	–	6
3	John	1,304	↑1	4
4	Robert	1,261	↓1	2
5	Michael	1,256	–	1
6	Charles	1,097	–	10
7	David	1,089	–	5
8	Larry	899	–	19
9	Willie	742	–	53
10	Richard	667	↑1	7
11	Thomas	626	↓1	8
12	Donald	594	–	14
13	Jerry	579	–	31
14	Kenneth	558	↑3	17
15	Ronald	528	↓1	15
16	Gary	499	↑2	9
17	Johnny	487	↓2	54
18	Terry	433	↑4	27
19	Joseph	428	–	13
20	George	411	↓4	24
21	Danny	397	↓1	42
22	Jimmy	387	↓1	74
23	Billy	380	↑1	65
24	Bobby	380	↓1	72
25	Edward	306	↑1	22
26	Ricky	306	↑11	46
27	Steven	293	↑3	11
28	Paul	289	↑1	16
29	Randy	284	↑6	33
30	Roger	278	↓5	34
31	Joe	274	–	67
32	Henry	271	↓5	59
33	Stephen	264	–	20
34	Eddie	255	↓6	91
35	Anthony	246	↑4	32
36	Timothy	246	new	26
37	Mark	245	new	12
38	Phillip	242	↑8	75
39	Dennis	238	↓7	21
40	Gregory	229	↑3	25
41	Tommy	227	↓5	100
42	Rickey	226	↑5	>100
43	Samuel	225	↓5	71
44	Walter	223	↓10	49
45	Ronnie	215	↓5	78
46	Daniel	212	↑3	18
47	Harold	206	↑1	60
48	Curtis	199	↑2	84
49	Roy	184	↓5	56
50	Carl	178	↓9	47

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