Popular baby names in Alabama, 1955

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1955 were Mary for girls (1,356 babies) and James for boys (2,201). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 75,129 babies born in Alabama in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1955

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: 97 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Delois: 38 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Bettye: 33 babies, 7× the national rate
Willie: 116 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Sadie: 28 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Pearlie: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lizzie: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Mattie: 72 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Annie: 251 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Hattie: 47 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 77 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Connie: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Willie: 768 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Horace: 57 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Travis: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Charlie: 145 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Earnest: 68 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Roderick: 61 babies, 5× the national rate
Percy: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Sammie: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	1,356	–	1
2	Linda	1,085	–	3
3	Deborah	995	–	2
4	Patricia	920	–	6
5	Debra	886	↑1	4
6	Brenda	784	↓1	18
7	Barbara	680	–	7
8	Sandra	568	–	13
9	Donna	556	–	10
10	Susan	521	↑1	5
11	Cynthia	499	↑5	11
12	Pamela	488	↑1	12
13	Kathy	460	↓1	22
14	Sharon	453	↑5	16
15	Shirley	447	↓5	37
16	Wanda	439	↑2	61
17	Janice	415	↓2	25
18	Teresa	413	↑11	26
19	Carolyn	405	↓5	30
20	Karen	382	↑6	8
21	Betty	381	↓4	36
22	Judy	350	↓2	32
23	Martha	349	↓1	53
24	Rebecca	339	↓1	27
25	Elizabeth	335	↓1	21
26	Dorothy	333	↓5	64
27	Gloria	315	↓2	47
28	Nancy	307	–	9
29	Janet	291	↑2	20
30	Beverly	278	↓3	34
31	Joyce	275	↑5	29
32	Carol	258	↑2	15
33	Annie	251	↓3	>100
34	Margaret	250	↓2	24
35	Connie	245	↑4	35
36	Sheila	240	↑1	57
37	Cathy	238	↑7	44
38	Marilyn	221	↓5	49
39	Jo	217	↑6	58
40	Diane	213	↑1	14
41	Sherry	213	↓3	56
42	Peggy	205	↑1	51
43	Rhonda	205	↑4	71
44	Cheryl	204	new	19
45	Rita	202	↓10	72
46	Gwendolyn	198	new	>100
47	Anita	184	new	94
48	Jacqueline	183	new	73
49	Doris	176	↓7	>100
50	Shelia	169	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	James	2,201	–	3
2	Michael	1,334	↑3	1
3	John	1,254	–	5
4	Robert	1,240	–	4
5	William	1,216	↓3	6
6	David	1,207	↑1	2
7	Charles	948	↓1	11
8	Larry	805	–	19
9	Willie	768	–	54
10	Richard	643	–	7
11	Kenneth	570	↑3	15
12	Thomas	557	↓1	8
13	Donald	527	↓1	14
14	Jerry	500	↓1	33
15	Ronald	461	–	18
16	Gary	460	–	12
17	Johnny	454	–	55
18	Terry	454	–	28
19	Joseph	413	–	13
20	George	386	–	26
21	Jimmy	354	↑1	78
22	Danny	345	↓1	45
23	Billy	335	–	69
24	Randy	323	↑5	30
25	Steven	321	↑2	10
26	Ricky	314	–	46
27	Anthony	312	↑8	31
28	Eddie	306	↑6	92
29	Bobby	305	↓5	75
30	Mark	297	↑7	9
31	Roger	296	↓1	37
32	Edward	294	↓7	25
33	Gregory	293	↑7	24
34	Dennis	281	↑5	23
35	Timothy	278	↑1	22
36	Phillip	274	↑2	74
37	Paul	270	↓9	16
38	Stephen	260	↓5	21
39	Joe	250	↓8	68
40	Ronnie	250	↑5	80
41	Rickey	244	↑1	>100
42	Henry	234	↓10	61
43	Curtis	221	↑5	79
44	Carl	218	↑6	47
45	Walter	215	↓1	51
46	Samuel	210	↓3	71
47	Daniel	200	↓1	17
48	Tommy	197	↓7	>100
49	Stanley	195	new	64
50	Roy	172	↓1	58

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