Popular baby names in Alabama, 1957

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1957 were Mary for girls (1,224 babies) and James for boys (2,094). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 76,066 babies born in Alabama in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1957

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

Girls

Pearlie: 23 babies, 8× the national rate
Queen: 19 babies, 8× the national rate
Earnestine: 35 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Bettye: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Delois: 31 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Annie: 221 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Mattie: 61 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ollie: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Willie: 87 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Shelia: 215 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Cedric: 46 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Tommie: 52 babies, 6× the national rate
Willie: 673 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Earnest: 61 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Elbert: 34 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Winston: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Unknown: 36 babies, 5× the national rate
Roderick: 69 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Travis: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Charlie: 116 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	1,224	–	1
2	Linda	889	–	3
3	Debra	849	↑1	4
4	Deborah	848	↓1	6
5	Brenda	819	↑1	13
6	Cynthia	805	↑4	7
7	Patricia	777	↓2	8
8	Donna	638	↑1	10
9	Sharon	613	↓2	14
10	Kathy	577	↑2	20
11	Susan	543	↑4	2
12	Sandra	534	↑1	15
13	Karen	531	↑1	5
14	Pamela	514	↓3	12
15	Barbara	505	↓7	9
16	Teresa	496	–	24
17	Wanda	440	↑2	59
18	Janice	377	–	32
19	Shirley	363	↓2	46
20	Carolyn	347	–	33
21	Cathy	327	↑9	39
22	Betty	315	↓1	50
23	Gloria	299	↓1	66
24	Sheila	297	↑12	58
25	Rebecca	295	↓2	34
26	Cheryl	294	↑12	16
27	Carol	293	↓2	18
28	Debbie	293	↑14	27
29	Dorothy	289	↓5	74
30	Nancy	287	↓2	11
31	Judy	280	–	38
32	Rhonda	275	–	52
33	Elizabeth	268	↓6	22
34	Martha	255	↓8	63
35	Beverly	254	↓2	48
36	Sherry	252	↓1	55
37	Connie	234	↑3	47
38	Janet	229	↓9	23
39	Vickie	222	↑10	70
40	Annie	221	↓3	>100
41	Lisa	220	new	26
42	Shelia	215	↑1	>100
43	Cindy	205	new	19
44	Margaret	201	↓10	29
45	Rita	201	↑1	78
46	Angela	200	↑4	89
47	Diane	193	↓6	17
48	Vicki	182	new	51
49	Anita	177	new	81
50	Virginia	168	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	James	2,094	–	2
2	Michael	1,406	–	1
3	William	1,237	↑2	6
4	Robert	1,202	–	4
5	John	1,144	↓2	5
6	David	1,108	–	3
7	Charles	919	–	11
8	Larry	728	–	22
9	Willie	673	–	63
10	Richard	635	↑1	8
11	Kenneth	588	↓1	14
12	Thomas	567	–	9
13	Donald	547	–	15
14	Terry	505	↑2	33
15	Ronald	471	↓1	17
16	Gary	462	↓1	13
17	Johnny	457	↑1	61
18	Mark	451	↑13	7
19	Jerry	444	↓2	35
20	Randy	393	↓1	31
21	Joseph	379	–	12
22	Anthony	377	↑10	27
23	Gregory	364	↑6	23
24	Steven	360	↓4	10
25	George	355	↓1	29
26	Timothy	347	↑1	19
27	Jimmy	345	↓5	77
28	Danny	340	↓5	45
29	Billy	335	↓4	64
30	Ricky	320	↓2	40
31	Bobby	301	↓5	78
32	Edward	299	↑1	25
33	Dennis	298	↓3	28
34	Ronnie	283	↑2	73
35	Paul	276	–	18
36	Eddie	265	↑1	95
37	Phillip	257	↑3	79
38	Rickey	237	↑3	>100
39	Tommy	233	↑11	>100
40	Stephen	231	↓6	24
41	Tony	231	↑8	71
42	Carl	230	↑1	49
43	Roger	218	↓4	42
44	Joe	217	↓6	57
45	Daniel	212	–	16
46	Steve	210	↑2	44
47	Jeffrey	201	new	21
48	Jeffery	198	new	52
49	Walter	198	↓7	58
50	Henry	193	↓6	75

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