Popular baby names in Alabama, 1958

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,043 babies) and James for boys (1,843). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 74,228 babies born in Alabama in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1958

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

Girls

Willie: 88 babies, 7× the national rate
Pearlie: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Essie: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Mattie: 58 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lula: 28 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Fannie: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Annie: 185 babies, 6× the national rate
Earnestine: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Minnie: 42 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Unknown: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Lamar: 34 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Unknown: 34 babies, 7× the national rate
Winston: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Earnest: 68 babies, 6× the national rate
Willie: 596 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Cedric: 41 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Stevie: 41 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cleveland: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Sylvester: 58 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Terrell: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,043	–	1
2	Linda	785	–	3
3	Debra	757	–	6
4	Cynthia	755	↑2	8
5	Patricia	755	↑2	5
6	Deborah	704	↓2	7
7	Brenda	644	↓2	16
8	Donna	608	–	10
9	Susan	601	↑2	2
10	Kathy	592	–	14
11	Pamela	565	↑3	11
12	Barbara	537	↑3	9
13	Sandra	508	↓1	15
14	Sharon	505	↓5	17
15	Karen	497	↓2	4
16	Teresa	481	–	26
17	Janice	399	↑1	35
18	Wanda	375	↓1	66
19	Lisa	358	↑22	19
20	Cheryl	347	↑6	13
21	Carolyn	335	↓1	37
22	Shirley	325	↓3	52
23	Debbie	324	↑5	24
24	Judy	294	↑7	36
25	Cathy	293	↓4	34
26	Elizabeth	281	↑7	22
27	Betty	279	↓5	54
28	Carol	267	↓1	20
29	Nancy	262	↑1	12
30	Rebecca	250	↓5	41
31	Sheila	248	↓7	59
32	Martha	246	↑2	69
33	Rhonda	246	↓1	48
34	Angela	243	↑12	83
35	Gloria	239	↓12	77
36	Janet	236	↑2	28
37	Cindy	234	↑6	25
38	Sherry	234	↓2	67
39	Peggy	224	new	42
40	Vickie	222	↓1	75
41	Beverly	217	↓6	55
42	Dorothy	217	↓13	86
43	Anita	214	↑6	82
44	Shelia	207	↓2	>100
45	Connie	195	↓8	50
46	Joyce	194	new	46
47	Laura	188	new	29
48	Margaret	188	↓4	31
49	Annie	185	↓9	>100
50	Vicki	184	↓2	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	James	1,843	–	3
2	Michael	1,445	–	1
3	William	1,163	–	6
4	Robert	1,142	–	4
5	David	1,118	↑1	2
6	John	1,100	↓1	5
7	Charles	852	–	11
8	Richard	604	↑2	8
9	Willie	596	–	70
10	Kenneth	588	↑1	14
11	Larry	549	↓3	22
12	Thomas	544	–	9
13	Timothy	530	↑13	13
14	Donald	497	↓1	18
15	Terry	486	↓1	33
16	Ronald	480	↓1	19
17	Mark	469	↑1	7
18	Jerry	455	↑1	35
19	Gary	407	↓3	17
20	Johnny	397	↓3	61
21	Ricky	392	↑9	34
22	Gregory	391	↑1	23
23	Anthony	382	↓1	27
24	Jimmy	364	↑3	73
25	Randy	336	↓5	32
26	Steven	335	↓2	10
27	Danny	333	↑1	45
28	Billy	326	↑1	64
29	Bobby	305	↑2	69
30	Joseph	300	↓9	12
31	George	294	↓6	31
32	Tony	290	↑9	57
33	Dennis	285	–	29
34	Ronnie	269	–	66
35	Rickey	261	↑3	>100
36	Paul	251	↓1	15
37	Phillip	248	–	81
38	Stephen	246	↑2	26
39	Edward	236	↓7	28
40	Jeffery	236	↑8	59
41	Eddie	229	↓5	100
42	Joe	209	↑2	56
43	Steve	208	↑3	44
44	Tommy	207	↓5	>100
45	Douglas	204	new	30
46	Jeffrey	204	↑1	21
47	Roger	194	↓4	47
48	Walter	188	↑1	63
49	Henry	186	↑1	83
50	Daniel	180	↓5	16

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