Popular baby names in Alabama, 1959

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1959 were Mary for girls (1,050 babies) and James for boys (1,872). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 73,852 babies born in Alabama in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1959

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

Girls

Delois: 25 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Earnestine: 26 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lula: 29 babies, 7× the national rate
Mattie: 50 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Annie: 184 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Sharron: 32 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Minnie: 46 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Leisa: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Johnnie: 41 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bettie: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Terrell: 25 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Roosevelt: 48 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Roderick: 82 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Willie: 536 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Horace: 43 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Percy: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cedric: 47 babies, 5× the national rate
Tommie: 39 babies, 5× the national rate
Stevie: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Earnest: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	1,050	–	1
2	Donna	850	↑6	5
3	Linda	775	↓1	3
4	Cynthia	773	–	8
5	Debra	707	↓2	7
6	Patricia	682	↓1	6
7	Deborah	593	↓1	9
8	Sandra	591	↑5	13
9	Brenda	588	↓2	16
10	Pamela	561	↑1	12
11	Teresa	551	↑5	24
12	Kathy	529	↓2	15
13	Sharon	523	↑1	17
14	Susan	505	↓5	2
15	Karen	467	–	4
16	Lisa	452	↑3	10
17	Barbara	449	↓5	11
18	Wanda	378	–	65
19	Debbie	370	↑4	20
20	Janice	352	↓3	37
21	Carolyn	328	–	42
22	Tammy	303	new	31
23	Elizabeth	292	↑3	21
24	Cheryl	290	↓4	18
25	Betty	285	↑2	59
26	Angela	278	↑8	68
27	Beverly	274	↑14	55
28	Shirley	266	↓6	61
29	Nancy	260	–	14
30	Carol	259	↓2	22
31	Sheila	257	–	52
32	Cindy	254	↑5	25
33	Rhonda	254	–	45
34	Janet	243	↑2	28
35	Rebecca	241	↓5	38
36	Judy	237	↓12	41
37	Martha	237	↓5	72
38	Cathy	228	↓13	39
39	Dorothy	218	↑3	94
40	Gloria	206	↓5	81
41	Connie	199	↑4	48
42	Sherry	198	↓4	58
43	Margaret	197	↑5	36
44	Shelia	191	–	>100
45	Diane	185	new	19
46	Annie	184	↑3	>100
47	Vickie	171	↓7	90
48	Laura	169	↓1	30
49	Anita	166	↓6	87
50	Joyce	166	↓4	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	James	1,872	–	3
2	Michael	1,334	–	1
3	David	1,211	↑2	2
4	William	1,100	↓1	7
5	John	1,097	↑1	4
6	Robert	1,086	↓2	5
7	Charles	829	–	11
8	Kenneth	646	↑2	15
9	Timothy	590	↑4	12
10	Richard	589	↓2	8
11	Mark	550	↑6	6
12	Willie	536	↓3	78
13	Larry	532	↓2	25
14	Terry	516	↑1	33
15	Thomas	479	↓3	9
16	Jerry	434	↑2	36
17	Gregory	430	↑5	23
18	Donald	425	↓4	19
19	Ronald	415	↓3	21
20	Ricky	405	↑1	34
21	Gary	390	↓2	20
22	Anthony	389	↑1	26
23	Johnny	361	↓3	64
24	Joseph	351	↑6	13
25	Billy	348	↑3	65
26	Steven	347	–	10
27	Jimmy	326	↓3	69
28	George	309	↑3	32
29	Randy	307	↓4	31
30	Bobby	306	↓1	71
31	Danny	293	↓4	48
32	Jeffery	285	↑8	55
33	Jeffrey	280	↑13	16
34	Phillip	280	↑3	74
35	Tony	262	↓3	53
36	Rickey	258	↓1	>100
37	Eddie	257	↑4	>100
38	Dennis	252	↓5	29
39	Ronnie	246	↓5	77
40	Paul	244	↓4	17
41	Edward	237	↓2	27
42	Tommy	235	↑2	>100
43	Steve	232	–	41
44	Daniel	214	↑6	18
45	Joe	207	↓3	57
46	Stephen	207	↓8	28
47	Carl	204	new	54
48	Randall	192	new	59
49	Roger	187	↓2	47
50	Samuel	187	new	86

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