Popular baby names in Alabama, 1960

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1960 were Mary for girls (982 babies) and James for boys (1,867). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 72,519 babies born in Alabama in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1960

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

Girls

Essie: 19 babies, 8× the national rate
Willie: 80 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Delois: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Annie: 183 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Mattie: 49 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 38 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Sharron: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Angelia: 41 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Alfreda: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shelia: 192 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Cedric: 65 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Earnest: 63 babies, 6× the national rate
Roderick: 89 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Roosevelt: 47 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Willie: 514 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Sylvester: 47 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tommie: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Rufus: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Aubrey: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cleveland: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	982	–	1
2	Donna	784	–	5
3	Linda	726	–	3
4	Cynthia	720	–	9
5	Brenda	652	↑4	13
6	Lisa	616	↑10	6
7	Patricia	615	↓1	7
8	Debra	564	↓3	8
9	Teresa	551	↑2	19
10	Sandra	539	↓2	11
11	Pamela	537	↓1	14
12	Sharon	525	↑1	16
13	Deborah	513	↓6	10
14	Susan	481	–	2
15	Karen	479	–	4
16	Barbara	422	↑1	12
17	Kathy	372	↓5	21
18	Angela	370	↑8	50
19	Wanda	349	↓1	66
20	Elizabeth	317	↑3	18
21	Debbie	307	↓2	24
22	Carolyn	303	↓1	43
23	Janice	297	↓3	41
24	Rhonda	277	↑9	44
25	Tammy	277	↓3	31
26	Cheryl	266	↓2	17
27	Carol	261	↑3	23
28	Sheila	256	↑3	56
29	Sherry	255	↑13	54
30	Gloria	250	↑10	79
31	Janet	249	↑3	32
32	Cindy	241	–	30
33	Shirley	241	↓5	70
34	Nancy	234	↓5	15
35	Betty	232	↓10	68
36	Rebecca	225	↓1	38
37	Beverly	222	↓10	60
38	Cathy	216	–	46
39	Laura	208	↑9	25
40	Martha	208	↓3	83
41	Regina	207	new	>100
42	Anita	200	↑7	87
43	Shelia	192	↑1	>100
44	Margaret	186	↓1	36
45	Dorothy	184	↓6	95
46	Annie	183	–	>100
47	Kimberly	169	new	26
48	Terri	167	new	49
49	Judy	164	↓13	48
50	Tina	163	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	James	1,867	–	3
2	Michael	1,278	–	2
3	David	1,187	–	1
4	John	1,134	↑1	4
5	William	1,110	↓1	7
6	Robert	1,002	–	5
7	Charles	776	–	13
8	Kenneth	654	–	16
9	Timothy	633	–	11
10	Mark	564	↑1	6
11	Richard	517	↓1	8
12	Willie	514	–	81
13	Terry	473	↑1	34
14	Thomas	473	↑1	9
15	Gregory	445	↑2	24
16	Larry	433	↓3	28
17	Donald	425	↑1	19
18	Anthony	417	↑4	25
19	Johnny	401	↑4	65
20	Joseph	379	↑4	12
21	Jerry	378	↓5	37
22	Gary	376	↓1	22
23	Steven	363	↑3	10
24	Ronald	355	↓5	21
25	Jimmy	338	↑2	69
26	Ricky	332	↓6	38
27	Jeffrey	325	↑6	14
28	George	314	–	33
29	Randy	307	–	32
30	Bobby	305	–	73
31	Billy	297	↓6	67
32	Jeffery	283	–	55
33	Dennis	262	↑5	31
34	Tony	260	↑1	52
35	Phillip	253	↓1	66
36	Danny	245	↓5	48
37	Paul	242	↑3	18
38	Edward	237	↑3	26
39	Ronnie	217	–	87
40	Tommy	212	↑2	>100
41	Joe	202	↑4	57
42	Daniel	199	↑2	17
43	Eddie	197	↓6	>100
44	Randall	196	↑4	59
45	Carl	194	↑2	53
46	Stephen	194	–	27
47	Barry	188	new	72
48	Steve	187	↓5	43
49	Keith	186	new	35
50	Roger	185	↓1	47

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