Popular baby names in Alabama, 1961

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1961 were Mary for girls (932 babies) and James for boys (1,806). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,811 babies born in Alabama in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1961

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: 60 babies, 7× the national rate
Felecia: 45 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Earnestine: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lesia: 31 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Annie: 144 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Reba: 34 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Mattie: 34 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Alesia: 37 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 33 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Minnie: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Roderick: 96 babies, 6× the national rate
Cedric: 62 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Sylvester: 50 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Willie: 450 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Horace: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Winston: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lorenzo: 57 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Roosevelt: 37 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tommie: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Earnest: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	932	–	1
2	Lisa	736	↑4	2
3	Donna	686	↓1	7
4	Cynthia	660	–	8
5	Linda	607	↓2	4
6	Brenda	598	↓1	11
7	Teresa	577	↑2	18
8	Patricia	558	↓1	6
9	Sandra	553	↑1	9
10	Pamela	528	↑1	15
11	Sharon	522	↑1	17
12	Deborah	491	↑1	10
13	Susan	479	↑1	3
14	Debra	474	↓6	13
15	Karen	453	–	5
16	Angela	397	↑2	38
17	Kathy	386	–	25
18	Barbara	376	↓2	12
19	Tammy	344	↑6	28
20	Wanda	319	↓1	70
21	Rhonda	307	↑3	46
22	Sherry	304	↑7	53
23	Janice	303	–	52
24	Elizabeth	281	↓4	19
25	Jacqueline	274	new	37
26	Carolyn	267	↓4	42
27	Carol	262	–	24
28	Beverly	257	↑9	66
29	Cindy	248	↑3	33
30	Rebecca	248	↑6	44
31	Debbie	241	↓10	31
32	Janet	238	↓1	32
33	Cheryl	236	↓7	20
34	Shirley	234	↓1	85
35	Gloria	229	↓5	82
36	Nancy	222	↓2	16
37	Sheila	219	↓9	59
38	Connie	213	new	50
39	Laura	210	–	21
40	Tina	208	↑10	41
41	Betty	199	↓6	87
42	Margaret	195	↑2	40
43	Kimberly	190	↑4	22
44	Regina	190	↓3	98
45	Martha	189	↓5	81
46	Anita	187	↓4	91
47	Robin	183	new	27
48	Terri	181	–	51
49	Judy	174	–	58
50	Cathy	173	↓12	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	James	1,806	–	4
2	Michael	1,287	–	1
3	John	1,194	↑1	3
4	David	1,175	↓1	2
5	Robert	1,029	↑1	5
6	William	1,010	↓1	7
7	Charles	782	–	13
8	Kenneth	643	–	16
9	Mark	616	↑1	6
10	Timothy	551	↓1	15
11	Richard	516	–	8
12	Gregory	511	↑3	23
13	Terry	504	–	32
14	Thomas	492	–	9
15	Willie	450	↓3	86
16	Anthony	419	↑2	25
17	Jerry	410	↑4	37
18	Larry	405	↓2	30
19	Jeffrey	403	↑8	11
20	Donald	400	↓3	22
21	Gary	378	↑1	21
22	Johnny	367	↓3	70
23	Jeffery	351	↑9	50
24	Joseph	338	↓4	12
25	Ricky	328	↑1	44
26	Jimmy	326	↓1	71
27	Billy	322	↑4	68
28	Steven	312	↓5	10
29	George	306	↓1	31
30	Ronald	305	↓6	24
31	Danny	283	↑5	54
32	Christopher	275	new	26
33	Paul	274	↑4	18
34	Phillip	265	↑1	69
35	Randy	258	↓6	33
36	Tony	251	↓2	53
37	Bobby	241	↓7	76
38	Edward	218	–	29
39	Eddie	214	↑4	>100
40	Dennis	213	↓7	34
41	Stephen	210	↑5	27
42	Barry	207	↑5	66
43	Roger	202	↑7	47
44	Tommy	187	↓4	>100
45	Keith	185	↑4	35
46	Darryl	183	new	80
47	Ronnie	183	↓8	91
48	Henry	181	new	92
49	Joe	181	↓8	60
50	Reginald	177	new	>100

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