Popular baby names in Alabama, 1962

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1962 were Mary for girls (820 babies) and James for boys (1,647). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 69,727 babies born in Alabama in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1962

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

Girls

Earnestine: 22 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Felecia: 54 babies, 8× the national rate
Willie: 61 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Alfreda: 31 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Bessie: 34 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Mattie: 33 babies, 6× the national rate
Lula: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Rosie: 56 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Minnie: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Johnnie: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Toney: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Roderick: 99 babies, 6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 44 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Cedric: 71 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tommie: 37 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Willie: 450 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Earnest: 46 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Sandy: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mack: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Lamar: 23 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	820	–	2
2	Lisa	780	–	1
3	Cynthia	687	↑1	8
4	Donna	611	↓1	7
5	Linda	547	–	5
6	Teresa	533	↑1	18
7	Brenda	509	↓1	12
8	Sandra	506	↑1	10
9	Sharon	498	↑2	17
10	Pamela	497	–	13
11	Karen	487	↑4	4
12	Susan	463	↑1	3
13	Debra	439	↑1	15
14	Patricia	439	↓6	6
15	Angela	432	↑1	36
16	Deborah	413	↓4	9
17	Barbara	378	↑1	14
18	Tammy	345	↑1	23
19	Kathy	311	↓2	27
20	Tina	310	↑20	33
21	Wanda	300	↓1	77
22	Jacqueline	296	↑3	44
23	Rhonda	281	↓2	45
24	Sherry	276	↓2	48
25	Elizabeth	275	↓1	20
26	Kimberly	269	↑17	16
27	Janice	262	↓4	58
28	Sheila	252	↑9	52
29	Carol	247	↓2	28
30	Janet	246	↑2	35
31	Carolyn	244	↓5	46
32	Melissa	244	new	68
33	Shirley	238	↑1	96
34	Beverly	236	↓6	69
35	Robin	232	↑12	25
36	Cheryl	230	↓3	24
37	Connie	227	↑1	51
38	Laura	224	↑1	21
39	Anita	220	↑7	81
40	Jennifer	220	new	41
41	Rebecca	217	↓11	47
42	Debbie	203	↓11	32
43	Cindy	198	↓14	34
44	Betty	193	↓3	97
45	Cathy	193	↑5	62
46	Regina	188	↓2	91
47	Nancy	185	↓11	19
48	Terri	184	–	54
49	Shelia	182	new	>100
50	Gloria	179	↓15	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	James	1,647	–	4
2	Michael	1,223	–	1
3	John	1,155	–	3
4	David	1,126	–	2
5	William	975	↑1	7
6	Robert	935	↓1	5
7	Charles	752	–	15
8	Mark	635	↑1	6
9	Kenneth	576	↓1	18
10	Timothy	532	–	16
11	Gregory	513	↑1	21
12	Terry	496	↑1	34
13	Thomas	477	↑1	9
14	Jeffrey	455	↑5	10
15	Richard	454	↓4	8
16	Willie	450	↓1	89
17	Anthony	445	↓1	24
18	Donald	410	↑2	23
19	Joseph	409	↑5	13
20	Gary	354	↑1	22
21	Larry	345	↓3	31
22	Jeffery	340	↑1	45
23	Jerry	339	↓6	38
24	Steven	331	↑4	12
25	Ronald	330	↑5	25
26	Jimmy	325	–	75
27	Bobby	315	↑10	78
28	Johnny	313	↓6	69
29	Tony	279	↑7	52
30	Ricky	274	↓5	50
31	Barry	270	↑11	61
32	Christopher	266	–	26
33	Phillip	265	↑1	68
34	Randy	263	↑1	35
35	Billy	257	↓8	71
36	George	255	↓7	32
37	Paul	251	↓4	19
38	Danny	224	↓7	54
39	Roger	218	↑4	47
40	Scott	209	new	11
41	Edward	198	↓3	29
42	Stephen	197	↓1	28
43	Eric	188	new	33
44	Tommy	187	–	>100
45	Douglas	186	new	27
46	Darryl	185	–	83
47	Keith	179	↓2	36
48	Eddie	178	↓9	>100
49	Reginald	172	↑1	>100
50	Curtis	170	new	73

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