Baby names in Alabama in the 1950s

In Alabama in the 1950s the most given names were James (22,418 boys) and Mary (14,136 girls), of 750,470 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in Alabama each year, the 1950s shaded

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Alabama, 1950-1959: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Alabama, 1950s

Girls, 1950-1959
#	Name	Births
1	Mary	14,136
2	Linda	11,470
3	Patricia	9,296
4	Deborah	8,870
5	Brenda	8,609
6	Barbara	6,776
7	Debra	6,295
8	Sandra	5,732
9	Donna	5,540
10	Cynthia	5,124
11	Shirley	4,729
12	Susan	4,646
13	Sharon	4,524
14	Betty	4,435
15	Kathy	4,423
16	Carolyn	4,395
17	Janice	4,390
18	Pamela	4,209
19	Wanda	4,039
20	Judy	3,867

Boys, 1950-1959
#	Name	Births
1	James	22,418
2	William	12,851
3	Robert	12,803
4	John	12,693
5	Michael	12,033
6	David	10,759
7	Charles	10,275
8	Larry	8,542
9	Willie	7,460
10	Richard	6,256
11	Thomas	6,120
12	Donald	5,535
13	Kenneth	5,530
14	Jerry	5,479
15	Ronald	5,192
16	Johnny	4,592
17	Gary	4,490
18	Terry	4,221
19	George	4,066
20	Jimmy	3,940

Births summed over 1950-1959, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Alabama in the 1950s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Charlie · 6.9×Bettye · 6.5×Delois · 6.2×Annie · 6.1×Mattie · 5.9×Willie · 5.7×

Boys

Lorenza · 10.7×Rayford · 6.5×Willie · 5.4×Earnest · 5.1×Roosevelt · 4.9×Tommie · 4.7×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1950-1959.

More about names in Alabama

The 1950s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
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Alabama in the 1960sThe next decade in the state.
The top names of 1950The first year of the decade, nationally.
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