Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1950

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,842
2	Linda	1,694
3	Brenda	1,094
4	Patricia	1,070
5	Barbara	946
6	Sandra	722
7	Betty	654
8	Shirley	630
9	Carolyn	570
10	Deborah	566
11	Judy	547
12	Annie	514
13	Martha	500
14	Dorothy	496
15	Janice	476
16	Gloria	398
17	Wanda	397
18	Margaret	394
19	Nancy	365
20	Elizabeth	345
21	Joyce	343
22	Sharon	341
23	Susan	340
24	Rebecca	338
25	Carol	299

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	292
27	Glenda	283
28	Donna	271
29	Sarah	249
30	Cynthia	246
31	Doris	233
32	Charlotte	225
33	Diane	212
34	Helen	211
35	Virginia	209
36	Kathy	206
37	Beverly	196
38	Frances	193
39	Janet	190
40	Jo	188
40	Sherry	188
42	Sheila	187
43	Alice	180
44	Gwendolyn	176
44	Willie	176
46	Karen	166
47	Pamela	162
48	Patsy	159
48	Phyllis	159
50	Judith	156
51	Ruby	155
52	Jacqueline	153
53	Evelyn	152
54	Rita	151
55	Connie	142
56	Geraldine	138
56	Marilyn	138
58	Catherine	137
59	Bonnie	129
59	Lillie	129
61	Joan	128
62	Mattie	127
63	Emma	126
64	Ann	124
65	Laura	123
66	Juanita	122
67	Cheryl	121
68	Cathy	120
69	Julia	117
70	Christine	114
70	Debra	114
72	Ethel	112
72	Jane	112
74	Rosie	111
75	Paula	109
76	Edna	107
77	Sara	106
78	Bobbie	104
79	Teresa	103
80	Anita	102
80	Mildred	102
82	Johnnie	100
82	Rose	100
84	Dianne	99
85	Minnie	97
86	Ruth	94
87	Bertha	92
88	Yvonne	91
89	Vivian	90
90	Bernice	89
90	Clara	89
92	Carrie	87
92	Shelia	87
94	Georgia	86
94	Rhonda	86
94	Sylvia	86
97	Ella	85
98	Marie	84
99	Elaine	83
100	Lynda	82
100	Unknown	82