Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,708
2	Linda	1,511
3	Patricia	1,096
4	Brenda	1,051
5	Deborah	898
6	Barbara	793
7	Betty	616
8	Sandra	609
9	Carolyn	591
10	Judy	583
11	Shirley	559
12	Janice	517
13	Donna	491
14	Dorothy	467
15	Martha	460
16	Annie	446
17	Wanda	403
18	Gloria	394
19	Margaret	381
20	Carol	345
20	Elizabeth	345
22	Nancy	341
23	Rebecca	335
23	Sharon	335
25	Susan	320

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joyce	301
27	Peggy	283
28	Kathy	270
29	Glenda	266
30	Cynthia	257
31	Beverly	238
32	Debra	237
33	Charlotte	236
33	Pamela	236
35	Diane	226
36	Karen	224
37	Doris	216
38	Virginia	200
39	Sarah	195
40	Helen	193
41	Jo	192
42	Willie	189
43	Sheila	188
44	Alice	179
45	Connie	177
46	Catherine	176
47	Sherry	174
48	Gwendolyn	173
49	Frances	168
50	Jacqueline	157
50	Phyllis	157
52	Patsy	155
53	Rita	154
54	Cathy	146
55	Dianne	145
56	Marilyn	143
57	Evelyn	139
57	Ruby	139
59	Janet	136
60	Judith	134
61	Bonnie	133
62	Joan	131
63	Teresa	124
64	Sylvia	122
65	Rosie	113
66	Anita	111
66	Ann	111
66	Rose	111
69	Sara	110
70	Edna	109
71	Geraldine	107
71	Katherine	107
71	Mildred	107
71	Rhonda	107
71	Shelia	107
76	Cheryl	106
77	Emma	105
77	Julia	105
77	Mattie	105
80	Jane	104
80	Theresa	104
82	Yvonne	102
83	Ethel	101
84	Unknown	99
85	Christine	98
86	Laura	97
87	Lillie	95
88	Bobbie	93
88	Paula	93
90	Juanita	91
90	Marsha	91
92	Minnie	90
93	Johnnie	89
94	Vicki	86
95	Clara	84
95	Elaine	84
95	Gail	84
98	Kathryn	81
99	Vivian	80
100	Belinda	79