Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,717
2	Linda	1,393
3	Patricia	1,095
4	Deborah	1,035
5	Brenda	1,030
6	Barbara	777
7	Shirley	601
8	Sandra	599
9	Betty	552
10	Carolyn	495
11	Janice	491
12	Debra	487
13	Donna	472
14	Judy	461
15	Martha	423
16	Nancy	421
17	Dorothy	413
18	Susan	402
19	Wanda	398
20	Annie	394
21	Gloria	388
22	Kathy	383
23	Rebecca	375
24	Margaret	369
25	Elizabeth	354

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sharon	341
27	Cynthia	307
28	Pamela	291
29	Joyce	279
30	Carol	274
30	Peggy	274
32	Karen	254
33	Doris	238
34	Charlotte	234
35	Diane	231
36	Glenda	228
37	Beverly	223
37	Jo	223
39	Janet	222
40	Sarah	206
41	Sherry	204
42	Cathy	201
43	Virginia	195
44	Sheila	192
45	Marilyn	186
46	Alice	183
47	Catherine	182
48	Connie	181
49	Teresa	179
50	Gwendolyn	173
51	Helen	171
52	Phyllis	169
53	Frances	166
54	Ruby	162
55	Willie	151
56	Paula	147
56	Rita	147
58	Jacqueline	145
59	Laura	144
59	Rhonda	144
61	Patsy	141
62	Evelyn	136
63	Vickie	129
64	Cheryl	123
65	Judith	121
66	Bonnie	120
67	Christine	118
68	Dianne	117
69	Jane	116
69	Joan	116
71	Ann	113
72	Marsha	112
73	Anita	108
73	Ethel	108
73	Rose	108
73	Shelia	108
77	Julia	107
78	Mattie	106
79	Emma	105
80	Sylvia	101
81	Marie	98
82	Bobbie	97
83	Lillie	96
83	Unknown	96
85	Geraldine	95
85	Juanita	95
85	Vicki	95
88	Ella	93
88	Kathryn	93
90	Edna	91
91	Katherine	90
91	Rosie	90
91	Yvonne	90
94	Vivian	89
95	Jean	87
95	Ruth	87
97	Theresa	85
98	Sara	83
99	Gail	82
99	Johnnie	82