Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,500
2	Linda	1,247
3	Deborah	1,145
4	Patricia	1,076
5	Brenda	941
6	Barbara	754
7	Shirley	579
8	Debra	575
9	Sandra	544
10	Donna	518
11	Betty	517
12	Janice	482
13	Carolyn	467
14	Susan	449
15	Cynthia	447
16	Judy	442
17	Kathy	412
18	Martha	408
19	Wanda	398
20	Sharon	388
21	Dorothy	385
22	Gloria	375
23	Pamela	363
24	Nancy	361
25	Rebecca	352

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Annie	351
27	Elizabeth	341
28	Margaret	307
29	Joyce	303
30	Karen	295
31	Beverly	293
32	Peggy	251
33	Carol	247
34	Doris	246
35	Cathy	236
36	Glenda	231
37	Teresa	228
38	Janet	215
39	Jo	209
40	Sheila	207
41	Diane	203
42	Sarah	200
43	Marilyn	187
44	Sherry	185
45	Alice	184
46	Phyllis	183
47	Gwendolyn	182
47	Virginia	182
49	Rita	177
50	Connie	169
51	Catherine	167
52	Charlotte	165
53	Helen	162
54	Jacqueline	161
55	Rhonda	158
56	Patsy	156
57	Frances	145
58	Ruby	139
59	Anita	136
60	Paula	135
61	Laura	134
62	Willie	133
63	Rose	126
64	Evelyn	121
64	Shelia	121
66	Christine	120
66	Theresa	120
68	Vicki	118
68	Yvonne	118
70	Bonnie	117
71	Jane	116
72	Dianne	112
73	Joan	110
73	Julia	110
75	Katherine	109
76	Angela	108
77	Cheryl	107
78	Vickie	106
79	Kathryn	103
79	Marsha	103
79	Unknown	103
82	Elaine	101
83	Mattie	100
84	Emma	98
85	Lillie	96
86	Juanita	94
87	Ethel	93
88	Belinda	91
88	Geraldine	91
90	Edna	90
90	Sylvia	90
92	Mildred	89
93	Ann	88
93	Bobbie	88
93	Judith	88
96	Ruth	87
97	Rosie	84
98	Gail	82
99	Kathleen	81
100	Marcia	78