Most popular girls’ names in Alabama, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,356
2	Linda	1,085
3	Deborah	995
4	Patricia	920
5	Debra	886
6	Brenda	784
7	Barbara	680
8	Sandra	568
9	Donna	556
10	Susan	521
11	Cynthia	499
12	Pamela	488
13	Kathy	460
14	Sharon	453
15	Shirley	447
16	Wanda	439
17	Janice	415
18	Teresa	413
19	Carolyn	405
20	Karen	382
21	Betty	381
22	Judy	350
23	Martha	349
24	Rebecca	339
25	Elizabeth	335

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dorothy	333
27	Gloria	315
28	Nancy	307
29	Janet	291
30	Beverly	278
31	Joyce	275
32	Carol	258
33	Annie	251
34	Margaret	250
35	Connie	245
36	Sheila	240
37	Cathy	238
38	Marilyn	221
39	Jo	217
40	Diane	213
40	Sherry	213
42	Peggy	205
42	Rhonda	205
44	Cheryl	204
45	Rita	202
46	Gwendolyn	198
47	Anita	184
48	Jacqueline	183
49	Doris	176
50	Shelia	169
51	Phyllis	167
51	Vickie	167
53	Glenda	166
54	Charlotte	164
55	Sarah	158
56	Debbie	156
57	Vicki	154
58	Catherine	150
59	Paula	146
60	Virginia	144
61	Alice	143
62	Theresa	141
63	Angela	140
64	Helen	131
65	Laura	130
66	Rose	123
67	Willie	116
68	Belinda	115
69	Regina	108
70	Evelyn	107
71	Ann	106
71	Patsy	106
73	Lisa	105
74	Ruby	104
75	Bonnie	102
75	Dianne	102
77	Denise	99
78	Julia	97
78	Unknown	97
80	Frances	95
80	Jane	95
80	Yvonne	95
83	Katherine	94
83	Marsha	94
85	Loretta	91
86	Rosie	88
86	Vivian	88
88	Christine	87
89	Jennifer	85
89	Sylvia	85
91	Emma	81
92	Bobbie	80
93	Vanessa	79
94	Annette	78
94	Elaine	78
94	Juanita	78
97	Edna	77
97	Ethel	77
97	Joan	77
100	Jeanette	75