Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Alabama, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,106
2	Linda	1,427
3	Barbara	1,047
4	Betty	1,045
5	Patricia	958
6	Carolyn	738
7	Shirley	688
8	Brenda	671
9	Sandra	646
10	Dorothy	636
11	Judy	583
12	Martha	578
13	Annie	525
14	Margaret	427
15	Janice	398
16	Peggy	374
17	Joyce	353
18	Carol	352
19	Nancy	350
20	Elizabeth	347
21	Glenda	341
22	Gloria	333
23	Sarah	322
24	Helen	307
25	Doris	304
26	Wanda	252
27	Frances	243
28	Virginia	239
29	Willie	235
30	Sharon	232
31	Alice	230
32	Ruby	229
33	Charlotte	200
34	Patsy	196
35	Jo	195
36	Donna	190
37	Rebecca	184
37	Susan	184
39	Judith	181
40	Geraldine	177
41	Mattie	174
42	Joan	159
43	Juanita	158
44	Catherine	151
45	Julia	142
46	Beverly	141
46	Evelyn	141
48	Ann	136
49	Jane	135
50	Emma	134

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,711
2	John	1,488
3	William	1,439
4	Robert	1,428
5	Charles	1,211
6	Willie	961
7	Larry	838
8	Jerry	821
9	David	685
10	Thomas	671
11	Jimmy	593
12	George	554
13	Richard	547
14	Billy	526
15	Donald	488
16	Johnny	486
17	Bobby	479
18	Ronald	458
19	Joseph	428
20	Kenneth	408
21	Joe	369
22	Henry	356
23	Gary	334
24	Edward	330
25	Walter	327
26	Michael	316
27	Roger	278
28	Roy	255
29	Paul	245
30	Harold	240
31	Eddie	237
32	Samuel	229
33	Arthur	221
34	Frank	220
35	Tommy	218
36	Terry	208
37	Jimmie	204
38	Charlie	202
39	Danny	196
40	Clarence	187
41	Ronnie	176
42	Wayne	165
43	Albert	162
44	Carl	154
45	Gerald	151
46	Jack	150
46	Raymond	150
48	Douglas	143
49	Fred	142
49	Howard	142