Top baby names in Alabama, 1950
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 1,842 |
| 2 | Linda | 1,694 |
| 3 | Brenda | 1,094 |
| 4 | Patricia | 1,070 |
| 5 | Barbara | 946 |
| 6 | Sandra | 722 |
| 7 | Betty | 654 |
| 8 | Shirley | 630 |
| 9 | Carolyn | 570 |
| 10 | Deborah | 566 |
| 11 | Judy | 547 |
| 12 | Annie | 514 |
| 13 | Martha | 500 |
| 14 | Dorothy | 496 |
| 15 | Janice | 476 |
| 16 | Gloria | 398 |
| 17 | Wanda | 397 |
| 18 | Margaret | 394 |
| 19 | Nancy | 365 |
| 20 | Elizabeth | 345 |
| 21 | Joyce | 343 |
| 22 | Sharon | 341 |
| 23 | Susan | 340 |
| 24 | Rebecca | 338 |
| 25 | Carol | 299 |
| 26 | Peggy | 292 |
| 27 | Glenda | 283 |
| 28 | Donna | 271 |
| 29 | Sarah | 249 |
| 30 | Cynthia | 246 |
| 31 | Doris | 233 |
| 32 | Charlotte | 225 |
| 33 | Diane | 212 |
| 34 | Helen | 211 |
| 35 | Virginia | 209 |
| 36 | Kathy | 206 |
| 37 | Beverly | 196 |
| 38 | Frances | 193 |
| 39 | Janet | 190 |
| 40 | Jo | 188 |
| 40 | Sherry | 188 |
| 42 | Sheila | 187 |
| 43 | Alice | 180 |
| 44 | Gwendolyn | 176 |
| 44 | Willie | 176 |
| 46 | Karen | 166 |
| 47 | Pamela | 162 |
| 48 | Patsy | 159 |
| 48 | Phyllis | 159 |
| 50 | Judith | 156 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,660 |
| 2 | Robert | 1,421 |
| 3 | John | 1,409 |
| 4 | William | 1,379 |
| 5 | Charles | 1,206 |
| 6 | Larry | 1,178 |
| 7 | Willie | 953 |
| 8 | David | 858 |
| 9 | Michael | 782 |
| 10 | Jerry | 729 |
| 11 | Thomas | 679 |
| 12 | Ronald | 613 |
| 13 | Donald | 564 |
| 14 | George | 549 |
| 15 | Richard | 540 |
| 16 | Jimmy | 491 |
| 17 | Johnny | 456 |
| 18 | Kenneth | 432 |
| 19 | Gary | 421 |
| 20 | Billy | 407 |
| 21 | Bobby | 398 |
| 22 | Edward | 375 |
| 23 | Joseph | 374 |
| 24 | Henry | 322 |
| 25 | Eddie | 318 |
| 26 | Joe | 317 |
| 27 | Danny | 303 |
| 28 | Terry | 287 |
| 29 | Walter | 270 |
| 30 | Roger | 264 |
| 31 | Roy | 250 |
| 32 | Samuel | 241 |
| 33 | Paul | 236 |
| 34 | Harold | 229 |
| 35 | Tommy | 227 |
| 36 | Arthur | 216 |
| 37 | Stephen | 211 |
| 38 | Frank | 208 |
| 39 | Phillip | 201 |
| 40 | Clarence | 190 |
| 41 | Daniel | 188 |
| 42 | Ronnie | 180 |
| 43 | Carl | 179 |
| 44 | Dennis | 176 |
| 45 | Jimmie | 163 |
| 46 | Charlie | 159 |
| 47 | Raymond | 158 |
| 48 | Douglas | 155 |
| 48 | Steven | 155 |
| 50 | Melvin | 153 |