Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Alabama, 1953

Recorded as girls

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
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

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,450
2	William	1,397
3	Robert	1,376
4	John	1,282
5	Michael	1,191
6	Charles	1,128
7	David	1,096
8	Larry	963
9	Willie	744
10	Thomas	704
11	Richard	684
12	Donald	628
13	Jerry	592
14	Ronald	547
15	Johnny	534
16	George	480
17	Kenneth	473
18	Gary	418
19	Joseph	402
20	Danny	394
21	Jimmy	393
22	Terry	375
23	Bobby	352
24	Billy	348
25	Roger	331
26	Edward	301
27	Henry	288
28	Eddie	284
29	Paul	280
30	Steven	272
31	Joe	260
32	Dennis	253
33	Stephen	250
34	Walter	241
35	Randy	237
36	Tommy	234
37	Ricky	232
38	Samuel	224
39	Anthony	218
39	Ronnie	218
41	Carl	214
42	Arthur	213
43	Gregory	212
44	Roy	211
45	Frank	197
45	Phillip	197
47	Rickey	191
48	Harold	181
49	Daniel	180
50	Curtis	170