Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Alabama, 1955

Recorded as girls

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
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

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,201
2	Michael	1,334
3	John	1,254
4	Robert	1,240
5	William	1,216
6	David	1,207
7	Charles	948
8	Larry	805
9	Willie	768
10	Richard	643
11	Kenneth	570
12	Thomas	557
13	Donald	527
14	Jerry	500
15	Ronald	461
16	Gary	460
17	Johnny	454
17	Terry	454
19	Joseph	413
20	George	386
21	Jimmy	354
22	Danny	345
23	Billy	335
24	Randy	323
25	Steven	321
26	Ricky	314
27	Anthony	312
28	Eddie	306
29	Bobby	305
30	Mark	297
31	Roger	296
32	Edward	294
33	Gregory	293
34	Dennis	281
35	Timothy	278
36	Phillip	274
37	Paul	270
38	Stephen	260
39	Joe	250
39	Ronnie	250
41	Rickey	244
42	Henry	234
43	Curtis	221
44	Carl	218
45	Walter	215
46	Samuel	210
47	Daniel	200
48	Tommy	197
49	Stanley	195
50	Roy	172