Alabama ★ 1938

Top names in Alabama, 1938

Mary led for girls with 2,190 babies ; James for boys with 2,246. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,190
2	Betty	1,241
3	Barbara	800
4	Annie	732
4	Dorothy	732
6	Shirley	628
7	Martha	564
8	Margaret	415
9	Carolyn	382
10	Doris	381
11	Patricia	326
12	Sarah	324
13	Peggy	322
14	Frances	295
15	Willie	294
16	Helen	290
17	Ruby	274
18	Joyce	268
19	Elizabeth	266
20	Virginia	249
21	Alice	221
22	Bobbie	213
23	Mattie	211
24	Mildred	209
25	Nancy	202
26	Emma	201
27	Louise	187
28	Ann	179
29	Ruth	173
30	Lillie	172
31	Edna	169
32	Evelyn	165
32	Juanita	165
34	Sara	158
35	Ethel	157
36	Rosie	150
37	Clara	148
38	Jo	147
39	Gloria	144
40	Janice	142
40	Minnie	142
42	Bernice	141
43	Nellie	140
44	Bertha	136
44	Carrie	136
46	Patsy	135
46	Sylvia	135
48	Julia	131
49	Marie	130
50	Linda	126
50	Shelby	126
52	Carol	123
52	Jean	123
54	Catherine	122
55	Jessie	121
56	Ella	120
56	Geraldine	120
58	Gladys	119
59	Christine	117
60	Bessie	115
60	Billie	115
60	Hazel	115
60	Margie	115
64	Thelma	111
65	Johnnie	109
65	Sandra	109
67	Norma	105
68	Bonnie	102
68	Rosa	102
70	Hattie	101
70	Laura	101
72	Glenda	100
72	Jeanette	100
74	Ida	99
74	Lula	99
76	Wanda	98
77	Annette	97
78	Jane	96
78	Lois	96
80	Faye	94
80	Joan	94
82	Rebecca	91
83	Eva	90
84	Charlotte	86
84	Fannie	86
86	Alma	84
86	Anna	84
86	Georgia	84
89	Jimmie	83
89	Wilma	83
91	Eleanor	81
92	Bettye	77
92	June	77
92	Susie	77
95	Myra	76
95	Sue	76
97	Gwendolyn	75
98	Edith	73
98	Katie	73
100	Irene	72

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,246
2	John	1,180
3	Robert	1,168
4	William	1,136
5	Charles	989
6	Willie	828
7	Billy	676
8	Bobby	554
9	Joe	475
10	George	470
11	Thomas	469
12	Jimmy	405
13	Jerry	396
14	Donald	395
15	David	339
16	Joseph	315
17	Henry	309
18	Edward	270
19	Richard	254
20	Frank	243
21	Johnny	237
22	Walter	232
23	Kenneth	230
24	Eddie	218
25	Harold	212
26	Jimmie	197
26	Roy	197
28	Charlie	194
29	Paul	193
30	Arthur	180
31	Albert	174
31	Fred	174
31	Jack	174
34	Samuel	153
35	Carl	149
35	Howard	149
37	Johnnie	146
37	Larry	146
39	Tommy	142
40	Curtis	141
41	Eugene	137
42	Clarence	133
43	Ralph	128
44	Raymond	126
45	Ronald	122
46	Melvin	117
47	Leon	115
48	Jessie	114
49	Gerald	113
50	Douglas	107
51	Jesse	105
51	Lee	105
53	Gene	104
53	Ray	104
55	Herman	103
56	Wayne	102
57	Earl	101
58	Cecil	92
58	Daniel	92
60	Clyde	91
60	Ernest	91
62	Roosevelt	90
63	Marvin	89
64	Louis	85
65	Andrew	83
66	Gary	81
67	Earnest	80
68	Don	79
69	Lewis	76
70	Leroy	75
71	Floyd	74
71	Freddie	74
73	Calvin	73
74	Otis	68
75	Claude	67
75	Jackie	67
77	Alfred	65
77	Herbert	65
79	Horace	64
80	Sam	63
81	Alton	62
82	Franklin	60
82	Grady	60
82	Harry	60
82	Hugh	60
82	Luther	60
87	Norman	59
87	Tommie	59
89	Leonard	58
90	Ben	57
90	Milton	57
92	Oscar	56
93	Bennie	54
94	Allen	52
94	Glenn	52
96	Lawrence	51
96	Phillip	51
98	Wallace	50
99	Alvin	49
99	Bill	49