Alabama ★ 1940

Top names in Alabama, 1940

Mary led for girls with 2,078 babies ; James for boys with 2,284. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,078
2	Betty	1,158
3	Barbara	817
4	Dorothy	663
5	Annie	654
6	Shirley	572
7	Martha	536
8	Patricia	511
9	Margaret	419
10	Carolyn	408
11	Doris	391
12	Linda	366
13	Peggy	335
14	Sarah	307
15	Joyce	304
16	Elizabeth	294
16	Virginia	294
18	Willie	291
19	Helen	281
20	Ruby	265
21	Frances	263
22	Alice	248
23	Mattie	205
23	Mildred	205
25	Nancy	204
26	Evelyn	189
27	Emma	186
27	Sandra	186
29	Gloria	181
30	Lillie	169
31	Louise	168
32	Juanita	167
33	Janice	163
34	Geraldine	162
35	Glenda	158
35	Ruth	158
37	Bobbie	157
38	Ann	155
39	Edna	152
40	Brenda	151
40	Carol	151
42	Ethel	147
43	Judy	145
44	Rebecca	144
45	Patsy	143
46	Charlotte	141
47	Sara	136
48	Bonnie	134
48	Wanda	134
50	Julia	131
51	Jean	130
52	Bernice	126
53	Judith	125
54	Johnnie	121
54	Minnie	121
56	Clara	120
56	Jo	120
56	Sylvia	120
59	Marie	119
60	Ella	118
61	Rosie	117
62	Bertha	116
62	Catherine	116
62	Joan	116
65	Nellie	114
66	Faye	112
67	Jessie	110
68	Fannie	105
68	Hazel	105
70	Carrie	104
70	Shelby	104
72	Christine	103
73	Bessie	102
73	Lois	102
75	Annette	100
75	Norma	100
77	Sue	99
78	Jane	98
79	Eva	97
80	Hattie	96
80	Josephine	96
80	Laura	96
83	Rosa	94
83	Thelma	94
85	Bettye	91
86	Billie	90
86	Georgia	90
88	Eleanor	89
88	Jeanette	89
90	Gladys	88
91	Gwendolyn	87
91	Ida	87
93	Margie	86
94	Rose	84
94	Wilma	84
96	Lillian	82
97	Alma	79
98	Jimmie	78
98	Mamie	78
100	Bettie	74

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,284
2	John	1,266
3	William	1,264
4	Robert	1,199
5	Charles	1,080
6	Willie	859
7	Billy	614
8	Jerry	558
9	Bobby	517
10	Thomas	502
11	George	464
12	Jimmy	455
13	Joe	428
14	David	414
15	Donald	379
16	Henry	321
17	Joseph	305
18	Edward	304
19	Kenneth	282
20	Johnny	277
20	Richard	277
22	Walter	274
23	Frank	241
24	Roy	226
25	Harold	204
26	Eddie	200
27	Paul	198
28	Samuel	193
29	Arthur	190
30	Charlie	189
31	Larry	182
32	Ronald	174
33	Jimmie	169
34	Clarence	168
35	Eugene	161
36	Wayne	156
37	Carl	155
38	Raymond	153
39	Jack	150
40	Tommy	147
41	Fred	142
42	Howard	141
42	Jesse	141
44	Albert	140
45	Gerald	138
46	Johnnie	128
47	Ralph	126
48	Curtis	113
49	Franklin	106
50	Leon	105
51	Lee	104
52	Melvin	101
53	Ernest	100
54	Gary	99
55	Cecil	98
56	Earl	96
57	Earnest	92
57	Herman	92
57	Ray	92
60	Louis	91
61	Jessie	87
62	Alfred	86
62	Daniel	86
64	Don	85
64	Marvin	85
66	Lewis	84
67	Gene	81
67	Roosevelt	81
69	Herbert	80
70	Leroy	78
71	Bennie	76
72	Clyde	75
72	Phillip	75
72	Terry	75
75	Nathaniel	74
76	Jackie	71
77	Andrew	69
77	Norman	69
79	Calvin	68
79	Douglas	68
79	Floyd	68
79	Sam	68
83	Harry	67
84	Oscar	65
85	Lawrence	63
85	Wendell	63
87	Freddie	62
87	Glenn	62
87	Leonard	62
90	Milton	61
91	Hugh	60
91	Michael	60
93	Luther	58
94	Bill	57
94	Dan	57
94	Horace	57
94	Hubert	57
94	Otis	57
99	Allen	56
99	Jim	56