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Top names in Alabama

Name: Top baby names in Alabama, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,694 Alabama births in 1910 across 596 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alabama more than they say America.

#76Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#57Emmett#179 nationally
#83Tommieoutside the national top 200
#86Gradyoutside the national top 200
#59Dave#169 nationally
#74Jake#184 nationally
#45Rufus#145 nationally
#49Nathaniel#139 nationally
#52Ed#140 nationally
#28Will#113 nationally
#29Rosie#114 nationally
#41Jimmie#125 nationally

Girls

#1Mary875US #1
#2Annie482US #19
#3Willie257US #56
#4Mattie232US #60
#5Ruby204US #27
#6Ethel197US #13
#7Lillie187US #54
#8Ruth168US #5
#9Bessie162US #37
#10Elizabeth146US #7
#11Emma145US #34
#12Minnie139US #50
#13Louise138US #20
#14Bertha130US #33
#15Hattie127US #73
#16Gladys125US #15
#17Carrie122US #70
#18Fannie116US #78
#19Martha113US #28
#20Rosa113US #83
#21Alice112US #10
#22Lucille109US #31
#23Jessie108US #63
#24Sarah107US #40
#25Margaret106US #3
#26Pearl105US #39
#27Marie104US #9
#28Myrtle104US #43
#29Rosie103US #114
#30Lillian99US #14
#31Clara97US #32
#32Gertrude97US #26
#33Nellie96US #51
#34Ida95US #47
#35Ella91US #62
#36Eva91US #45
#37Maggie91US #95
#38Mildred90US #8
#39Mamie88US #86
#40Edna86US #18
#41Lois85US #76
#42Susie85US #102
#43Katie84US #122
#44Beatrice83US #36
#45Evelyn83US #17
#46Alma82US #61
#47Lula82US #93
#48Frances81US #11
#49Irene81US #21
#50Velma81US #90
#51Viola78US #48
#52Julia77US #49
#53Essie76US #134
#54Helen76US #2
#55Lucy76US #75
#56Lucile75US #118
#57Anna74US #6
#58Vera71US #71
#59Laura70US #53
#60Inez65US #97
#61Thelma65US #25
#62Eula63US #135
#63Virginia63US #29
#64Alberta62US #104
#65Daisy62US #101
#66Flora62US #108
#67Cora61US #85
#68Lena61US #66
#69Josephine60US #30
#70Grace59US #23
#71Georgia58US #91
#72Nancy58US #105
#73Lizzie57US #155
#74Pauline57US #42
#75Sallie57US #144
#76Johnnie56
#77Mae56US #65
#78Bernice55US #58
#79Dorothy55US #4
#80Florence54US #12
#81Ada53US #94
#82Hazel51US #24
#83Addie50US #157
#84Rose49US #16
#85Elsie48US #44
#86Agnes46US #41
#87Leola45US #166
#88Estelle43US #112
#89Effie41US #143
#90Eunice41US #113
#91Ola41US #167
#92Ollie41US #150
#93Ora40US #158
#94Sadie40US #100
#95Nora39US #111
#96Ellen38US #88
#97Esther38US #38
#98Jennie38US #81
#99Catherine37US #22
#100Mabel37US #46

Boys

#1James486US #2
#2John399US #1
#3William343US #3
#4Willie343US #11
#5Robert277US #4
#6George195US #5
#7Henry163US #10
#8Joe117US #25
#9Charlie113US #34
#10Frank106US #8
#11Charles98US #7
#12Joseph92US #6
#13Walter92US #13
#14Thomas87US #12
#15Sam77US #40
#16Richard73US #21
#17Clarence66US #20
#18Fred66US #22
#19Edward65US #9
#20Eddie64US #59
#21Jessie64US #72
#22Jack61US #23
#23Albert57US #14
#24Lee57US #49
#25Arthur55US #17
#26David55US #30
#27Howard54US #27
#28Will51US #113
#29Roy47US #29
#30Tom47US #82
#31Eugene46US #39
#32Ernest45US #31
#33Jim43US #100
#34Johnnie43US #74
#35Samuel42US #32
#36Louis40US #24
#37Andrew39US #42
#38Ben39US #79
#39Jesse38US #60
#40Lewis37US #65
#41Jimmie36US #125
#42Leroy34US #50
#43Oscar33US #73
#44Paul33US #15
#45Rufus33US #145
#46Carl32US #26
#47Herman29US #52
#48Curtis27US #114
#49Nathaniel27US #139
#50Raymond27US #19
#51Harry26US #16
#52Ed25US #140
#53Cecil24US #77
#54Claude24US #78
#55Ralph24US #28
#56Edgar23US #80
#57Emmett23US #179
#58Otis23US #109
#59Dave22US #169
#60Luther22US #87
#61Marvin22US #84
#62Bennie21US #146
#63Earl21US #33
#64Homer21US #98
#65Lawrence21US #35
#66Roosevelt21US #144
#67Theodore21US #54
#68Alex20US #127
#69Bill20US #124
#70Mack20US #150
#71Alfred19US #38
#72Daniel19US #53
#73Earnest19US #128
#74Jake19US #184
#75Lonnie19US #148
#76Milton19US #76
#77Oliver19US #103
#78Percy19US #160
#79Allen17US #92
#80Clyde17US #57
#81Johnie17US #157
#82Julius17US #95
#83Tommie17
#84Chester16US #61
#85Dan16US #164
#86Grady16
#87Harvey16US #89
#88Hugh16US #112
#89Leon16US #81
#90Leonard16US #46
#91Morris16US #91
#92Elmer15US #48
#93Floyd15US #55
#94Hubert15US #106
#95Leo15US #51
#96Willis15US #149
#97Booker14US #177
#98Elbert14US #166
#99Herbert14US #41
#100Melvin14US #75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.