State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,243 Alabama births in 1911 across 561 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#43Grady#180 nationally
#80Tommieoutside the national top 200
#53Johnie#172 nationally
#83Daveoutside the national top 200
#87Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#90Moseoutside the national top 200
#39Will#149 nationally
#95Groveroutside the national top 200
#81Ellis#185 nationally
#88Ed#190 nationally
#38Jimmie#137 nationally
#65Dan#164 nationally

Girls

#1Mary804US #1
#2Annie380US #24
#3Willie230US #61
#4Ruby212US #22
#5Mattie209US #65
#6Bessie161US #40
#7Ethel161US #15
#8Lillie158US #60
#9Minnie150US #52
#10Elizabeth149US #7
#11Ruth149US #5
#12Louise146US #19
#13Emma126US #35
#14Fannie120US #88
#15Margaret119US #3
#16Marie117US #9
#17Lucille108US #32
#18Mildred107US #8
#19Gladys106US #18
#20Sarah106US #42
#21Clara103US #33
#22Mamie101US #89
#23Carrie100US #78
#24Lula100US #94
#25Alice99US #11
#26Jessie97US #66
#27Lillian97US #13
#28Hattie96US #86
#29Susie94US #112
#30Bertha91US #36
#31Edna91US #17
#32Ella87US #63
#33Frances87US #10
#34Myrtle87US #50
#35Rosie85US #131
#36Cora81US #91
#37Beatrice80US #37
#38Evelyn80US #16
#39Rosa80US #92
#40Thelma80US #27
#41Gertrude78US #30
#42Martha78US #28
#43Irene77US #21
#44Julia76US #44
#45Maggie76US #111
#46Ida74US #45
#47Dorothy73US #4
#48Lois73US #68
#49Vera73US #67
#50Anna72US #6
#51Grace70US #23
#52Helen70US #2
#53Katie69US #139
#54Velma69US #90
#55Laura68US #57
#56Nellie68US #54
#57Alma67US #62
#58Eula66US #143
#59Pearl66US #48
#60Essie65US #156
#61Inez62US #99
#62Eva61US #46
#63Daisy59US #108
#64Virginia59US #26
#65Lucile58US #128
#66Mabel58US #43
#67Pauline58US #38
#68Flora57US #117
#69Hazel57US #25
#70Viola55US #47
#71Lola52US #120
#72Eunice51US #109
#73Lucy51US #77
#74Florence50US #12
#75Mae50US #71
#76Beulah49US #79
#77Lena49US #70
#78Georgia48US #96
#79Estelle47US #106
#80Josephine47US #29
#81Rose47US #14
#82Ollie46US #157
#83Sadie46US #113
#84Alberta45US #114
#85Bernice45US #51
#86Dora45US #104
#87Johnnie44
#88Catherine43US #20
#89Lizzie43US #170
#90Addie42US #161
#91Ada41US #97
#92Esther40US #34
#93Ora40US #158
#94Elsie38US #41
#95Nettie38US #136
#96Agnes37US #39
#97Della36US #130
#98Ola36US #195
#99Sallie36US #159
#100Lela35US #162

Boys

#1James468US #3
#2John406US #1
#3William353US #2
#4Willie300US #14
#5Robert249US #5
#6George165US #4
#7Henry133US #11
#8Frank105US #8
#9Charlie104US #45
#10Charles100US #7
#11Joe89US #29
#12Joseph88US #6
#13Thomas83US #10
#14Walter81US #12
#15Sam70US #47
#16Eddie68US #78
#17Edward68US #9
#18David64US #27
#19Arthur62US #18
#20Jack61US #25
#21Johnnie59US #90
#22Clarence58US #23
#23Richard58US #20
#24Fred53US #22
#25Samuel53US #30
#26Albert52US #15
#27Jessie52US #79
#28Roy48US #31
#29Howard47US #28
#30Lee46US #67
#31Andrew43US #42
#32Ernest43US #32
#33Eugene39US #43
#34Oscar37US #68
#35Paul36US #17
#36Homer34US #95
#37Jesse34US #72
#38Jimmie34US #137
#39Will33US #149
#40Earl32US #34
#41Earnest32US #125
#42Luther32US #100
#43Grady30US #180
#44Herman30US #49
#45Leonard30US #46
#46Curtis29US #118
#47Daniel29US #53
#48Floyd29US #57
#49Harry29US #13
#50Tom29US #105
#51Cecil28US #76
#52Raymond28US #19
#53Johnie27US #172
#54Leroy27US #59
#55Carl26US #26
#56Herbert26US #41
#57Isaac26US #143
#58Jim26US #134
#59Lewis26US #66
#60Louis26US #21
#61Ralph26US #24
#62Allen25US #98
#63Ben25US #86
#64Rufus24US #148
#65Dan23US #164
#66Otis23US #122
#67Alfred22US #39
#68Clyde22US #61
#69Lawrence21US #37
#70Marvin20US #82
#71Milton19US #70
#72Bennie18US #151
#73Bill18US #135
#74Claude18US #87
#75Elbert18US #169
#76Hubert18US #119
#77Leon18US #77
#78Roosevelt18US #168
#79Sylvester18US #154
#80Tommie18
#81Ellis17US #185
#82Horace17US #123
#83Dave16
#84Edgar16US #83
#85Guy16US #136
#86Hugh16US #121
#87Archie15US #127
#88Ed15US #190
#89Leslie15US #117
#90Mose15
#91Nathan15US #109
#92Benjamin14US #64
#93Chester14US #58
#94Elmer14US #48
#95Grover14
#96Ira14US #141
#97Marion14US #110
#98Oliver14US #115
#99Percy14US #173
#100Wallace14US #132

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑45Leonard#45
↑45Floyd#48
↑43Grady#43
↑43Herbert#56
↑34Mabel#66
↑32Dorothy#47
↑32Earnest#41
↑31Cora#36

Falling

↓36Ed#88
↓33Pearl#59
↓28Edgar#84
↓26Eva#62
↓25Jim#58
↓25Ben#63
↓24Sallie#99
↓24Louis#60

Every state

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