State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,618 Alabama births in 1912 across 728 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#50Willoutside the national top 200
#53Gradyoutside the national top 200
#73Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#74Tommieoutside the national top 200
#34Jimmie#160 nationally
#79Edoutside the national top 200
#80Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#36Jim#149 nationally
#82Mack#195 nationally
#69Lizzie#180 nationally
#90Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#76Johnie#186 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,041US #1
#2Annie539US #27
#3Willie287US #61
#4Ruby269US #23
#5Mattie229US #70
#6Ethel212US #18
#7Ruth211US #5
#8Lillie199US #67
#9Louise191US #17
#10Minnie182US #60
#11Bessie175US #43
#12Elizabeth174US #8
#13Gladys168US #19
#14Emma160US #35
#15Sarah157US #41
#16Margaret155US #4
#17Alice150US #11
#18Jessie146US #65
#19Lucille144US #32
#20Lillian140US #14
#21Fannie139US #87
#22Bertha131US #36
#23Mildred130US #6
#24Edna129US #16
#25Carrie128US #82
#26Helen128US #2
#27Ida127US #45
#28Martha124US #29
#29Hattie123US #90
#30Grace121US #24
#31Clara116US #34
#32Rosie116US #138
#33Mamie114US #95
#34Beatrice113US #37
#35Myrtle113US #50
#36Frances111US #9
#37Hazel111US #25
#38Lula109US #107
#39Vera107US #68
#40Marie106US #10
#41Thelma106US #26
#42Ella105US #69
#43Susie105US #120
#44Rosa104US #94
#45Nellie101US #59
#46Eva100US #49
#47Evelyn99US #13
#48Laura98US #57
#49Dorothy96US #3
#50Inez96US #100
#51Julia96US #44
#52Irene95US #22
#53Alma93US #62
#54Pauline92US #38
#55Lois90US #63
#56Lucile90US #129
#57Gertrude89US #30
#58Viola88US #52
#59Virginia87US #20
#60Maggie86US #115
#61Essie85US #155
#62Anna82US #7
#63Cora78US #98
#64Pearl73US #54
#65Velma72US #88
#66Daisy71US #112
#67Katie71US #149
#68Lena71US #72
#69Lizzie71US #180
#70Eula70US #147
#71Flora69US #128
#72Lucy68US #78
#73Mae68US #74
#74Sallie66US #164
#75Eunice65US #109
#76Bernice63US #51
#77Nancy59US #108
#78Mabel58US #46
#79Ada57US #96
#80Johnnie57
#81Estelle56US #111
#82Mable56US #125
#83Elsie55US #42
#84Alberta54US #106
#85Ola54US #193
#86Lela53US #184
#87Nettie53US #143
#88Ollie53US #163
#89Sadie53US #114
#90Esther52US #33
#91Josephine52US #28
#92Lola52US #127
#93Georgia51US #101
#94Rose51US #15
#95Edith50US #31
#96Florence50US #12
#97Addie48US #171
#98Catherine48US #21
#99Jewel47
#100Ora46US #168

Boys

#1James784US #3
#2John602US #1
#3William589US #2
#4Robert406US #4
#5Willie376US #22
#6George309US #6
#7Henry234US #12
#8Thomas186US #10
#9Charles182US #7
#10Frank162US #9
#11Joseph156US #5
#12Joe140US #36
#13Walter139US #11
#14Charlie130US #57
#15Woodrow122US #46
#16Arthur108US #15
#17Albert103US #17
#18Jack102US #28
#19Sam100US #63
#20Clarence99US #21
#21Edward99US #8
#22Fred99US #26
#23Richard96US #19
#24Roy89US #31
#25Jessie86US #109
#26Samuel86US #30
#27David83US #29
#28Johnnie83US #106
#29Ernest80US #32
#30Howard77US #25
#31Eddie76US #104
#32Paul69US #14
#33Andrew62US #44
#34Jimmie60US #160
#35Louis59US #20
#36Jim56US #149
#37Jesse55US #74
#38Raymond55US #18
#39Oscar54US #73
#40Eugene52US #41
#41Ralph52US #23
#42Lee50US #78
#43Cecil49US #76
#44Clyde48US #65
#45Earnest48US #132
#46Leroy48US #66
#47Tom47US #124
#48Harry46US #16
#49Earl44US #34
#50Will44
#51Lewis42US #68
#52Edgar40US #85
#53Grady40
#54Leon40US #79
#55Marvin40US #83
#56Otis40US #126
#57Carl39US #24
#58Herman39US #50
#59Leonard38US #45
#60Horace37US #119
#61Ben36US #102
#62Curtis36US #121
#63Claude35US #89
#64Floyd35US #59
#65Herbert35US #39
#66Allen34US #103
#67Lester33US #58
#68Wilson33US #131
#69Clifford32US #62
#70Daniel32US #53
#71Harold32US #13
#72Luther32US #114
#73Roosevelt32
#74Tommie32
#75Homer31US #98
#76Johnie31US #186
#77Melvin31US #71
#78Alfred30US #40
#79Ed30
#80Rufus30US #175
#81Bennie29US #154
#82Mack29US #195
#83Percy29US #174
#84Lawrence28US #38
#85Theodore28US #52
#86Bill27US #168
#87Dan27US #194
#88Marion27US #112
#89Milton27US #64
#90Aubrey26
#91Elbert26US #172
#92Hubert26US #122
#93Willis26US #142
#94Benjamin25US #67
#95Booker24
#96Ellis24
#97Grover24
#98Leo24US #49
#99Alvin22US #86
#100Clifton22US #148

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑32Hazel#37
↑32Edgar#52
↑26Helen#26
↑25Sallie#74
↑25Louis#35
↑24Clyde#44
↑23Leon#54
↑22Jim#36

Falling

↓39Homer#75
↓30Luther#72
↓27Cora#63
↓24Marie#40
↓23Daniel#70
↓23Johnie#76
↓22Florence#96
↓22Dan#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.