State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,303 Alabama births in 1913 across 773 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#51Willoutside the national top 200
#42Grady#190 nationally
#72Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#72Tommieoutside the national top 200
#74Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#79Mackoutside the national top 200
#84Olaoutside the national top 200
#43Jimmie#158 nationally
#61Essie#175 nationally
#88Groveroutside the national top 200
#91Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#70Sallie#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,125US #1
#2Annie543US #30
#3Willie311US #65
#4Ruby284US #23
#5Mattie244US #75
#6Louise223US #17
#7Ruth219US #5
#8Margaret214US #4
#9Mildred209US #6
#10Lillie200US #71
#11Elizabeth199US #8
#12Ethel189US #20
#13Bessie187US #47
#14Gladys171US #19
#15Minnie163US #63
#16Alice155US #11
#17Emma155US #38
#18Carrie150US #90
#19Sarah145US #43
#20Clara143US #36
#21Rosa143US #101
#22Edna136US #18
#23Lucille136US #31
#24Jessie135US #61
#25Lillian135US #16
#26Evelyn134US #12
#27Frances134US #9
#28Bertha129US #39
#29Hattie128US #96
#30Helen128US #2
#31Martha127US #28
#32Marie126US #10
#33Ida120US #49
#34Myrtle120US #53
#35Nellie120US #58
#36Fannie119US #91
#37Dorothy117US #3
#38Ella113US #70
#39Lula113US #111
#40Thelma113US #26
#41Grace112US #25
#42Irene110US #21
#43Beatrice109US #37
#44Hazel107US #27
#45Mamie105US #106
#46Eva103US #50
#47Anna102US #7
#48Velma99US #89
#49Rosie98US #156
#50Lois97US #59
#51Julia94US #42
#52Laura94US #62
#53Susie93US #131
#54Pearl91US #55
#55Lucile90US #128
#56Flora89US #132
#57Florence89US #13
#58Pauline89US #35
#59Maggie88US #127
#60Alma86US #64
#61Essie86US #175
#62Virginia84US #15
#63Lucy83US #77
#64Vera81US #68
#65Gertrude80US #33
#66Daisy78US #123
#67Bernice76US #45
#68Cora76US #103
#69Eunice76US #107
#70Sallie73US #178
#71Edith71US #29
#72Johnnie70
#73Viola69US #52
#74Mae68US #79
#75Eula61US #153
#76Inez61US #98
#77Katie61US #171
#78Sadie61US #115
#79Ollie59US #172
#80Georgia57US #100
#81Ora57US #182
#82Elsie56US #40
#83Estelle56US #112
#84Ola56
#85Agnes55US #41
#86Effie55US #164
#87Lola55US #130
#88Rose54US #14
#89Ada53US #104
#90Lena53US #73
#91Lizzie53
#92Catherine52US #22
#93Dora51US #109
#94Mabel51US #56
#95Addie50US #187
#96Alberta50US #108
#97Katherine50US #54
#98Mable48US #134
#99Josephine47US #24
#100Sara47US #114

Boys

#1James1,010US #3
#2John784US #1
#3William671US #2
#4Robert449US #4
#5Willie438US #24
#6George345US #6
#7Henry236US #12
#8Thomas211US #10
#9Charles200US #7
#10Joseph196US #5
#11Frank190US #9
#12Charlie167US #62
#13Joe150US #37
#14Walter150US #11
#15Albert133US #16
#16Fred131US #27
#17Edward125US #8
#18Jack122US #28
#19Arthur116US #17
#20Woodrow116US #44
#21Clarence111US #21
#22Sam108US #65
#23Eddie106US #102
#24Roy97US #32
#25Richard90US #19
#26Ernest87US #34
#27Howard85US #26
#28David84US #29
#29Johnnie81US #118
#30Jesse77US #79
#31Samuel77US #36
#32Paul72US #14
#33Clyde70US #64
#34Carl69US #23
#35Eugene69US #43
#36Ralph69US #22
#37Jessie67US #114
#38Louis65US #20
#39Cecil64US #74
#40Lee60US #78
#41Floyd59US #58
#42Grady58US #190
#43Jimmie58US #158
#44Herman55US #53
#45Oscar53US #76
#46Raymond53US #18
#47Andrew52US #47
#48Harry52US #15
#49Jim52US #154
#50Marvin51US #77
#51Will51
#52Leroy50US #63
#53Otis48US #140
#54Leon47US #81
#55Ben46US #108
#56Earnest46US #144
#57Luther46US #116
#58Earl45US #31
#59Alfred43US #42
#60Curtis43US #119
#61Herbert43US #39
#62Leonard43US #46
#63Claude42US #88
#64Harold41US #13
#65Homer41US #96
#66Julius41US #106
#67Lewis41US #72
#68Daniel40US #54
#69Elbert38US #168
#70Hubert38US #112
#71Melvin38US #61
#72Tommie38
#73Chester37US #56
#74Roosevelt37
#75Allen36US #100
#76Archie36US #134
#77Harvey36US #93
#78Lawrence36US #35
#79Mack36
#80Tom35US #135
#81Lester34US #59
#82Marion34US #111
#83Bill33US #156
#84Wilson33US #122
#85Ellis32US #174
#86Lonnie31US #191
#87Rufus31US #169
#88Grover30
#89Hugh30US #115
#90Alvin29US #82
#91Benjamin29US #70
#92Dan28US #182
#93Horace28US #123
#94Milton27US #71
#95Alex26US #130
#96Edgar26US #87
#97Ira26US #152
#98Johnie26
#99Leo26US #48
#100Theodore26US #60

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑39Florence#57
↑24Edith#71
↑23Rosa#21
↑23Carl#34
↑23Floyd#41
↑22Elbert#69
↑22Hubert#70
↑21Evelyn#26

Falling

↓44Edgar#96
↓33Tom#80
↓33Horace#93
↓26Inez#76
↓25Vera#64
↓22Lena#90
↓22Lizzie#91
↓22Johnie#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.