State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,862 Alabama births in 1914 across 870 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#50Gradyoutside the national top 200
#54Willoutside the national top 200
#72Tommieoutside the national top 200
#78Mackoutside the national top 200
#79Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#80Edoutside the national top 200
#62Rufus#179 nationally
#84Johnieoutside the national top 200
#85Olaoutside the national top 200
#59Jim#174 nationally
#56Jimmie#170 nationally
#66Sallie#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,429US #1
#2Annie617US #33
#3Willie368US #66
#4Ruby332US #24
#5Mattie305US #78
#6Ruth296US #5
#7Louise254US #17
#8Elizabeth237US #8
#9Ethel229US #21
#10Mildred224US #7
#11Lillie221US #74
#12Margaret220US #4
#13Sarah219US #47
#14Gladys208US #20
#15Frances195US #9
#16Minnie195US #67
#17Emma188US #39
#18Lucille183US #30
#19Bessie178US #55
#20Helen172US #2
#21Lillian169US #16
#22Dorothy168US #3
#23Evelyn164US #11
#24Jessie164US #64
#25Bertha161US #41
#26Martha155US #27
#27Alice154US #12
#28Beatrice150US #38
#29Myrtle150US #60
#30Lois149US #51
#31Clara146US #37
#32Edna146US #19
#33Marie144US #10
#34Carrie136US #91
#35Ida132US #49
#36Rosa132US #104
#37Gertrude131US #32
#38Mamie129US #115
#39Virginia129US #14
#40Hattie128US #97
#41Lula128US #120
#42Fannie127US #99
#43Julia126US #42
#44Lucile126US #129
#45Irene125US #22
#46Thelma124US #26
#47Nellie122US #61
#48Grace119US #25
#49Ella118US #72
#50Rosie118US #153
#51Pauline113US #34
#52Inez110US #101
#53Vera110US #68
#54Alma108US #69
#55Susie108US #130
#56Laura107US #59
#57Eva105US #52
#58Hazel104US #29
#59Maggie101US #141
#60Bernice99US #43
#61Velma99US #92
#62Catherine98US #18
#63Cora98US #105
#64Pearl97US #56
#65Daisy94US #126
#66Sallie93US #178
#67Lucy92US #73
#68Katie91US #167
#69Anna88US #6
#70Florence88US #13
#71Mae87US #85
#72Viola86US #57
#73Eula85US #157
#74Eunice85US #109
#75Essie84US #181
#76Edith82US #31
#77Sara81US #108
#78Elsie79US #46
#79Johnnie76
#80Josephine76US #23
#81Ora76US #190
#82Flora70US #131
#83Lena70US #75
#84Nancy70US #102
#85Ola69
#86Estelle67US #112
#87Ada65US #106
#88Addie65US #188
#89Nettie65US #154
#90Sadie65US #124
#91Rose64US #15
#92Lola63US #144
#93Mabel61US #58
#94Rebecca61US #162
#95Katherine60US #48
#96Ollie60US #177
#97Georgia59US #107
#98Jewel59
#99Opal59US #89
#100Doris57US #36

Boys

#1James1,222US #3
#2John950US #1
#3William811US #2
#4Robert565US #4
#5Willie557US #25
#6George390US #6
#7Henry348US #12
#8Charles266US #7
#9Thomas265US #11
#10Walter226US #10
#11Joseph225US #5
#12Frank219US #9
#13Joe178US #34
#14Fred172US #28
#15Charlie158US #65
#16Edward155US #8
#17Albert149US #15
#18Jack140US #27
#19Samuel139US #36
#20Clarence133US #22
#21Arthur125US #18
#22Roy125US #32
#23Richard113US #17
#24Johnnie105US #119
#25Oscar103US #77
#26David101US #29
#27Sam101US #67
#28Eddie99US #109
#29Woodrow98US #71
#30Ernest97US #38
#31Jessie93US #117
#32Paul92US #13
#33Cecil90US #79
#34Earl88US #33
#35Ralph86US #21
#36Carl85US #24
#37Louis85US #20
#38Raymond82US #16
#39Howard80US #26
#40Otis80US #140
#41Jesse79US #82
#42Leroy76US #60
#43Lee73US #84
#44Floyd71US #58
#45Homer69US #101
#46Andrew68US #44
#47Curtis67US #120
#48Herbert67US #42
#49Clyde66US #63
#50Grady66
#51Tom66US #137
#52Herman65US #51
#53Luther64US #114
#54Will64
#55Daniel63US #55
#56Jimmie62US #170
#57Eugene60US #43
#58Harry57US #19
#59Jim56US #174
#60Lawrence54US #35
#61Lewis54US #72
#62Rufus52US #179
#63Marvin51US #75
#64Benjamin50US #70
#65Claude50US #93
#66Leonard49US #45
#67Leo48US #47
#68Horace47US #125
#69Earnest46US #147
#70Lester45US #57
#71Melvin45US #59
#72Tommie45
#73Edgar44US #87
#74Alfred43US #41
#75Hubert43US #118
#76Hugh42US #116
#77Lonnie42US #186
#78Mack42
#79Clifford40US #62
#80Ed40
#81Milton40US #69
#82Leon39US #85
#83Bennie38US #154
#84Johnie38
#85Nathaniel38US #185
#86Willis38US #135
#87Ben37US #110
#88Grover37US #200
#89Julius37US #106
#90Harvey36US #95
#91Oliver36US #122
#92Elbert35US #188
#93Norman35US #54
#94Allen34US #105
#95Elmer34US #46
#96Leslie34US #103
#97Alvin33US #78
#98Theodore33US #64
#99Harold32US #14
#100Aaron31US #183

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑32Leo#67
↑30Catherine#62
↑29Tom#51
↑28Gertrude#37
↑27Benjamin#64
↑25Rufus#62
↑25Horace#68
↑24Inez#52

Falling

↓35Harold#99
↓32Ben#87
↓28Leon#82
↓26Flora#82
↓23Julius#89
↓23Elbert#92
↓22Anna#69
↓22Eugene#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.