State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,845 Alabama births in 1915 across 961 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#37Gradyoutside the national top 200
#46Jimmie#183 nationally
#70Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#62Essie#191 nationally
#61Rufus#188 nationally
#81Addieoutside the national top 200
#82Sallieoutside the national top 200
#85Mackoutside the national top 200
#67Katie#181 nationally
#61Rosie#174 nationally
#89Willoutside the national top 200
#90Bookeroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,552US #1
#2Annie709US #36
#3Ruby450US #24
#4Willie403US #72
#5Ruth366US #5
#6Margaret322US #4
#7Mattie313US #91
#8Louise296US #18
#9Mildred283US #6
#10Elizabeth282US #8
#11Lillie269US #84
#12Ethel259US #23
#13Frances246US #9
#14Gladys236US #21
#15Dorothy223US #3
#16Minnie222US #68
#17Bessie212US #57
#18Edna203US #20
#19Lillian203US #15
#20Martha198US #25
#21Evelyn196US #10
#22Sarah196US #51
#23Emma191US #40
#24Helen188US #2
#25Lois179US #47
#26Jessie173US #66
#27Lucille173US #29
#28Clara172US #38
#29Alice171US #13
#30Virginia170US #12
#31Hazel166US #26
#32Thelma161US #30
#33Carrie158US #103
#34Fannie158US #105
#35Eva154US #55
#36Bertha153US #46
#37Hattie153US #113
#38Marie151US #11
#39Irene146US #17
#40Myrtle146US #58
#41Lula145US #129
#42Nellie142US #63
#43Pauline142US #32
#44Ella140US #75
#45Ida140US #54
#46Julia137US #44
#47Rosa136US #116
#48Beatrice135US #37
#49Alma133US #70
#50Susie133US #149
#51Grace127US #27
#52Vera126US #65
#53Inez124US #101
#54Mamie124US #124
#55Gertrude117US #35
#56Lucy117US #79
#57Laura113US #61
#58Anna112US #7
#59Lucile108US #135
#60Maggie107US #150
#61Rosie106US #174
#62Essie104US #191
#63Eunice100US #109
#64Bernice99US #42
#65Edith99US #31
#66Eula99US #160
#67Katie99US #181
#68Velma94US #94
#69Cora92US #119
#70Johnnie92
#71Catherine91US #19
#72Daisy91US #131
#73Esther91US #33
#74Pearl91US #56
#75Florence86US #14
#76Flora85US #140
#77Lena84US #77
#78Alberta82US #120
#79Katherine81US #49
#80Lola81US #136
#81Addie80
#82Sallie79
#83Viola79US #59
#84Agnes77US #45
#85Mae77US #89
#86Ollie77US #194
#87Sara75US #106
#88Ada74US #114
#89Josephine74US #22
#90Elsie71US #41
#91Sadie71US #133
#92Vivian70US #78
#93Doris69US #34
#94Jewell69
#95Mable69US #145
#96Ora69
#97Jewel67
#98Opal67US #90
#99Juanita66US #92
#100Rebecca66US #159

Boys

#1James1,544US #3
#2John1,100US #1
#3William1,039US #2
#4Robert748US #4
#5Willie627US #30
#6George475US #6
#7Thomas383US #10
#8Henry367US #14
#9Charles322US #7
#10Joseph260US #5
#11Frank245US #9
#12Walter244US #11
#13Edward239US #8
#14Joe224US #38
#15Charlie213US #75
#16Albert179US #17
#17Fred177US #26
#18Arthur169US #18
#19Clarence164US #24
#20David157US #31
#21Jack155US #27
#22Roy148US #32
#23Richard146US #15
#24Ernest141US #35
#25Jessie139US #114
#26Samuel134US #39
#27Paul132US #13
#28Cecil127US #76
#29Eddie126US #120
#30Sam126US #68
#31Howard125US #25
#32Jesse123US #77
#33Woodrow118US #83
#34Johnnie111US #117
#35Ralph110US #21
#36Andrew99US #46
#37Grady98
#38Oscar98US #88
#39Raymond98US #16
#40Eugene97US #41
#41Lee97US #84
#42Herman96US #56
#43Carl95US #22
#44Earl92US #33
#45Louis91US #23
#46Jimmie84US #183
#47Clyde81US #63
#48Harry81US #19
#49Herbert79US #40
#50Otis79US #141
#51Curtis78US #128
#52Luther78US #115
#53Floyd77US #59
#54Horace75US #122
#55Leon74US #82
#56Lewis71US #70
#57Hubert67US #116
#58Willard67US #58
#59Leonard66US #44
#60Marvin63US #72
#61Rufus61US #188
#62Lester60US #57
#63Earnest59US #143
#64Harold59US #12
#65Leroy57US #66
#66Jim56US #170
#67Allen55US #99
#68Benjamin54US #71
#69Tom54US #142
#70Homer53US #98
#71Ben52US #113
#72Daniel52US #55
#73Edgar51US #85
#74Milton51US #73
#75Bennie50US #171
#76Claude50US #96
#77Emmett49US #187
#78Lawrence49US #37
#79Alfred48US #42
#80Alvin48US #81
#81Wallace48US #126
#82Chester47US #54
#83Clifford47US #61
#84Marion47US #112
#85Mack46
#86Elmer44US #45
#87Dan43US #192
#88Hugh43US #111
#89Will43
#90Booker42
#91Leo42US #47
#92Alex41US #131
#93Melvin41US #60
#94Norman41US #50
#95Lonnie40US #199
#96Roosevelt40
#97Willis40US #137
#98Clifton39US #144
#99Edwin39US #53
#100Johnie39

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑35Harold#64
↑27Hazel#31
↑27Leon#55
↑27Allen#67
↑22Eva#35
↑18Hubert#57
↑17Eugene#40
↑17Alvin#80

Falling

↓35Will#89
↓25Homer#70
↓24Leo#91
↓23Leroy#65
↓22Melvin#93
↓20Beatrice#48
↓18Gertrude#55
↓18Tom#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.