State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,026 Alabama births in 1916 across 1,035 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#40Gradyoutside the national top 200
#61Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#47Jimmie#179 nationally
#69Essie#197 nationally
#70Sallie#196 nationally
#73Rufus#197 nationally
#61Rosie#181 nationally
#81Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#75Grover#193 nationally
#84Willoutside the national top 200
#75Katie#191 nationally
#65Jim#177 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,722US #1
#2Annie772US #36
#3Ruby478US #23
#4Willie419US #73
#5Ruth408US #5
#6Mattie344US #93
#7Louise337US #18
#8Margaret329US #4
#9Mildred325US #6
#10Elizabeth287US #8
#11Lillie287US #88
#12Edna266US #19
#13Bessie256US #56
#14Frances250US #9
#15Gladys246US #22
#16Sarah244US #52
#17Ethel237US #25
#18Dorothy233US #3
#19Minnie230US #71
#20Emma227US #41
#21Helen225US #2
#22Lois214US #43
#23Jessie211US #68
#24Evelyn210US #11
#25Clara207US #39
#26Martha206US #24
#27Lillian198US #16
#28Bertha195US #49
#29Lucille195US #30
#30Alice193US #13
#31Hazel181US #31
#32Thelma180US #29
#33Myrtle177US #58
#34Carrie176US #103
#35Marie171US #12
#36Virginia168US #10
#37Ida167US #54
#38Beatrice164US #38
#39Fannie163US #116
#40Hattie162US #115
#41Pauline160US #33
#42Lula157US #127
#43Vera155US #66
#44Irene153US #17
#45Ella151US #81
#46Grace147US #26
#47Eva146US #55
#48Laura145US #64
#49Nellie145US #61
#50Mamie140US #129
#51Lucile139US #139
#52Anna137US #7
#53Julia136US #46
#54Rosa136US #120
#55Flora135US #141
#56Bernice131US #42
#57Alma129US #70
#58Edith128US #28
#59Daisy126US #137
#60Inez123US #107
#61Rosie123US #181
#62Susie123US #156
#63Eunice122US #110
#64Maggie121US #157
#65Sara121US #109
#66Eula112US #164
#67Cora108US #114
#68Elsie107US #48
#69Essie106US #197
#70Sallie106US #196
#71Gertrude105US #35
#72Velma103US #99
#73Mae100US #92
#74Katherine98US #51
#75Katie97US #191
#76Florence95US #14
#77Lucy92US #84
#78Pearl91US #57
#79Agnes90US #50
#80Estelle90US #122
#81Johnnie90
#82Lena90US #85
#83Doris88US #32
#84Josephine86US #21
#85Catherine84US #20
#86Ollie83US #193
#87Nettie82US #171
#88Opal79US #91
#89Lorene76US #177
#90Ola76
#91Dora75US #124
#92Lizzie75
#93Lola75US #147
#94Christine74US #121
#95Addie72
#96Georgia72US #108
#97Mabel70US #65
#98Eloise69US #187
#99Sadie69US #133
#100Jewel68

Boys

#1James1,658US #3
#2William1,232US #2
#3John1,135US #1
#4Robert822US #4
#5Willie719US #30
#6George497US #7
#7Henry439US #14
#8Charles400US #6
#9Thomas376US #10
#10Frank273US #9
#11Joseph269US #5
#12Joe248US #35
#13Edward228US #8
#14Walter226US #11
#15Charlie221US #68
#16Fred196US #29
#17Clarence188US #24
#18Arthur177US #18
#19Albert169US #17
#20Roy163US #33
#21David160US #28
#22Jack160US #26
#23Woodrow160US #64
#24Jessie158US #117
#25Samuel149US #41
#26Paul143US #12
#27Cecil142US #80
#28Jesse142US #77
#29Eddie140US #114
#30Johnnie139US #115
#31Ernest135US #36
#32Howard131US #25
#33Richard129US #15
#34Ralph125US #21
#35Sam123US #74
#36Earl116US #32
#37Andrew115US #46
#38Raymond108US #16
#39Clyde105US #62
#40Grady103
#41Louis97US #22
#42Marvin97US #66
#43Carl95US #23
#44Herman95US #56
#45Lee94US #83
#46Leroy93US #63
#47Jimmie91US #179
#48Leon91US #85
#49Oscar91US #86
#50Horace90US #126
#51Luther88US #116
#52Floyd86US #60
#53Harold82US #13
#54Eugene81US #39
#55Curtis79US #120
#56Herbert76US #40
#57Hubert76US #113
#58Lewis73US #71
#59Otis72US #142
#60Harry67US #19
#61Lonnie66
#62Alfred65US #43
#63Homer65US #103
#64Leonard64US #42
#65Jim63US #177
#66Lawrence62US #38
#67Leo62US #47
#68Willard62US #69
#69Melvin61US #57
#70Daniel58US #55
#71Bill57US #147
#72Earnest56US #155
#73Rufus56US #197
#74Claude54US #93
#75Grover53US #193
#76Milton53US #72
#77Ben52US #119
#78Edgar52US #88
#79Elbert52US #181
#80Lester52US #59
#81Tom52US #139
#82Clifford51US #61
#83Hugh51US #96
#84Will48
#85Chester47US #54
#86Elmer47US #45
#87Benjamin46US #79
#88Bennie46US #169
#89Isaac46US #186
#90Norman46US #48
#91Oliver45US #127
#92Alvin44US #82
#93Johnie44
#94Tommie44
#95Allen43US #101
#96Roosevelt43
#97Lloyd41US #58
#98Harvey40US #92
#99Mack40
#100Wallace40US #124

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑34Lonnie#61
↑24Leo#67
↑24Melvin#69
↑22Sara#65
↑22Elsie#68
↑21Flora#55
↑19Leroy#46
↑18Marvin#42

Falling

↓28Allen#95
↓21Lucy#77
↓19Benjamin#87
↓19Wallace#100
↓18Lester#80
↓16Gertrude#71
↓14Catherine#85
↓14Addie#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.