State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,110 Alabama births in 1917 across 996 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#44Gradyoutside the national top 200
#37Jimmie#176 nationally
#72Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#75Katie#199 nationally
#79Mackoutside the national top 200
#58Rosie#179 nationally
#74Essie#194 nationally
#81Sallieoutside the national top 200
#83Johnieoutside the national top 200
#85Addieoutside the national top 200
#64Elbert#179 nationally
#87Nelloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,825US #1
#2Annie732US #35
#3Ruby458US #27
#4Willie427US #72
#5Ruth396US #5
#6Margaret384US #4
#7Mildred353US #6
#8Louise320US #19
#9Mattie294US #94
#10Elizabeth292US #8
#11Lillie275US #86
#12Dorothy271US #3
#13Gladys263US #23
#14Frances258US #9
#15Ethel252US #24
#16Sarah249US #52
#17Helen246US #2
#18Bessie241US #61
#19Edna218US #20
#20Evelyn216US #11
#21Martha216US #22
#22Clara215US #41
#23Minnie214US #75
#24Jessie209US #70
#25Emma207US #46
#26Marie201US #12
#27Virginia196US #10
#28Lucille191US #29
#29Lillian190US #15
#30Fannie187US #115
#31Lois180US #43
#32Nellie170US #64
#33Pauline170US #33
#34Carrie169US #109
#35Bertha165US #51
#36Thelma163US #32
#37Hazel162US #31
#38Alice158US #13
#39Ida152US #56
#40Grace146US #30
#41Irene145US #17
#42Beatrice144US #39
#43Alma141US #71
#44Ella140US #83
#45Myrtle140US #58
#46Lula136US #135
#47Hattie132US #118
#48Mamie132US #130
#49Gertrude131US #37
#50Inez130US #110
#51Rosa130US #121
#52Susie127US #159
#53Eva126US #54
#54Cora125US #126
#55Vera125US #66
#56Lucile123US #142
#57Sara123US #107
#58Rosie122US #179
#59Julia120US #47
#60Edith118US #28
#61Anna115US #7
#62Lucy114US #88
#63Flora111US #145
#64Daisy108US #150
#65Bernice107US #42
#66Eunice106US #111
#67Doris105US #25
#68Laura104US #65
#69Maggie104US #161
#70Velma104US #99
#71Catherine103US #18
#72Johnnie102
#73Pearl98US #57
#74Essie93US #194
#75Katie93US #199
#76Katherine87US #49
#77Mae87US #96
#78Elsie86US #50
#79Lena86US #85
#80Eula85US #172
#81Sallie82
#82Juanita81US #87
#83Viola81US #59
#84Kathleen80US #101
#85Addie79
#86Josephine79US #21
#87Nell76
#88Ada75US #119
#89Estelle75US #129
#90Georgia75US #105
#91Florence74US #14
#92Geneva73US #113
#93Esther71US #38
#94Lizzie67
#95Nancy67US #98
#96Sadie67US #151
#97Ola66
#98Opal64US #95
#99Christine63US #120
#100Jewell63

Boys

#1James1,698US #3
#2John1,132US #1
#3William1,118US #2
#4Robert813US #4
#5Willie688US #31
#6George511US #6
#7Charles375US #7
#8Henry355US #15
#9Thomas338US #10
#10Joseph271US #5
#11Frank264US #9
#12Walter254US #11
#13Charlie240US #67
#14Joe234US #35
#15Edward228US #8
#16Fred192US #29
#17Arthur183US #17
#18Clarence168US #25
#19Jessie150US #114
#20Samuel148US #42
#21David143US #28
#22Johnnie143US #111
#23Jack142US #22
#24Roy138US #33
#25Albert137US #18
#26Richard136US #14
#27Paul128US #13
#28Howard125US #26
#29Ernest123US #37
#30Jesse123US #79
#31Ralph115US #21
#32Eddie114US #118
#33Carl111US #24
#34Cecil106US #83
#35Woodrow106US #73
#36Sam103US #72
#37Jimmie102US #176
#38Earl101US #32
#39Louis101US #23
#40Lewis99US #70
#41Eugene98US #39
#42Raymond97US #16
#43Andrew96US #48
#44Grady96
#45Oscar95US #87
#46Clyde89US #64
#47Leon89US #82
#48Luther86US #116
#49Marvin86US #68
#50Harry85US #19
#51Herman85US #58
#52Earnest79US #143
#53Lee79US #85
#54Leonard79US #41
#55Herbert75US #40
#56Leroy73US #60
#57Harold71US #12
#58Horace70US #125
#59Homer69US #102
#60Curtis65US #121
#61Daniel64US #54
#62Tom63US #139
#63Edgar62US #88
#64Elbert62US #179
#65Hubert62US #115
#66Ben60US #129
#67Hugh60US #110
#68Marion59US #108
#69Milton59US #75
#70Otis55US #145
#71Chester54US #56
#72Floyd53US #62
#73Oliver53US #127
#74Wilson53US #144
#75Benjamin52US #76
#76Claude52US #98
#77Alfred50US #43
#78Jim49US #163
#79Mack49
#80Willard49US #80
#81Alvin48US #81
#82Clifford48US #59
#83Johnie48
#84Ray47US #74
#85Lawrence46US #36
#86Lonnie46US #196
#87Wallace45US #123
#88Emmett43
#89Lester43US #61
#90Norman43US #46
#91Percy43
#92Allen42US #100
#93Melvin42US #57
#94Nathaniel42US #189
#95Harvey41US #90
#96Leo40US #47
#97Sidney40US #95
#98Will40
#99Bennie39US #172
#100Julius39US #113

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑22Gertrude#49
↑20Earnest#52
↑20Mack#79
↑19Tom#62
↑18Lewis#40
↑18Oliver#73
↑17Nellie#32
↑16Doris#67

Falling

↓29Leo#96
↓25Lonnie#86
↓24Melvin#93
↓20Laura#68
↓20Floyd#72
↓19Lawrence#85
↓15Florence#91
↓15Alfred#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.