State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,705 Alabama births in 1918 across 1,021 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#53Gradyoutside the national top 200
#67Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#71Tommieoutside the national top 200
#65Essie#194 nationally
#71Katie#195 nationally
#57Rosie#174 nationally
#84Sallieoutside the national top 200
#86Johnieoutside the national top 200
#72Dan#184 nationally
#90Willoutside the national top 200
#95Mackoutside the national top 200
#96Addieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,914US #1
#2Annie858US #36
#3Willie543US #70
#4Margaret459US #4
#5Ruby451US #27
#6Mildred390US #6
#7Ruth390US #5
#8Mattie356US #100
#9Louise345US #18
#10Frances340US #8
#11Elizabeth338US #9
#12Dorothy301US #3
#13Helen284US #2
#14Ethel281US #28
#15Gladys275US #22
#16Lillie252US #89
#17Edna251US #23
#18Evelyn240US #11
#19Bessie231US #61
#20Martha229US #25
#21Jessie222US #75
#22Minnie222US #88
#23Sarah221US #52
#24Bertha212US #51
#25Virginia209US #7
#26Alice206US #13
#27Clara206US #43
#28Hazel204US #33
#29Thelma198US #32
#30Lucille196US #29
#31Lillian195US #15
#32Lois195US #42
#33Marie190US #12
#34Emma181US #46
#35Nellie179US #65
#36Myrtle173US #62
#37Carrie171US #113
#38Irene165US #16
#39Ida163US #57
#40Pauline162US #35
#41Julia158US #48
#42Mamie155US #137
#43Lula154US #132
#44Fannie153US #120
#45Rosa153US #117
#46Ella152US #84
#47Edith150US #30
#48Hattie148US #121
#49Grace143US #31
#50Eva142US #55
#51Vera139US #68
#52Bernice136US #41
#53Catherine136US #20
#54Beatrice134US #40
#55Laura133US #64
#56Inez129US #115
#57Rosie128US #174
#58Alma127US #73
#59Susie123US #159
#60Sara121US #109
#61Flora118US #150
#62Josephine118US #24
#63Gertrude116US #39
#64Doris115US #19
#65Essie114US #194
#66Anna113US #10
#67Johnnie112
#68Lucy108US #90
#69Maggie108US #158
#70Cora107US #124
#71Katie107US #195
#72Lucile107US #156
#73Georgia106US #107
#74Eunice102US #111
#75Elsie99US #49
#76Florence97US #14
#77Mae96US #95
#78Ada93US #123
#79Daisy93US #149
#80Eula92US #168
#81Velma89US #103
#82Viola89US #59
#83Katherine87US #50
#84Sallie87
#85Christine86US #119
#86Lorene86US #173
#87Pearl86US #56
#88Opal85US #94
#89Mable84US #144
#90Juanita83US #85
#91Lena82US #93
#92Sadie81US #155
#93Geneva76US #112
#94Alberta75US #122
#95Nora75US #161
#96Addie72
#97Jewell72
#98Nancy72US #102
#99Nettie72US #175
#100Ora72

Boys

#1James1,872US #3
#2John1,319US #1
#3William1,262US #2
#4Robert898US #4
#5Willie780US #29
#6George615US #6
#7Thomas459US #10
#8Charles454US #5
#9Henry421US #16
#10Joseph354US #7
#11Edward289US #8
#12Frank279US #9
#13Walter253US #11
#14Joe252US #34
#15Charlie239US #70
#16Fred208US #33
#17Arthur202US #17
#18Woodrow188US #58
#19David181US #28
#20Clarence179US #23
#21Roy177US #32
#22Albert176US #19
#23Samuel170US #43
#24Jack161US #21
#25Richard161US #12
#26Howard155US #26
#27Ernest152US #37
#28Paul151US #14
#29Johnnie148US #110
#30Jessie147US #120
#31Cecil133US #82
#32Sam129US #75
#33Raymond125US #15
#34Andrew120US #46
#35Carl118US #25
#36Eddie118US #117
#37Eugene112US #35
#38Ralph109US #22
#39Jesse105US #78
#40Earl104US #31
#41Marvin104US #68
#42Leroy96US #57
#43Leon95US #77
#44Earnest94US #142
#45Herman94US #65
#46Louis94US #24
#47Curtis92US #123
#48Oscar92US #87
#49Floyd90US #61
#50Clyde89US #67
#51Luther89US #119
#52Lewis88US #74
#53Grady87
#54Harold87US #13
#55Jimmie87US #159
#56Lee82US #86
#57Leonard82US #41
#58Harry79US #20
#59Homer78US #100
#60Horace78US #132
#61Melvin77US #56
#62Herbert74US #40
#63Lawrence74US #38
#64Tom72US #139
#65Ben71US #128
#66Wilson70US #122
#67Edgar63US #89
#68Hubert63US #114
#69Jim63US #165
#70Hugh62US #112
#71Tommie62
#72Dan61US #184
#73Harvey59US #88
#74Alfred58US #42
#75Benjamin58US #79
#76Ray58US #69
#77Milton57US #76
#78Otis57US #151
#79Clifford56US #60
#80Daniel55US #52
#81Allen54US #98
#82Lester54US #62
#83Alvin53US #80
#84Willard53US #83
#85Elmer52US #44
#86Johnie52
#87Chester51US #54
#88Claude51US #95
#89Rufus51US #183
#90Will51
#91Elbert50US #191
#92Nathaniel49US #193
#93Bennie48US #167
#94Julius48US #118
#95Mack48
#96Leo47US #48
#97Dewey46
#98Johnny46US #199
#99Marion46US #107
#100Archie45US #138

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑32Melvin#61
↑24Josephine#62
↑23Floyd#49
↑22Lawrence#63
↑22Harvey#73
↑18Julia#41
↑18Catherine#53
↑17Georgia#73

Falling

↓31Marion#99
↓27Elbert#91
↓19Daniel#80
↓18Jimmie#55
↓16Cora#70
↓16Lucile#72
↓16Chester#87
↓16Mack#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.