State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,301 Alabama births in 1919 across 1,124 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#45Gradyoutside the national top 200
#65Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#62Johnie#196 nationally
#75Tommieoutside the national top 200
#58Katie#183 nationally
#65Rufus#190 nationally
#78Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#80Deweyoutside the national top 200
#71Essie#189 nationally
#84Willoutside the national top 200
#85Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#89Jeweloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,222US #1
#2Annie922US #35
#3Willie607US #61
#4Mildred525US #6
#5Ruby513US #24
#6Louise461US #20
#7Margaret459US #4
#8Ruth445US #5
#9Dorothy387US #3
#10Mattie376US #95
#11Elizabeth352US #8
#12Helen346US #2
#13Frances344US #9
#14Lillie330US #81
#15Ethel311US #28
#16Sarah305US #46
#17Gladys290US #21
#18Minnie286US #80
#19Edna279US #22
#20Martha274US #25
#21Evelyn272US #11
#22Emma263US #45
#23Bessie260US #59
#24Marie239US #12
#25Lois228US #40
#26Jessie223US #75
#27Alice222US #13
#28Lucille219US #27
#29Clara214US #43
#30Hazel214US #32
#31Bertha211US #52
#32Virginia207US #7
#33Carrie206US #111
#34Thelma205US #31
#35Lillian200US #17
#36Myrtle200US #67
#37Edith198US #29
#38Nellie192US #69
#39Fannie183US #121
#40Ida179US #57
#41Ella176US #87
#42Pauline176US #36
#43Eva172US #55
#44Irene172US #16
#45Julia172US #48
#46Hattie168US #125
#47Rosa168US #110
#48Rosie167US #158
#49Doris164US #18
#50Vera160US #65
#51Mamie154US #132
#52Alma152US #76
#53Grace147US #34
#54Inez147US #117
#55Lula147US #134
#56Susie147US #151
#57Anna146US #10
#58Katie142US #183
#59Beatrice136US #41
#60Catherine135US #23
#61Sara135US #112
#62Bernice134US #42
#63Eunice134US #119
#64Lucile131US #152
#65Johnnie129
#66Eula127US #159
#67Maggie127US #155
#68Velma127US #104
#69Cora124US #122
#70Josephine123US #26
#71Essie122US #189
#72Lucy122US #91
#73Laura121US #71
#74Gertrude119US #39
#75Flora111US #153
#76Juanita108US #73
#77Christine107US #116
#78Lizzie106
#79Florence102US #14
#80Viola101US #58
#81Elsie100US #47
#82Mae99US #99
#83Nancy97US #100
#84Ada96US #129
#85Daisy96US #148
#86Georgia94US #106
#87Pearl94US #56
#88Agnes93US #50
#89Jewel93
#90Lorene89US #168
#91Sadie89US #157
#92Janie88
#93Lena87US #94
#94Mable86US #143
#95Opal85US #98
#96Katherine84US #51
#97Alberta83US #120
#98Vivian82US #72
#99Betty81US #15
#100Ollie81US #195

Boys

#1James2,224US #3
#2John1,431US #1
#3William1,399US #2
#4Robert914US #4
#5Willie906US #23
#6George633US #6
#7Charles497US #5
#8Thomas450US #10
#9Henry378US #16
#10Joseph349US #7
#11Joe315US #35
#12Edward311US #8
#13Walter300US #11
#14Frank292US #9
#15Charlie244US #66
#16Fred244US #30
#17Arthur223US #19
#18Jack219US #21
#19Albert211US #18
#20David206US #27
#21Johnnie200US #95
#22Clarence184US #25
#23Roy168US #32
#24Richard166US #12
#25Jesse162US #77
#26Jessie160US #109
#27Ralph156US #22
#28Eddie155US #99
#29Howard154US #24
#30Paul147US #15
#31Samuel147US #43
#32Raymond143US #14
#33Cecil140US #78
#34Ernest139US #36
#35Louis133US #28
#36Woodrow131US #91
#37Eugene130US #33
#38Marvin130US #63
#39Sam129US #75
#40Oscar127US #88
#41Jimmie125US #143
#42Andrew119US #47
#43Floyd112US #59
#44Lee108US #82
#45Grady105
#46Earnest101US #139
#47Clyde100US #67
#48Luther100US #117
#49Carl99US #29
#50Curtis98US #120
#51Leon97US #80
#52Earl94US #31
#53Herbert91US #40
#54Leroy91US #55
#55Horace90US #127
#56Harry89US #20
#57Jim86US #158
#58Leonard86US #39
#59Lewis86US #74
#60Daniel83US #51
#61Harold83US #13
#62Johnie80US #196
#63Edgar79US #89
#64Hubert79US #115
#65Rufus78US #190
#66Herman75US #61
#67Alfred74US #42
#68Homer74US #104
#69Alvin70US #76
#70Clifford70US #60
#71Melvin70US #56
#72Harvey69US #85
#73Claude67US #92
#74Otis67US #146
#75Tommie67
#76Willard67US #87
#77Lawrence66US #38
#78Nathaniel66US #175
#79Wallace65US #107
#80Dewey64
#81Tom64US #140
#82Benjamin63US #79
#83Lester63US #62
#84Will58
#85Lonnie57
#86Marion57US #106
#87Oliver57US #128
#88Elbert55US #179
#89Ben54US #126
#90Wilson54US #155
#91Chester53US #53
#92Julius53US #123
#93Norman53US #48
#94Roosevelt53
#95Bill52US #130
#96Isaac51US #178
#97Milton50US #73
#98Allen49US #101
#99Elmer48US #44
#100Ray47US #69

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑24Johnie#62
↑24Rufus#65
↑20Daniel#60
↑17Dewey#80
↑15Doris#49
↑15Nancy#83
↑15Claude#73
↑14Eula#66

Falling

↓24Ben#89
↓24Wilson#90
↓24Ray#100
↓21Herman#66
↓20Milton#97
↓18Laura#73
↓18Woodrow#36
↓17Tom#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.