State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,343 Alabama births in 1920 across 1,098 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#60Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#64Gradyoutside the national top 200
#67Johnie#192 nationally
#75Essie#197 nationally
#79Deweyoutside the national top 200
#69Rufus#188 nationally
#66Elbert#181 nationally
#86Sallieoutside the national top 200
#70Katie#184 nationally
#72Lonnie#186 nationally
#51Rosie#162 nationally
#91Addieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,360US #1
#2Annie965US #35
#3Margaret511US #4
#4Willie510US #74
#5Mildred478US #6
#6Ruby467US #26
#7Ruth467US #5
#8Dorothy460US #2
#9Louise427US #19
#10Helen387US #3
#11Mattie371US #96
#12Frances342US #9
#13Gladys322US #22
#14Elizabeth317US #8
#15Sarah310US #50
#16Ethel308US #30
#17Evelyn300US #12
#18Lillie297US #90
#19Virginia275US #7
#20Edna263US #27
#21Martha258US #23
#22Clara255US #44
#23Lillian249US #18
#24Bessie246US #71
#25Minnie244US #87
#26Emma238US #46
#27Lois227US #38
#28Lucille226US #29
#29Hazel224US #34
#30Bertha219US #57
#31Jessie212US #84
#32Myrtle210US #68
#33Pauline209US #36
#34Marie207US #13
#35Doris204US #14
#36Fannie197US #127
#37Alice188US #15
#38Thelma187US #31
#39Irene178US #17
#40Nellie178US #76
#41Lula175US #139
#42Beatrice173US #41
#43Ella173US #88
#44Carrie168US #121
#45Edith166US #32
#46Rosa164US #116
#47Vera163US #75
#48Mamie160US #142
#49Ida159US #66
#50Katherine157US #45
#51Rosie157US #162
#52Eva155US #58
#53Hattie150US #132
#54Inez149US #122
#55Sara149US #111
#56Laura148US #63
#57Catherine147US #21
#58Anna142US #10
#59Bernice142US #40
#60Johnnie141
#61Julia140US #55
#62Gertrude132US #42
#63Juanita132US #61
#64Eunice128US #115
#65Velma127US #105
#66Alma126US #80
#67Grace126US #37
#68Lucile126US #166
#69Lucy122US #94
#70Katie120US #184
#71Susie120US #163
#72Flora118US #149
#73Mae116US #99
#74Cora112US #137
#75Essie112US #197
#76Georgia112US #113
#77Maggie111US #172
#78Kathleen108US #91
#79Florence103US #16
#80Daisy102US #155
#81Josephine102US #28
#82Mable102US #148
#83Lorene101US #167
#84Opal98US #101
#85Elsie97US #51
#86Sallie97
#87Agnes95US #54
#88Viola95US #59
#89Christine94US #118
#90Lena93US #98
#91Addie92
#92Marjorie92US #24
#93Nettie92US #181
#94Sadie91US #174
#95Vivian91US #64
#96Pearl86US #62
#97Ann84US #49
#98Eloise84US #178
#99Rebecca84US #175
#100Ora83

Boys

#1James2,298US #4
#2John1,441US #1
#3William1,330US #2
#4Robert1,009US #3
#5Willie850US #29
#6George611US #6
#7Charles576US #5
#8Henry485US #17
#9Thomas464US #11
#10Joseph362US #7
#11Edward300US #8
#12Frank297US #9
#13Joe287US #35
#14Charlie278US #70
#15Walter257US #13
#16Fred215US #33
#17Jack208US #20
#18Clarence207US #26
#19Arthur201US #18
#20David199US #25
#21Albert196US #19
#22Richard190US #10
#23Samuel189US #44
#24Eddie186US #104
#25Johnnie179US #99
#26Roy173US #32
#27Cecil163US #77
#28Howard163US #24
#29Jessie160US #111
#30Eugene152US #30
#31Paul150US #14
#32Raymond139US #15
#33Jesse132US #79
#34Carl131US #27
#35Earl129US #31
#36Andrew126US #49
#37Leon125US #75
#38Ernest122US #37
#39Jimmie122US #147
#40Louis121US #28
#41Ralph120US #22
#42Harold116US #12
#43Herman116US #66
#44Oscar116US #90
#45Harry107US #21
#46Herbert107US #41
#47Sam106US #84
#48Marvin104US #62
#49Clyde103US #68
#50Floyd100US #61
#51Lewis100US #72
#52Curtis99US #120
#53Leonard96US #38
#54Warren92US #39
#55Lee91US #82
#56Leroy91US #56
#57Hubert89US #113
#58Melvin89US #54
#59Daniel84US #52
#60Luther81US #123
#61Horace80US #128
#62Claude78US #92
#63Earnest74US #140
#64Grady74
#65Lawrence74US #36
#66Elbert73US #181
#67Johnie70US #192
#68Otis70US #146
#69Rufus69US #188
#70Hugh68US #115
#71Milton68US #74
#72Lonnie67US #186
#73Willard67US #88
#74Alvin66US #76
#75Homer66US #100
#76Alfred65US #42
#77Tom65US #131
#78Marion64US #109
#79Dewey63
#80Jim63US #165
#81Nathaniel62US #166
#82Norman62US #47
#83Woodrow62US #183
#84Allen61US #94
#85Clifford61US #59
#86Benjamin60US #83
#87Calvin59US #139
#88Wallace57US #93
#89Bill56US #121
#90Edgar56US #89
#91Willis56US #133
#92Virgil55US #101
#93Bennie54US #161
#94Oliver54US #135
#95Isaac53US #191
#96Ray53US #67
#97Will53
#98Leo51US #48
#99Roosevelt51
#100Cleveland50

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑46Katherine#50
↑26Milton#71
↑23Herman#43
↑22Elbert#66
↑19Harold#42
↑17Beatrice#42
↑17Laura#56
↑17Earl#35

Falling

↓47Woodrow#83
↓27Edgar#90
↓23Jim#80
↓19Grady#64
↓17Earnest#63
↓16Julia#61
↓15Susie#71
↓15Clifford#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.