State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,791 Alabama births in 1921 across 1,109 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#49Essie#199 nationally
#53Gradyoutside the national top 200
#58Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#63Johnieoutside the national top 200
#76Katieoutside the national top 200
#59Lucile#178 nationally
#80Grover#198 nationally
#76Rufus#191 nationally
#75Nathaniel#187 nationally
#92Willoutside the national top 200
#94Mackoutside the national top 200
#95Nelloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,316US #1
#2Annie957US #36
#3Dorothy567US #2
#4Willie514US #74
#5Margaret489US #4
#6Mildred488US #7
#7Ruby468US #26
#8Louise456US #22
#9Ruth433US #5
#10Frances410US #9
#11Helen397US #3
#12Gladys361US #24
#13Sarah346US #54
#14Mattie329US #105
#15Elizabeth322US #10
#16Martha307US #21
#17Lillie294US #94
#18Virginia276US #6
#19Evelyn271US #12
#20Edna264US #27
#21Ethel264US #32
#22Doris251US #13
#23Minnie251US #96
#24Hazel248US #34
#25Bessie246US #75
#26Alice238US #15
#27Marie238US #14
#28Lois213US #38
#29Emma212US #52
#30Jessie206US #91
#31Bertha202US #59
#32Pauline202US #37
#33Thelma200US #30
#34Clara194US #45
#35Lillian189US #19
#36Lucille184US #31
#37Carrie180US #126
#38Ida173US #67
#39Nellie173US #80
#40Bernice170US #39
#41Irene170US #18
#42Julia168US #58
#43Catherine167US #23
#44Myrtle167US #73
#45Edith166US #33
#46Fannie164US #135
#47Ella158US #89
#48Lula156US #143
#49Essie154US #199
#50Eva152US #63
#51Laura152US #71
#52Mamie152US #150
#53Beatrice150US #41
#54Vera147US #76
#55Sara142US #115
#56Alma139US #78
#57Grace138US #35
#58Johnnie134
#59Lucile134US #178
#60Christine133US #118
#61Hattie133US #144
#62Inez132US #127
#63Rosa130US #131
#64Geneva128US #113
#65Marjorie126US #16
#66Anna123US #11
#67Cora123US #140
#68Katherine123US #49
#69Susie121US #168
#70Velma119US #108
#71Lucy117US #93
#72Rosie115US #171
#73Eunice113US #120
#74Eula112US #170
#75Josephine111US #28
#76Katie110
#77Mable110US #155
#78Juanita109US #57
#79Betty108US #8
#80Florence108US #17
#81Audrey105US #82
#82Flora104US #156
#83Eloise103US #164
#84Georgia103US #117
#85Gertrude102US #46
#86Mae98US #110
#87Maggie98US #173
#88Margie98US #106
#89Opal98US #103
#90Lena96US #104
#91Lorene93US #172
#92Vivian93US #68
#93Alberta92US #133
#94Nancy89US #87
#95Nell89
#96Agnes88US #56
#97Daisy87US #160
#98Elsie87US #55
#99Ola86
#100Jewell84

Boys

#1James2,380US #4
#2William1,466US #3
#3John1,429US #1
#4Robert1,030US #2
#5Willie807US #34
#6George626US #6
#7Charles548US #5
#8Thomas475US #11
#9Henry445US #17
#10Joseph383US #7
#11Frank311US #9
#12Edward301US #8
#13Walter286US #15
#14Joe283US #36
#15Charlie229US #76
#16Albert225US #20
#17Arthur225US #19
#18Fred212US #33
#19Jack211US #18
#20Clarence205US #28
#21David202US #25
#22Howard201US #27
#23Samuel191US #44
#24Richard189US #10
#25Johnnie165US #108
#26Roy165US #32
#27Ralph160US #23
#28Eugene155US #26
#29Paul154US #14
#30Warren152US #24
#31Ernest148US #38
#32Jessie148US #117
#33Eddie143US #118
#34Cecil137US #79
#35Raymond137US #16
#36Carl136US #30
#37Harold136US #12
#38Jesse133US #77
#39Andrew132US #51
#40Sam126US #85
#41Earl125US #31
#42Leonard108US #39
#43Louis108US #29
#44Jimmie106US #147
#45Marvin106US #59
#46Clyde105US #69
#47Oscar105US #92
#48Harry103US #21
#49Herman101US #64
#50Lee99US #86
#51Earnest98US #138
#52Curtis96US #122
#53Grady96
#54Herbert96US #42
#55Hubert96US #115
#56Leon96US #74
#57Horace95US #129
#58Leroy95US #55
#59Lewis89US #71
#60Luther88US #123
#61Floyd83US #63
#62Milton78US #75
#63Johnie76
#64Alfred75US #43
#65Willard75US #89
#66Daniel72US #49
#67Lawrence71US #37
#68Melvin71US #53
#69Otis71US #151
#70Ben70US #139
#71Homer70US #105
#72Marion68US #102
#73Harvey65US #87
#74Jim64US #165
#75Nathaniel63US #187
#76Rufus63US #191
#77Wallace63US #88
#78Claude62US #96
#79Clifford62US #62
#80Grover61US #198
#81Kenneth61US #22
#82Lester61US #66
#83Julius60US #128
#84Norman60US #46
#85Edgar59US #90
#86Benjamin58US #82
#87Hugh58US #120
#88Calvin57US #131
#89Dewey57US #184
#90Alvin56US #73
#91Tom54US #144
#92Will53
#93Elbert52US #193
#94Mack52
#95Oliver52US #135
#96Allen51US #94
#97Edwin51US #54
#98Leo51US #50
#99Tommie51
#100Bennie50US #181

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑29Christine#60
↑27Marjorie#65
↑26Essie#49
↑24Warren#30
↑19Bernice#40
↑19Julia#42
↑15Eloise#83
↑14Catherine#43

Falling

↓27Elbert#93
↓23Gertrude#85
↓21Rosie#72
↓19Leon#56
↓18Katherine#68
↓17Rosa#63
↓17Daisy#97
↓17Hugh#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.