State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,088 Alabama births in 1922 across 1,111 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#56Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#65Tommieoutside the national top 200
#71Gradyoutside the national top 200
#42Rosie#165 nationally
#78Essie#200 nationally
#79Johnieoutside the national top 200
#73Katie#194 nationally
#72Lucile#189 nationally
#75Rufus#188 nationally
#90Ellisoutside the national top 200
#91Groveroutside the national top 200
#63Susie#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,384US #1
#2Annie1,020US #30
#3Dorothy618US #2
#4Willie551US #70
#5Margaret530US #4
#6Ruby491US #26
#7Mildred459US #8
#8Louise421US #22
#9Helen410US #3
#10Frances396US #10
#11Ruth394US #5
#12Mattie389US #103
#13Elizabeth356US #9
#14Sarah342US #51
#15Lillie330US #85
#16Martha326US #21
#17Evelyn314US #13
#18Edna291US #29
#19Virginia289US #7
#20Gladys288US #25
#21Minnie287US #91
#22Ethel263US #32
#23Emma254US #50
#24Doris246US #11
#25Bessie243US #81
#26Hazel232US #37
#27Lois222US #35
#28Marie222US #14
#29Alice221US #15
#30Jessie218US #87
#31Ella210US #90
#32Bertha209US #63
#33Lillian203US #19
#34Lucille191US #33
#35Fannie189US #135
#36Irene185US #17
#37Carrie183US #122
#38Clara182US #47
#39Thelma180US #31
#40Pauline178US #36
#41Hattie177US #139
#42Rosie170US #165
#43Rosa169US #123
#44Sara169US #118
#45Nellie164US #83
#46Ida162US #65
#47Edith161US #34
#48Lula161US #142
#49Catherine160US #24
#50Myrtle160US #75
#51Inez156US #130
#52Juanita155US #57
#53Bernice152US #41
#54Beatrice149US #43
#55Julia148US #60
#56Johnnie146
#57Florence137US #18
#58Eva135US #64
#59Vera134US #79
#60Betty132US #6
#61Mamie131US #147
#62Anna130US #12
#63Susie130US #172
#64Flora129US #159
#65Alma128US #84
#66Marjorie128US #16
#67Laura124US #68
#68Josephine123US #27
#69Eunice122US #119
#70Grace121US #38
#71Katherine121US #54
#72Lucile121US #189
#73Katie120US #194
#74Eula116US #174
#75Margie116US #100
#76Velma115US #113
#77Cora114US #140
#78Essie112US #200
#79Lucy109US #93
#80Maggie105US #170
#81Gertrude104US #48
#82Agnes103US #62
#83Vivian103US #74
#84Christine99US #116
#85Mae99US #111
#86Geneva98US #110
#87Mable98US #152
#88Georgia97US #114
#89Lorene96US #178
#90Elsie93US #59
#91Opal93US #108
#92Daisy92US #157
#93Lena92US #107
#94Ola92
#95Jewel91
#96Eloise90US #179
#97Ollie88
#98Ora87
#99Kathleen86US #80
#100Nettie86

Boys

#1James2,534US #4
#2William1,571US #3
#3John1,497US #1
#4Robert1,004US #2
#5Willie903US #28
#6Charles598US #5
#7George586US #6
#8Henry469US #17
#9Thomas437US #11
#10Joseph365US #7
#11Edward329US #8
#12Joe293US #35
#13Walter289US #15
#14Charlie283US #72
#15Frank264US #10
#16Jack253US #18
#17David230US #24
#18Clarence216US #29
#19Arthur199US #19
#20Fred194US #33
#21Albert193US #20
#22Eugene189US #25
#23Samuel187US #43
#24Roy183US #32
#25Johnnie179US #105
#26Richard172US #9
#27Jessie169US #111
#28Eddie166US #112
#29Paul163US #14
#30Howard159US #26
#31Cecil142US #85
#32Harold136US #13
#33Jesse136US #81
#34Ernest135US #37
#35Ralph133US #23
#36Herman131US #66
#37Earl127US #31
#38Sam126US #84
#39Jimmie120US #140
#40Harry118US #22
#41Marvin118US #56
#42Leon117US #77
#43Andrew115US #53
#44Carl112US #30
#45Raymond111US #16
#46Luther108US #118
#47Earnest107US #143
#48Leroy103US #55
#49Warren103US #45
#50Curtis102US #113
#51Louis102US #27
#52Lee98US #83
#53Horace96US #132
#54Hubert95US #116
#55Otis92US #156
#56Lewis91US #75
#57Clyde90US #67
#58Oscar88US #92
#59Bennie86US #166
#60Floyd84US #61
#61Leonard83US #38
#62Herbert80US #40
#63Melvin80US #50
#64Alfred76US #42
#65Tommie76
#66Milton75US #74
#67Ray74US #65
#68Homer73US #108
#69Willard73US #91
#70Daniel72US #47
#71Grady72
#72Lawrence72US #36
#73Bill71US #104
#74Nathaniel68US #175
#75Rufus68US #188
#76Tom68US #145
#77Wallace68US #87
#78Alvin65US #73
#79Johnie65
#80Billy64US #90
#81Chester64US #64
#82Oliver64US #134
#83Claude61US #97
#84Hugh59US #120
#85Leo59US #51
#86Allen58US #95
#87Benjamin58US #82
#88Jim58US #169
#89Marion58US #107
#90Ellis56
#91Grover56
#92Harvey56US #88
#93Mack56
#94Norman56US #44
#95Calvin55US #128
#96Julius55US #129
#97Dewey54US #193
#98Donald52US #12
#99Lester52US #69
#100Lonnie52US #195

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑41Bennie#59
↑34Tommie#65
↑30Rosie#42
↑26Juanita#52
↑23Florence#57
↑20Hattie#41
↑20Rosa#43
↑19Betty#60

Falling

↓29Essie#78
↓24Christine#84
↓22Geneva#86
↓19Warren#49
↓19Leonard#61
↓19Harvey#92
↓18Grady#71
↓17Marion#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.