State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,707 Alabama births in 1923 across 1,101 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#53Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#63Gradyoutside the national top 200
#71Tommieoutside the national top 200
#73Essieoutside the national top 200
#71Lucile#198 nationally
#80Johnieoutside the national top 200
#67Dewey#185 nationally
#35Lula#151 nationally
#84Rufus#199 nationally
#87Willoutside the national top 200
#57Susie#170 nationally
#64Maggie#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,419US #1
#2Annie952US #34
#3Dorothy651US #2
#4Willie543US #67
#5Margaret516US #4
#6Mildred499US #8
#7Ruby478US #25
#8Louise444US #22
#9Ruth420US #6
#10Helen408US #3
#11Frances399US #10
#12Mattie369US #106
#13Martha341US #21
#14Evelyn337US #12
#15Sarah309US #54
#16Elizabeth307US #9
#17Lillie301US #91
#18Doris292US #11
#19Gladys271US #29
#20Virginia271US #7
#21Emma258US #53
#22Edna251US #32
#23Ethel251US #38
#24Lois248US #27
#25Minnie243US #99
#26Clara235US #49
#27Lillian225US #20
#28Marie223US #14
#29Hazel222US #40
#30Bessie220US #81
#31Thelma219US #31
#32Lucille199US #35
#33Juanita198US #51
#34Alice192US #15
#35Lula191US #151
#36Catherine189US #24
#37Nellie188US #88
#38Jessie184US #94
#39Pauline184US #37
#40Fannie183US #142
#41Bertha177US #64
#42Carrie176US #134
#43Bernice175US #43
#44Sara173US #123
#45Ida170US #68
#46Irene166US #17
#47Betty161US #5
#48Ella161US #93
#49Hattie157US #147
#50Myrtle153US #84
#51Edith152US #36
#52Vera152US #82
#53Johnnie146
#54Alma144US #89
#55Rosie144US #166
#56Eva140US #66
#57Susie140US #170
#58Beatrice137US #46
#59Laura136US #73
#60Marjorie133US #16
#61Julia127US #62
#62Rosa127US #130
#63Mae125US #109
#64Maggie123US #176
#65Christine122US #120
#66Mamie121US #154
#67Cora118US #149
#68Josephine118US #30
#69Anna114US #13
#70Inez114US #141
#71Lucile112US #198
#72Katherine111US #60
#73Essie110
#74Elsie109US #61
#75Eula108US #171
#76Grace108US #39
#77Margie108US #101
#78Opal108US #113
#79Flora107US #161
#80Daisy104US #163
#81Eloise101US #181
#82Gertrude101US #59
#83Lorene101US #178
#84Georgia100US #112
#85Velma100US #116
#86Lucy99US #92
#87Florence97US #18
#88Eunice94US #125
#89Mable92US #162
#90Wilma92US #74
#91Kathleen91US #70
#92Vivian91US #69
#93Katie89
#94Geneva88US #111
#95Jean85US #19
#96Lena85US #108
#97Geraldine84US #58
#98Agnes82US #63
#99Jewel82
#100Nell81

Boys

#1James2,455US #4
#2William1,337US #3
#3John1,316US #1
#4Robert1,014US #2
#5Willie823US #30
#6Charles609US #5
#7George571US #6
#8Thomas449US #12
#9Henry405US #18
#10Joseph355US #7
#11Frank336US #11
#12Edward319US #8
#13Walter280US #16
#14Joe278US #35
#15Charlie244US #79
#16Fred226US #33
#17Jack215US #17
#18David214US #24
#19Albert209US #20
#20Clarence201US #29
#21Roy199US #32
#22Arthur197US #19
#23Howard189US #26
#24Richard189US #9
#25Samuel188US #45
#26Eddie186US #110
#27Johnnie175US #107
#28Paul174US #14
#29Ralph145US #23
#30Jessie141US #119
#31Eugene140US #25
#32Jimmie136US #141
#33Earl133US #31
#34Harold133US #13
#35Ernest131US #38
#36Carl128US #28
#37Louis128US #27
#38Jesse125US #83
#39Andrew124US #53
#40Raymond123US #15
#41Marvin120US #51
#42Calvin112US #82
#43Sam111US #89
#44Cecil107US #87
#45Luther107US #126
#46Curtis102US #116
#47Herman102US #66
#48Lee102US #85
#49Oscar101US #96
#50Clyde100US #68
#51Lewis98US #74
#52Earnest96US #146
#53Herbert95US #40
#54Leroy91US #55
#55Leon90US #77
#56Daniel89US #47
#57Floyd88US #64
#58Leonard88US #37
#59Horace87US #134
#60Lawrence85US #36
#61Hubert84US #117
#62Melvin83US #48
#63Grady82
#64Billy81US #78
#65Homer78US #113
#66Warren76US #43
#67Dewey72US #185
#68Harry72US #22
#69Clifford71US #65
#70Edgar71US #94
#71Tommie71
#72Otis70US #165
#73Alfred68US #42
#74Claude67US #103
#75Marion67US #106
#76Wallace67US #69
#77Milton64US #81
#78Ray64US #61
#79Norman63US #44
#80Johnie62
#81Benjamin58US #86
#82Johnny58US #159
#83Leo58US #49
#84Rufus58US #199
#85Oliver57US #136
#86Tom57US #144
#87Will57
#88Ben56US #148
#89Bennie56US #182
#90Bill56US #98
#91Jim56US #167
#92Elmer55US #57
#93Alvin54US #73
#94Lester53US #71
#95Donald52US #10
#96Allen51US #97
#97Hugh51US #123
#98Nathaniel51US #193
#99Willis51US #138
#100Archie50US #162

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑53Calvin#42
↑30Dewey#67
↑22Mae#63
↑19Juanita#33
↑19Christine#65
↑16Maggie#64
↑16Elsie#74
↑16Billy#64

Falling

↓30Florence#87
↓30Bennie#89
↓28Harry#68
↓24Nathaniel#98
↓20Katie#93
↓19Rosa#62
↓19Inez#70
↓19Eunice#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.