State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,475 Alabama births in 1924 across 1,088 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#54Johnnie#196 nationally
#62Katieoutside the national top 200
#69Gradyoutside the national top 200
#67Elbert#195 nationally
#79Essieoutside the national top 200
#77Rufus#197 nationally
#82Lucileoutside the national top 200
#78Lonnie#196 nationally
#83Tommieoutside the national top 200
#47Rosie#163 nationally
#67Maggie#181 nationally
#68Susie#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,597US #1
#2Annie1,006US #32
#3Dorothy705US #2
#4Margaret568US #5
#5Mildred553US #8
#6Ruby540US #26
#7Willie527US #68
#8Ruth469US #6
#9Helen455US #3
#10Louise450US #24
#11Frances422US #10
#12Doris360US #9
#13Sarah355US #54
#14Mattie350US #109
#15Elizabeth347US #11
#16Martha342US #21
#17Virginia332US #7
#18Edna330US #31
#19Evelyn323US #12
#20Lillie297US #97
#21Gladys289US #30
#22Lois275US #22
#23Ethel270US #39
#24Bessie262US #86
#25Hazel252US #42
#26Emma245US #57
#27Minnie238US #100
#28Bernice233US #47
#29Betty221US #4
#30Jessie217US #91
#31Alice216US #15
#32Clara216US #56
#33Thelma215US #33
#34Marie209US #14
#35Lillian208US #23
#36Juanita205US #48
#37Sara202US #116
#38Catherine189US #27
#39Nellie188US #92
#40Pauline188US #38
#41Edith185US #36
#42Ella181US #94
#43Ida179US #70
#44Bertha178US #65
#45Fannie177US #152
#46Lula174US #146
#47Rosie160US #163
#48Carrie156US #135
#49Irene152US #18
#50Julia152US #62
#51Lucille150US #37
#52Eva149US #66
#53Beatrice145US #50
#54Johnnie145US #196
#55Hattie144US #149
#56Mamie142US #156
#57Vera139US #85
#58Grace137US #43
#59Myrtle133US #89
#60Velma133US #123
#61Inez132US #144
#62Katie131
#63Margie125US #102
#64Christine124US #115
#65Josephine124US #34
#66Eunice122US #130
#67Maggie122US #181
#68Susie121US #176
#69Laura120US #72
#70Elsie119US #61
#71Rosa119US #129
#72Marjorie118US #17
#73Georgia115US #113
#74Flora113US #167
#75Alma112US #87
#76Mae111US #114
#77Anna109US #13
#78Katherine108US #59
#79Essie107
#80Eloise106US #185
#81Eula106US #177
#82Lucile106
#83Jean105US #16
#84Cora103US #155
#85Opal102US #120
#86Ann97US #55
#87Lucy97US #98
#88Vivian97US #71
#89Kathleen96US #76
#90Agnes95US #63
#91Daisy94US #166
#92Gertrude93US #60
#93Mable93US #162
#94Jewel90
#95Lorene89US #188
#96Geneva88US #110
#97Florence82US #20
#98Viola82US #82
#99Lola80US #161
#100Ora80

Boys

#1James2,513US #4
#2William1,437US #3
#3John1,398US #2
#4Robert1,075US #1
#5Willie849US #30
#6Charles662US #5
#7George642US #6
#8Henry448US #18
#9Thomas440US #11
#10Joseph338US #7
#11Edward318US #9
#12Walter289US #16
#13Joe285US #35
#14Charlie256US #80
#15Frank256US #12
#16Jack229US #17
#17Richard223US #8
#18Roy218US #31
#19David217US #24
#20Fred216US #32
#21Albert201US #21
#22Calvin201US #44
#23Clarence195US #29
#24Arthur194US #20
#25Howard185US #26
#26Johnnie183US #101
#27Samuel179US #45
#28Eddie169US #113
#29Ralph167US #23
#30Eugene163US #25
#31Harold159US #13
#32Paul158US #14
#33Jessie153US #124
#34Jesse147US #86
#35Raymond145US #15
#36Earl141US #33
#37Ernest125US #37
#38Marvin123US #50
#39Jimmie119US #132
#40Carl118US #27
#41Billy117US #63
#42Andrew115US #56
#43Cecil114US #85
#44Sam107US #91
#45Earnest103US #145
#46Lee103US #83
#47Leroy97US #53
#48Louis97US #28
#49Leon95US #76
#50Curtis94US #117
#51Lewis94US #77
#52Floyd92US #66
#53Oscar90US #99
#54Herbert87US #41
#55Horace85US #143
#56Melvin84US #48
#57Leonard83US #38
#58Luther83US #127
#59Herman81US #70
#60Daniel80US #47
#61Milton78US #81
#62Clyde77US #69
#63Clifford76US #64
#64Donald76US #10
#65Alfred75US #43
#66Claude74US #103
#67Elbert74US #195
#68Harry70US #22
#69Grady69
#70Norman69US #42
#71Ray69US #60
#72Hubert68US #115
#73Kenneth68US #19
#74Edgar67US #96
#75Homer66US #109
#76Otis66US #158
#77Rufus66US #197
#78Lonnie65US #196
#79Tom64US #149
#80Hugh63US #116
#81Ben62US #141
#82Lawrence62US #36
#83Tommie62
#84Benjamin61US #89
#85Harvey61US #88
#86Alvin60US #73
#87Nathaniel60US #180
#88Allen58US #94
#89Elmer58US #57
#90Jim58US #160
#91Junior58US #121
#92Marion58US #112
#93Johnny56US #152
#94Wallace56US #87
#95Bennie55US #168
#96Bill52US #92
#97Jerry52US #123
#98Johnie51
#99Leo48US #51
#100Percy48

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑31Katie#62
↑31Donald#64
↑25Velma#60
↑23Billy#41
↑22Eunice#66
↑20Calvin#22
↑18Betty#29
↑18Grace#58

Falling

↓22Lawrence#82
↓21Alma#75
↓19Lucille#51
↓18Wallace#94
↓18Johnie#98
↓17Cora#84
↓17Marion#92
↓16Leo#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.