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Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,580 Alabama births in 1925 across 1,081 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#41Johnnie#189 nationally
#65Gradyoutside the national top 200
#67Tommieoutside the national top 200
#68Lucileoutside the national top 200
#72Katieoutside the national top 200
#87Essieoutside the national top 200
#39Fannie#151 nationally
#61Susie#172 nationally
#90Jeweloutside the national top 200
#91Percyoutside the national top 200
#92Johnieoutside the national top 200
#43Lula#149 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,694US #1
#2Annie1,052US #32
#3Dorothy755US #2
#4Willie585US #68
#5Mildred525US #9
#6Margaret511US #5
#7Ruby474US #30
#8Louise466US #27
#9Helen445US #4
#10Ruth429US #6
#11Frances412US #11
#12Doris397US #8
#13Martha393US #23
#14Evelyn357US #12
#15Mattie350US #100
#16Sarah340US #58
#17Elizabeth327US #10
#18Lillie323US #91
#19Virginia306US #7
#20Edna299US #37
#21Betty288US #3
#22Ethel281US #43
#23Gladys274US #33
#24Lois256US #18
#25Hazel252US #45
#26Bessie247US #87
#27Emma243US #57
#28Alice238US #15
#29Minnie230US #104
#30Lillian227US #25
#31Carrie224US #134
#32Bertha212US #74
#33Juanita207US #49
#34Pauline207US #38
#35Marie203US #16
#36Jessie202US #97
#37Thelma200US #35
#38Clara199US #55
#39Fannie196US #151
#40Nellie196US #98
#41Johnnie195US #189
#42Bernice190US #46
#43Lula185US #149
#44Catherine183US #29
#45Ida177US #82
#46Ella175US #93
#47Lucille174US #41
#48Sara169US #133
#49Hattie168US #148
#50Myrtle165US #95
#51Julia158US #65
#52Edith157US #42
#53Inez157US #139
#54Rosie153US #156
#55Rosa151US #125
#56Vera150US #86
#57Eva147US #71
#58Irene147US #19
#59Laura145US #75
#60Mamie145US #160
#61Susie145US #172
#62Christine143US #123
#63Anna141US #13
#64Beatrice141US #50
#65Marjorie138US #21
#66Margie133US #99
#67Eunice131US #130
#68Lucile127
#69Katherine120US #61
#70Josephine118US #36
#71Opal116US #129
#72Katie115
#73Maggie112US #179
#74Grace108US #44
#75Georgia107US #112
#76Lucy105US #102
#77Mae105US #116
#78Alma103US #94
#79Florence103US #24
#80Jean102US #14
#81Alberta98US #140
#82Mable97US #166
#83Eloise96US #180
#84Velma96US #128
#85Vivian96US #76
#86Wilma94US #62
#87Essie93
#88Cora91US #150
#89Gloria91US #20
#90Jewel91
#91Geneva90US #109
#92Gertrude90US #70
#93Ann88US #52
#94Flora85US #168
#95Agnes84US #69
#96Imogene84US #174
#97Sallie84
#98Rose83US #26
#99Ola82
#100Geraldine81US #54

Boys

#1James2,565US #4
#2John1,462US #2
#3William1,431US #3
#4Robert1,091US #1
#5Willie924US #27
#6Charles668US #5
#7George614US #6
#8Thomas483US #11
#9Henry438US #18
#10Joseph366US #7
#11Edward328US #9
#12Joe309US #34
#13Walter299US #16
#14Frank291US #12
#15Charlie263US #78
#16Jack257US #17
#17Roy239US #32
#18Clarence230US #30
#19David221US #22
#20Paul216US #13
#21Richard216US #8
#22Fred214US #33
#23Arthur198US #20
#24Eddie186US #101
#25Albert180US #21
#26Harold180US #14
#27Johnnie179US #100
#28Calvin178US #47
#29Jessie172US #123
#30Howard169US #26
#31Billy163US #49
#32Samuel162US #46
#33Ralph158US #25
#34Eugene150US #24
#35Cecil134US #87
#36Ernest131US #37
#37Louis130US #29
#38Carl125US #28
#39Jimmie125US #121
#40Raymond123US #15
#41Andrew121US #56
#42Earl118US #31
#43Sam118US #91
#44Jesse117US #85
#45Marvin108US #51
#46Floyd106US #58
#47Leon105US #76
#48Earnest104US #148
#49Herbert103US #42
#50Lewis99US #79
#51Oscar98US #99
#52Herman97US #69
#53Clyde90US #68
#54Curtis89US #118
#55Horace89US #145
#56Hubert87US #124
#57Lee87US #82
#58Otis86US #159
#59Leroy83US #52
#60Alvin81US #70
#61Clifford81US #59
#62Homer80US #116
#63Luther80US #132
#64Harry79US #23
#65Grady78
#66Melvin77US #50
#67Tommie72
#68Lawrence71US #36
#69Milton71US #80
#70Daniel70US #44
#71Alfred69US #43
#72Donald65US #10
#73Marion65US #109
#74Claude64US #102
#75Leonard63US #38
#76Dewey62US #181
#77Nathaniel62US #178
#78Tom62US #138
#79Kenneth61US #19
#80Allen60US #94
#81Jim60US #147
#82Edgar59US #96
#83Lester59US #81
#84Ray59US #64
#85Harvey58US #88
#86Hugh57US #127
#87Bennie56US #169
#88Willard56US #97
#89Benjamin55US #93
#90Johnny55US #142
#91Percy55
#92Johnie54
#93Junior54US #115
#94Norman52US #41
#95Chester51US #73
#96Roosevelt51
#97Warren51US #66
#98Oliver50US #151
#99Vernon49US #67
#100Wallace49US #92

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑26Alvin#60
↑19Marion#73
↑18Florence#79
↑18Otis#58
↑17Carrie#31
↑16Rosa#55
↑16Hubert#56
↑16Tommie#67

Falling

↓24Velma#84
↓24Norman#94
↓20Flora#94
↓18Leonard#75
↓16Grace#74
↓14Bernice#42
↓13Ray#84
↓12Leroy#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.