State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,031 Alabama births in 1926 across 1,098 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#40Johnnie#191 nationally
#65Gradyoutside the national top 200
#66Essieoutside the national top 200
#72Katieoutside the national top 200
#77Lucileoutside the national top 200
#81Johnieoutside the national top 200
#82Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#86Mackoutside the national top 200
#71Susie#184 nationally
#67Eula#179 nationally
#90Rufusoutside the national top 200
#47Rosie#156 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,533US #1
#2Annie972US #34
#3Dorothy839US #2
#4Margaret576US #5
#5Willie554US #73
#6Mildred517US #9
#7Ruby475US #30
#8Frances462US #10
#9Louise445US #27
#10Helen430US #4
#11Betty398US #3
#12Doris393US #7
#13Ruth386US #6
#14Martha374US #24
#15Mattie352US #109
#16Elizabeth343US #11
#17Evelyn337US #13
#18Sarah327US #63
#19Lillie292US #99
#20Edna284US #38
#21Ethel276US #41
#22Virginia271US #8
#23Gladys268US #35
#24Emma262US #59
#25Minnie252US #111
#26Clara241US #61
#27Hazel241US #48
#28Bessie237US #89
#29Marie236US #18
#30Catherine220US #31
#31Bernice201US #45
#32Alice200US #17
#33Juanita200US #52
#34Lois199US #19
#35Jessie198US #93
#36Thelma195US #36
#37Bertha191US #76
#38Sara179US #131
#39Nellie178US #102
#40Johnnie174US #191
#41Lillian172US #28
#42Ella171US #98
#43Ida170US #82
#44Pauline170US #39
#45Rosa170US #125
#46Lucille169US #43
#47Rosie169US #156
#48Lula167US #154
#49Carrie166US #138
#50Edith164US #42
#51Margie163US #103
#52Fannie159US #153
#53Irene156US #21
#54Christine153US #120
#55Julia147US #75
#56Myrtle147US #101
#57Beatrice143US #58
#58Mamie141US #167
#59Hattie138US #151
#60Eva137US #79
#61Jean131US #12
#62Alma128US #91
#63Laura128US #81
#64Mae126US #118
#65Eunice123US #134
#66Essie122
#67Eula120US #179
#68Geneva119US #117
#69Inez119US #149
#70Vera118US #84
#71Susie115US #184
#72Katie112
#73Georgia111US #116
#74Grace111US #46
#75Opal109US #130
#76Anna107US #15
#77Lucile106
#78Marjorie105US #22
#79Agnes104US #77
#80Vivian103US #80
#81Eloise102US #175
#82Mable99US #164
#83Cora98US #158
#84Gertrude98US #71
#85Geraldine97US #54
#86Velma97US #124
#87Daisy95US #171
#88Flora95US #168
#89Gloria95US #20
#90Josephine95US #37
#91Lucy94US #106
#92Wilma93US #67
#93Pearl91US #96
#94Imogene90US #172
#95Florence89US #26
#96Katherine88US #72
#97Elsie84US #69
#98Barbara83US #16
#99Jewel82
#100Ada80US #161

Boys

#1James2,658US #3
#2William1,600US #4
#3John1,394US #2
#4Robert1,157US #1
#5Willie971US #28
#6Charles720US #5
#7George623US #6
#8Thomas495US #11
#9Henry399US #19
#10Joseph329US #8
#11Joe324US #33
#12Edward320US #10
#13Walter318US #17
#14Frank298US #12
#15Jack289US #16
#16Charlie270US #81
#17Clarence224US #29
#18David223US #22
#19Fred223US #31
#20Richard215US #7
#21Paul213US #13
#22Johnnie205US #104
#23Albert201US #21
#24Roy201US #34
#25Billy195US #40
#26Eugene190US #23
#27Harold187US #14
#28Samuel185US #48
#29Howard181US #27
#30Arthur177US #20
#31Eddie167US #108
#32Ralph166US #24
#33Cecil164US #86
#34Raymond164US #15
#35Jessie156US #124
#36Ernest148US #37
#37Calvin136US #65
#38Carl136US #26
#39Jimmie131US #115
#40Sam130US #92
#41Andrew129US #59
#42Floyd124US #53
#43Earl123US #32
#44Curtis122US #112
#45Louis119US #30
#46Clyde118US #67
#47Jesse117US #87
#48Leon115US #73
#49Herman114US #69
#50Lee113US #85
#51Leroy110US #51
#52Marvin110US #50
#53Earnest108US #147
#54Harry105US #25
#55Herbert94US #44
#56Horace93US #149
#57Donald88US #9
#58Leonard88US #38
#59Luther87US #135
#60Hubert83US #131
#61Lewis83US #82
#62Oscar83US #105
#63Claude82US #106
#64Melvin81US #47
#65Grady79
#66Milton79US #83
#67Johnny75US #136
#68Wallace74US #95
#69Alfred73US #45
#70Homer72US #123
#71Alvin70US #72
#72Ray68US #57
#73Daniel67US #46
#74Nathaniel66US #176
#75Norman66US #39
#76Tom66US #138
#77Bennie65US #169
#78Lawrence65US #36
#79Kenneth63US #18
#80Clifford62US #62
#81Johnie62
#82Roosevelt62
#83Otis60US #168
#84Edgar59US #109
#85Vernon59US #66
#86Mack58
#87Benjamin57US #98
#88Jim57US #143
#89Lester57US #78
#90Rufus57
#91Allen56US #93
#92Junior55US #117
#93Marion55US #113
#94Morris55US #134
#95Billie53US #145
#96Chester53US #79
#97Edwin53US #55
#98Elbert52US #196
#99Tommie52
#100Hugh51US #128

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑32Wallace#68
↑23Geneva#68
↑23Johnny#67
↑21Essie#66
↑19Jean#61
↑19Norman#75
↑17Leonard#58
↑16Alma#62

Falling

↓32Tommie#99
↓27Katherine#96
↓25Otis#83
↓20Josephine#90
↓20Marion#93
↓19Clifford#80
↓18Carrie#49
↓16Inez#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.