State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,307 Alabama births in 1927 across 1,087 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#45Johnnie#191 nationally
#64Tommieoutside the national top 200
#70Gradyoutside the national top 200
#74Lucileoutside the national top 200
#76Rufusoutside the national top 200
#63Susie#184 nationally
#69Maggie#188 nationally
#82Katieoutside the national top 200
#42Fannie#160 nationally
#82Lonnie#199 nationally
#87Essieoutside the national top 200
#94Loreneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,612US #1
#2Annie949US #36
#3Dorothy872US #2
#4Willie572US #71
#5Betty561US #3
#6Mildred549US #11
#7Margaret517US #5
#8Helen472US #4
#9Ruby466US #30
#10Frances464US #12
#11Louise412US #27
#12Ruth408US #6
#13Sarah384US #61
#14Doris379US #7
#15Martha372US #24
#16Mattie362US #113
#17Elizabeth343US #13
#18Virginia333US #8
#19Lillie331US #94
#20Edna305US #40
#21Gladys297US #37
#22Evelyn296US #15
#23Minnie251US #114
#24Ethel246US #47
#25Emma242US #64
#26Hazel238US #53
#27Clara234US #63
#28Juanita234US #55
#29Alice231US #17
#30Thelma228US #38
#31Bessie215US #88
#32Bernice212US #49
#33Marie204US #20
#34Lois203US #19
#35Catherine201US #31
#36Jessie199US #95
#37Nellie186US #105
#38Bertha183US #80
#39Sara177US #129
#40Lillian174US #32
#41Ella170US #98
#42Fannie170US #160
#43Pauline169US #42
#44Ida168US #84
#45Johnnie168US #191
#46Rosie168US #152
#47Lucille167US #45
#48Lula165US #150
#49Carrie154US #139
#50Margie154US #104
#51Edith152US #48
#52Julia151US #76
#53Myrtle151US #110
#54Christine148US #117
#55Jean143US #14
#56Hattie138US #156
#57Eva136US #79
#58Rosa134US #124
#59Laura132US #82
#60Irene131US #21
#61Vera131US #89
#62Joyce122US #35
#63Susie118US #184
#64Alma117US #97
#65Barbara116US #10
#66Billie115US #109
#67Mamie115US #164
#68Mae114US #125
#69Maggie113US #188
#70Vivian113US #77
#71Beatrice112US #67
#72Katherine109US #73
#73Inez108US #149
#74Lucile108
#75Marjorie108US #25
#76Opal108US #141
#77Wilma108US #68
#78Anna107US #16
#79Eloise107US #180
#80Imogene107US #157
#81Josephine107US #39
#82Katie106
#83Velma106US #118
#84Agnes104US #81
#85Eunice104US #134
#86Grace100US #50
#87Essie99
#88Eula99US #176
#89Flora98US #167
#90Georgia96US #120
#91Carolyn95US #99
#92Geneva94US #119
#93Cora90US #158
#94Lorene90
#95Lucy90US #112
#96Daisy89US #172
#97Florence89US #28
#98Peggy88US #96
#99Ann87US #59
#100Mable87US #171

Boys

#1James2,582US #3
#2William1,523US #4
#3John1,362US #2
#4Robert1,173US #1
#5Willie989US #27
#6Charles895US #5
#7George675US #7
#8Thomas493US #11
#9Henry416US #19
#10Joseph353US #9
#11Joe347US #30
#12Edward327US #10
#13Jack315US #16
#14Frank311US #12
#15Walter311US #17
#16Billy280US #31
#17Charlie274US #80
#18Fred240US #35
#19Clarence238US #32
#20Richard237US #6
#21Arthur224US #22
#22David222US #21
#23Albert214US #23
#24Roy211US #34
#25Eugene208US #20
#26Johnnie199US #105
#27Harold191US #14
#28Eddie186US #103
#29Paul186US #13
#30Howard179US #28
#31Samuel171US #49
#32Jessie168US #124
#33Ralph160US #24
#34Earl152US #33
#35Cecil150US #92
#36Raymond142US #15
#37Jimmie137US #108
#38Jesse135US #89
#39Carl130US #26
#40Sam130US #102
#41Leon127US #78
#42Floyd119US #53
#43Louis119US #29
#44Herbert117US #42
#45Andrew116US #56
#46Curtis115US #118
#47Calvin114US #73
#48Ernest114US #41
#49Marvin111US #47
#50Herman110US #70
#51Donald106US #8
#52Melvin103US #48
#53Harry102US #25
#54Leroy98US #51
#55Clyde96US #68
#56Lee94US #86
#57Oscar93US #113
#58Luther92US #139
#59Alfred90US #45
#60Earnest90US #148
#61Horace90US #145
#62Lewis90US #82
#63Kenneth89US #18
#64Tommie85
#65Clifford83US #65
#66Leonard83US #40
#67Johnny82US #132
#68Junior78US #119
#69Hubert76US #128
#70Grady75
#71Wallace75US #96
#72Ray74US #60
#73Claude73US #114
#74Norman73US #39
#75Milton72US #88
#76Rufus72
#77Bobby71US #91
#78Homer71US #129
#79Lawrence70US #37
#80Douglas69US #104
#81Daniel67US #46
#82Lonnie67US #199
#83Dan66US #161
#84Otis66US #167
#85Alvin65US #66
#86Nathaniel65US #187
#87Bill63US #69
#88Billie63US #135
#89Gerald63US #38
#90Harvey63US #94
#91Hugh63US #131
#92Lester62US #83
#93Tom62US #138
#94Edwin61US #57
#95Johnie61
#96Elmer60US #61
#97Bennie59US #174
#98Jim59US #136
#99Leo59US #55
#100Allen57US #95

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑35Tommie#64
↑33Barbara#65
↑24Katherine#72
↑24Junior#68
↑16Kenneth#63
↑15Wilma#77
↑15Clifford#65
↑14Imogene#80

Falling

↓24Geneva#92
↓21Essie#87
↓21Eula#88
↓20Eunice#85
↓20Bennie#97
↓18Mable#100
↓17Georgia#90
↓17Tom#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.