State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,331 Alabama births in 1928 across 1,052 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#61Maggie#198 nationally
#47Johnnie#182 nationally
#69Essieoutside the national top 200
#73Katieoutside the national top 200
#76Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#77Tommieoutside the national top 200
#78Gradyoutside the national top 200
#41Fannie#161 nationally
#72Eloise#190 nationally
#77Susie#194 nationally
#85Elbertoutside the national top 200
#45Lula#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,502US #1
#2Annie935US #37
#3Dorothy901US #3
#4Betty762US #2
#5Willie535US #74
#6Mildred486US #15
#7Margaret475US #5
#8Doris441US #7
#9Ruby434US #34
#10Helen421US #4
#11Louise405US #31
#12Frances396US #13
#13Martha393US #22
#14Ruth375US #6
#15Sarah356US #64
#16Mattie312US #121
#17Virginia300US #9
#18Elizabeth297US #14
#19Evelyn279US #17
#20Lillie270US #104
#21Edna247US #45
#22Ethel247US #55
#23Emma222US #67
#24Gladys222US #41
#25Lois220US #18
#26Minnie220US #118
#27Alice206US #19
#28Clara196US #65
#29Hazel195US #59
#30Thelma190US #40
#31Bessie189US #101
#32Marie189US #21
#33Sara185US #129
#34Bernice182US #53
#35Catherine181US #33
#36Bertha180US #81
#37Carrie179US #140
#38Juanita177US #58
#39Jean173US #12
#40Lillian172US #35
#41Fannie167US #161
#42Jessie167US #109
#43Julia163US #80
#44Nellie161US #111
#45Lula160US #158
#46Ella154US #100
#47Johnnie153US #182
#48Ida152US #87
#49Lucille151US #51
#50Pauline150US #48
#51Rosie144US #156
#52Edith140US #56
#53Christine136US #120
#54Joyce129US #30
#55Hattie126US #159
#56Vera123US #92
#57Laura121US #83
#58Eva120US #79
#59Barbara119US #8
#60Billie118US #96
#61Maggie116US #198
#62Inez113US #160
#63Irene112US #28
#64Margie112US #108
#65Mamie111US #178
#66Rosa109US #125
#67Beatrice108US #70
#68Marjorie108US #29
#69Essie107
#70Myrtle104US #116
#71Peggy104US #76
#72Eloise103US #190
#73Katie103
#74Mae102US #130
#75Katherine100US #75
#76Georgia97US #115
#77Susie97US #194
#78Velma97US #114
#79Daisy95US #169
#80Florence95US #32
#81Anna92US #16
#82Agnes91US #85
#83Alma91US #107
#84Geneva91US #124
#85Josephine90US #42
#86Vivian90US #78
#87Ann89US #54
#88Gloria89US #25
#89Cora88US #155
#90Eunice88US #138
#91Grace87US #52
#92Lucy85US #112
#93Norma85US #23
#94Opal85US #146
#95Bobbie84US #166
#96Imogene83US #163
#97Carolyn82US #91
#98Elsie82US #73
#99Lucile81
#100Wilma80US #69

Boys

#1James2,590US #3
#2William1,420US #4
#3John1,312US #2
#4Robert1,153US #1
#5Willie948US #29
#6Charles837US #5
#7George588US #8
#8Thomas451US #11
#9Henry375US #21
#10Edward360US #10
#11Joseph343US #9
#12Billy317US #27
#13Jack314US #15
#14Joe303US #30
#15Herbert274US #25
#16Frank272US #12
#17Walter270US #18
#18Fred245US #36
#19Richard241US #6
#20Charlie240US #80
#21David229US #19
#22Clarence216US #35
#23Roy215US #34
#24Harold201US #14
#25Eugene195US #20
#26Albert190US #23
#27Arthur190US #22
#28Johnnie188US #103
#29Paul175US #13
#30Eddie171US #105
#31Ralph166US #24
#32Raymond162US #16
#33Howard157US #31
#34Jessie157US #124
#35Samuel155US #52
#36Earl154US #37
#37Jimmie153US #100
#38Carl150US #28
#39Donald134US #7
#40Ernest123US #43
#41Jesse120US #91
#42Leon118US #81
#43Louis118US #32
#44Clyde117US #74
#45Cecil114US #97
#46Curtis114US #101
#47Hubert114US #121
#48Melvin111US #48
#49Andrew109US #60
#50Lee109US #87
#51Herman101US #78
#52Earnest100US #153
#53Marvin100US #46
#54Calvin99US #94
#55Alfred98US #33
#56Floyd96US #54
#57Sam96US #109
#58Luther94US #145
#59Ray86US #57
#60Leroy85US #51
#61Horace84US #147
#62Lewis83US #86
#63Johnny82US #117
#64Bobby81US #65
#65Harry80US #26
#66Kenneth80US #17
#67Clifford74US #68
#68Jerry74US #79
#69Leonard73US #42
#70Otis72US #165
#71Gene70US #62
#72Hugh69US #129
#73Milton68US #92
#74Oscar68US #122
#75Billie67US #133
#76Roosevelt67
#77Tommie67
#78Grady66
#79Daniel62US #47
#80Junior60US #120
#81Wallace60US #104
#82Edgar59US #114
#83Bill58US #64
#84Chester58US #88
#85Elbert58
#86Marion58US #118
#87Gerald56US #41
#88Lawrence56US #38
#89Norman56US #39
#90Bennie55US #174
#91Dewey55
#92Harvey55US #90
#93Ben54US #156
#94Lonnie54US #197
#95Vernon54US #70
#96Alvin52US #72
#97Claude51US #116
#98Jimmy51US #138
#99Rufus51
#100Tom51US #135

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑29Herbert#15
↑27Peggy#71
↑22Hubert#47
↑19Hugh#72
↑18Essie#69
↑17Daisy#79
↑17Florence#80
↑16Jean#39

Falling

↓25Lucile#99
↓24Claude#97
↓23Wilma#100
↓23Rufus#99
↓19Alma#83
↓18Opal#94
↓17Myrtle#70
↓17Sam#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.