State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,820 Alabama births in 1929 across 1,030 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#48Johnnie#195 nationally
#66Gradyoutside the national top 200
#70Katieoutside the national top 200
#72Maggieoutside the national top 200
#52Mamie#176 nationally
#35Lula#158 nationally
#79Tommieoutside the national top 200
#82Johnieoutside the national top 200
#42Rosie#154 nationally
#84Eloise#194 nationally
#60Fannie#169 nationally
#93Susieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,342US #1
#2Betty907US #2
#3Annie893US #37
#4Dorothy862US #3
#5Margaret496US #5
#6Willie480US #76
#7Helen437US #4
#8Doris434US #6
#9Mildred415US #18
#10Ruby395US #36
#11Martha392US #27
#12Frances373US #16
#13Louise338US #31
#14Ruth335US #8
#15Sarah324US #68
#16Virginia293US #11
#17Elizabeth289US #15
#18Evelyn286US #19
#19Edna285US #51
#20Mattie275US #121
#21Lillie248US #103
#22Ethel231US #56
#23Gladys221US #44
#24Minnie221US #124
#25Emma219US #69
#26Lois219US #17
#27Clara217US #65
#28Hazel198US #64
#29Juanita197US #60
#30Alice195US #21
#31Joyce189US #23
#32Bernice183US #55
#33Bessie180US #107
#34Marie175US #22
#35Lula172US #158
#36Jessie171US #110
#37Barbara169US #7
#38Catherine166US #34
#39Bertha164US #93
#40Thelma159US #41
#41Sara157US #133
#42Rosie153US #154
#43Lillian148US #40
#44Jean142US #12
#45Nellie142US #113
#46Christine141US #123
#47Vera140US #99
#48Johnnie138US #195
#49Julia134US #88
#50Carrie130US #148
#51Peggy128US #70
#52Mamie127US #176
#53Ida126US #96
#54Billie124US #79
#55Edith124US #59
#56Eva122US #83
#57Pauline122US #50
#58Rosa122US #129
#59Ella121US #102
#60Fannie121US #169
#61Inez120US #165
#62Margie120US #108
#63Myrtle120US #117
#64Lucille117US #57
#65Laura115US #90
#66Carolyn111US #77
#67Beatrice110US #72
#68Bobbie110US #146
#69Irene109US #29
#70Katie109
#71Anna108US #20
#72Maggie106
#73Ann104US #46
#74Mae103US #132
#75Hattie101US #164
#76Alma100US #106
#77Lucy100US #116
#78Georgia97US #115
#79Grace97US #54
#80Josephine97US #45
#81Bonnie95US #86
#82Eunice95US #145
#83Opal95US #150
#84Eloise92US #194
#85Katherine91US #84
#86Marjorie91US #30
#87Nancy90US #32
#88Agnes89US #94
#89Imogene89US #174
#90Cora88US #153
#91Velma88US #128
#92Eula87US #191
#93Susie87
#94Vivian87US #81
#95Essie86
#96Geneva85US #130
#97Wilma85US #66
#98Jewel81
#99Geraldine80US #43
#100Audrey77US #58

Boys

#1James2,436US #2
#2William1,355US #4
#3John1,278US #3
#4Robert1,119US #1
#5Willie990US #29
#6Charles816US #5
#7George559US #8
#8Thomas495US #11
#9Billy432US #23
#10Henry364US #21
#11Joe320US #30
#12Edward317US #10
#13Joseph312US #9
#14Jack303US #14
#15Frank277US #12
#16David274US #17
#17Walter261US #19
#18Herbert248US #25
#19Richard245US #6
#20Charlie234US #87
#21Clarence229US #37
#22Roy201US #35
#23Arthur197US #22
#24Eddie192US #102
#25Harold192US #16
#26Paul187US #13
#27Eugene180US #20
#28Fred179US #34
#29Albert168US #24
#30Samuel166US #53
#31Howard163US #31
#32Johnnie163US #103
#33Carl160US #28
#34Ralph156US #26
#35Bobby154US #50
#36Jessie154US #129
#37Donald151US #7
#38Jimmie143US #98
#39Earl138US #36
#40Raymond129US #15
#41Ernest128US #43
#42Curtis120US #99
#43Hubert115US #124
#44Sam114US #105
#45Andrew112US #59
#46Herman111US #75
#47Jesse109US #93
#48Melvin109US #49
#49Marvin106US #46
#50Cecil105US #101
#51Clyde105US #74
#52Leon105US #81
#53Floyd102US #58
#54Lewis100US #84
#55Louis96US #32
#56Lee91US #85
#57Leroy91US #51
#58Earnest90US #155
#59Harry89US #27
#60Junior88US #120
#61Oscar87US #117
#62Leonard85US #42
#63Ray85US #57
#64Horace84US #153
#65Kenneth82US #18
#66Grady81
#67Alfred80US #41
#68Lawrence79US #38
#69Johnny75US #113
#70Bennie74US #158
#71Vernon73US #71
#72Luther71US #145
#73Calvin70US #109
#74Billie69US #122
#75Daniel69US #47
#76Clifford67US #72
#77Harvey67US #90
#78Jimmy67US #115
#79Tommie66
#80Nathaniel65US #184
#81Allen64US #86
#82Johnie64
#83Marion64US #118
#84Wallace63US #106
#85Gene60US #68
#86Hugh60US #139
#87Lester60US #88
#88Milton59US #94
#89Willard59US #114
#90Homer58US #141
#91Jerry58US #61
#92Otis58US #177
#93Roosevelt57
#94Tom57US #134
#95Claude56US #119
#96Alvin55US #77
#97Bill53US #63
#98Benjamin52US #107
#99Lonnie52US #190
#100Douglas51US #97

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑31Carolyn#66
↑29Bobby#35
↑27Bobbie#68
↑24Vernon#71
↑23Joyce#31
↑22Barbara#37
↑20Peggy#51
↑20Junior#60

Falling

↓26Essie#95
↓23Jerry#91
↓22Otis#92
↓20Hattie#75
↓19Fannie#60
↓19Calvin#73
↓18Marjorie#86
↓17Roosevelt#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.