State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,734 Alabama births in 1930 across 1,016 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#50Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#72Gradyoutside the national top 200
#73Susieoutside the national top 200
#40Fannie#166 nationally
#80Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#81Tommieoutside the national top 200
#36Rosie#153 nationally
#87Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#87Rufusoutside the national top 200
#16Mattie#128 nationally
#33Carrie#145 nationally
#48Hattie#160 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,396US #1
#2Betty1,166US #2
#3Dorothy864US #3
#4Annie815US #40
#5Willie467US #87
#6Doris466US #9
#7Mildred421US #21
#8Margaret419US #5
#9Helen415US #4
#10Ruby402US #36
#11Martha360US #27
#12Louise352US #31
#13Sarah339US #70
#14Frances331US #16
#15Elizabeth314US #15
#16Mattie283US #128
#17Ruth283US #10
#18Evelyn277US #19
#19Virginia275US #12
#20Edna262US #51
#21Lillie235US #111
#22Gladys208US #48
#23Ethel204US #65
#24Clara203US #64
#25Emma201US #73
#26Juanita195US #57
#27Alice187US #20
#28Bessie186US #108
#29Minnie186US #122
#30Joyce183US #18
#31Marie181US #26
#32Catherine177US #35
#33Carrie176US #145
#34Bernice175US #58
#35Lois173US #17
#36Rosie170US #153
#37Jessie169US #114
#38Barbara166US #6
#39Billie166US #79
#40Fannie166US #166
#41Hazel166US #71
#42Nellie158US #113
#43Sara157US #134
#44Peggy155US #67
#45Thelma150US #45
#46Jean145US #14
#47Ella143US #107
#48Hattie142US #160
#49Lula142US #157
#50Johnnie141
#51Rosa136US #129
#52Bertha134US #95
#53Ida134US #94
#54Lillian134US #44
#55Laura132US #89
#56Christine131US #124
#57Julia128US #90
#58Lucille126US #59
#59Bobbie122US #135
#60Wilma120US #68
#61Eva119US #86
#62Carolyn117US #72
#63Edith116US #61
#64Georgia114US #117
#65Ann113US #41
#66Myrtle112US #123
#67Margie109US #112
#68Vera108US #104
#69Beatrice107US #76
#70Pauline107US #52
#71Geraldine106US #43
#72Irene104US #33
#73Susie104
#74Anna103US #23
#75Katherine100US #85
#76Marjorie99US #32
#77Mae97US #137
#78Nancy95US #24
#79Alma93US #109
#80Vivian93US #91
#81Mamie92US #187
#82Bonnie87US #78
#83Gloria87US #30
#84Geneva86US #133
#85Opal86US #156
#86Cora84US #161
#87Jimmie84
#88Daisy83US #181
#89Bettye82
#90Grace82US #62
#91Inez82US #171
#92Eloise81US #189
#93Eunice81US #148
#94Katie81
#95Josephine80US #49
#96Lucy80US #119
#97Flora79US #174
#98Jewel79
#99Maggie77
#100Nell77

Boys

#1James2,402US #2
#2William1,399US #4
#3John1,204US #3
#4Robert1,127US #1
#5Charles930US #6
#6Willie927US #29
#7Billy542US #20
#8Thomas527US #11
#9George521US #8
#10Henry347US #22
#11Edward345US #10
#12Joe345US #27
#13Joseph318US #9
#14Jack289US #14
#15Walter271US #19
#16David267US #15
#17Frank264US #13
#18Bobby231US #41
#19Richard231US #5
#20Charlie230US #91
#21Fred224US #32
#22Clarence203US #39
#23Johnnie201US #104
#24Harold196US #18
#25Eugene192US #21
#26Paul190US #12
#27Roy186US #33
#28Albert184US #24
#29Jimmie183US #86
#30Howard176US #31
#31Arthur174US #23
#32Donald172US #7
#33Eddie164US #97
#34Raymond158US #16
#35Ralph157US #25
#36Herbert149US #35
#37Samuel148US #55
#38Earl135US #38
#39Kenneth129US #17
#40Jessie124US #133
#41Curtis123US #106
#42Carl121US #26
#43Cecil120US #99
#44Andrew113US #62
#45Marvin113US #48
#46Jesse110US #94
#47Ernest108US #43
#48Floyd106US #61
#49Ray104US #57
#50Earnest100US #153
#51Louis98US #34
#52Melvin97US #50
#53Herman96US #78
#54Jerry96US #51
#55Leon96US #81
#56Clyde95US #76
#57Johnny93US #101
#58Lee93US #82
#59Luther90US #148
#60Hubert89US #137
#61Leroy89US #53
#62Milton89US #93
#63Alfred84US #46
#64Horace84US #158
#65Sam84US #110
#66Oscar83US #124
#67Billie82US #123
#68Harry82US #28
#69Lewis82US #87
#70Daniel81US #47
#71Jimmy80US #102
#72Grady78
#73Lawrence76US #36
#74Otis75US #172
#75Alvin67US #79
#76Nathaniel67US #185
#77Clifford65US #73
#78Benjamin64US #115
#79Gerald64US #30
#80Roosevelt64
#81Tommie64
#82Calvin63US #111
#83Leonard63US #45
#84Norman62US #40
#85Claude60US #122
#86Junior60US #135
#87Rufus60
#88Bill59US #59
#89Wallace58US #112
#90Hugh57US #131
#91Elbert56
#92Gene56US #70
#93Tommy54US #127
#94Ben52US #154
#95Edgar52US #119
#96Harvey52US #92
#97Allen51US #85
#98Jim51US #125
#99Dewey50
#100Vernon50US #72

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑37Wilma#60
↑37Jerry#54
↑28Geraldine#71
↑27Hattie#48
↑26Kenneth#39
↑26Milton#62
↑21Alvin#75
↑20Fannie#40

Falling

↓30Inez#91
↓29Mamie#81
↓29Vernon#100
↓27Maggie#99
↓26Junior#86
↓24Katie#94
↓21Vera#68
↓21Sam#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.