State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,268 Alabama births in 1931 across 1,003 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#51Johnnie#187 nationally
#72Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#74Katieoutside the national top 200
#76Gradyoutside the national top 200
#77Tommieoutside the national top 200
#79Susieoutside the national top 200
#49Fannie#169 nationally
#58Hattie#175 nationally
#75Mamie#191 nationally
#86Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#83Eloise#197 nationally
#18Mattie#130 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,272US #1
#2Betty1,313US #2
#3Dorothy787US #3
#4Annie756US #41
#5Doris463US #10
#6Martha418US #28
#7Willie415US #93
#8Margaret406US #7
#9Helen394US #6
#10Ruby390US #39
#11Mildred352US #26
#12Frances331US #18
#13Elizabeth307US #16
#14Sarah305US #71
#15Louise299US #33
#16Ruth285US #11
#17Virginia269US #12
#18Mattie255US #130
#19Evelyn249US #24
#20Barbara239US #4
#21Lillie231US #112
#22Joyce224US #15
#23Clara217US #61
#24Emma217US #76
#25Edna211US #52
#26Peggy200US #42
#27Alice190US #21
#28Hazel183US #74
#29Sara183US #135
#30Lois178US #20
#31Ethel177US #67
#32Marie175US #27
#33Juanita174US #57
#34Gladys172US #55
#35Minnie170US #129
#36Jean165US #13
#37Nellie164US #119
#38Bessie163US #113
#39Billie161US #81
#40Bernice159US #63
#41Bobbie158US #124
#42Jessie156US #122
#43Thelma149US #53
#44Ella148US #110
#45Catherine146US #36
#46Bertha144US #102
#47Carolyn144US #60
#48Christine136US #125
#49Fannie128US #169
#50Carrie126US #148
#51Johnnie126US #187
#52Rosie123US #155
#53Julia122US #91
#54Ida121US #100
#55Lula118US #162
#56Lillian116US #47
#57Ann115US #35
#58Hattie115US #175
#59Edith112US #65
#60Eva109US #94
#61Bonnie107US #73
#62Myrtle106US #134
#63Nancy106US #17
#64Beatrice104US #85
#65Georgia104US #120
#66Laura103US #89
#67Rosa103US #138
#68Pauline102US #56
#69Wilma101US #69
#70Geraldine100US #38
#71Margie100US #107
#72Gloria99US #23
#73Alma97US #114
#74Katie96
#75Mamie95US #191
#76Vera95US #111
#77Anna91US #25
#78Lucille90US #62
#79Susie89
#80Mae87US #141
#81Velma87US #131
#82Geneva86US #136
#83Eloise85US #197
#84Inez85US #166
#85Joan84US #5
#86Bettye82
#87Cora82US #160
#88Eunice82US #147
#89Jimmie81
#90Daisy79US #178
#91Irene78US #37
#92Marjorie78US #34
#93Faye76US #158
#94Patricia74US #8
#95Jo73US #116
#96Josephine73US #51
#97Katherine72US #92
#98Norma72US #22
#99Agnes70US #103
#100Eula70

Boys

#1James2,247US #2
#2William1,265US #4
#3John1,090US #3
#4Robert1,076US #1
#5Charles942US #6
#6Willie876US #31
#7Billy592US #19
#8Thomas476US #10
#9George471US #8
#10Edward324US #11
#11Joe318US #29
#12Henry308US #22
#13Joseph289US #9
#14Bobby286US #32
#15David272US #13
#16Jack271US #15
#17Walter249US #20
#18Richard245US #5
#19Harold234US #18
#20Frank218US #16
#21Charlie214US #94
#22Fred197US #33
#23Donald193US #7
#24Clarence189US #39
#25Roy189US #35
#26Eugene186US #21
#27Arthur180US #23
#28Jimmie179US #81
#29Eddie177US #95
#30Albert172US #24
#31Johnnie168US #110
#32Samuel163US #56
#33Paul161US #12
#34Howard149US #34
#35Jessie148US #135
#36Ralph142US #25
#37Herbert141US #41
#38Kenneth135US #14
#39Carl133US #28
#40Earl132US #40
#41Raymond123US #17
#42Curtis119US #108
#43Ernest114US #47
#44Johnny110US #105
#45Jesse109US #97
#46Ray109US #60
#47Marvin106US #45
#48Jerry105US #43
#49Leon102US #84
#50Lee99US #90
#51Jimmy95US #89
#52Lewis95US #87
#53Billie93US #128
#54Herman93US #83
#55Cecil92US #102
#56Leroy92US #52
#57Sam91US #118
#58Louis89US #37
#59Andrew87US #65
#60Floyd86US #66
#61Melvin86US #51
#62Clyde84US #77
#63Horace83US #160
#64Hubert80US #137
#65Earnest77US #162
#66Lawrence77US #38
#67Alfred76US #50
#68Harry75US #30
#69Clifford74US #75
#70Oscar73US #129
#71Leonard72US #48
#72Roosevelt67
#73Calvin66US #119
#74Hugh66US #131
#75Gene65US #64
#76Grady64
#77Tommie64
#78Allen63US #79
#79Luther63US #156
#80Douglas60US #85
#81Junior59US #150
#82Marion59US #133
#83Tommy59US #115
#84Bennie57US #169
#85Milton57US #99
#86Willard57US #124
#87Daniel56US #44
#88Norman56US #36
#89Bill55US #57
#90Otis54US #181
#91Vernon54US #74
#92Wallace54US #114
#93Lonnie53US #183
#94Benjamin52US #113
#95Jim52US #116
#96Rufus52
#97Claude51US #134
#98Edgar51US #122
#99Homer50US #144
#100Dewey49

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑21Bonnie#61
↑20Katie#74
↑20Jimmy#51
↑19Allen#78
↑18Barbara#20
↑18Peggy#26
↑18Bobbie#41
↑17Lewis#52

Falling

↓23Milton#85
↓22Katherine#97
↓20Lucille#78
↓20Luther#79
↓19Irene#91
↓17Carrie#50
↓17Daniel#87
↓16Rosie#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.