State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,645 Alabama births in 1932 across 1,039 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#190 nationally
#64Katieoutside the national top 200
#74Tommieoutside the national top 200
#83Eloiseoutside the national top 200
#84Essieoutside the national top 200
#85Susieoutside the national top 200
#57Roosevelt#171 nationally
#89Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#77Mamie#188 nationally
#42Rosie#152 nationally
#68Hattie#178 nationally
#36Carrie#145 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,340US #1
#2Betty1,351US #2
#3Annie805US #41
#4Dorothy787US #4
#5Margaret415US #7
#6Martha404US #27
#7Helen402US #8
#8Willie392US #91
#9Doris388US #10
#10Barbara354US #3
#11Ruby354US #38
#12Frances340US #19
#13Mildred312US #26
#14Sarah310US #67
#15Elizabeth309US #17
#16Louise276US #36
#17Mattie272US #125
#18Ruth268US #11
#19Joyce252US #12
#20Lillie250US #111
#21Evelyn240US #23
#22Virginia229US #14
#23Emma221US #76
#24Peggy218US #40
#25Edna215US #50
#26Juanita200US #58
#27Clara198US #70
#28Alice196US #21
#29Hazel191US #75
#30Nellie191US #123
#31Bobbie190US #113
#32Bernice189US #71
#33Ethel178US #66
#34Minnie178US #129
#35Catherine171US #39
#36Carrie170US #145
#37Sara169US #130
#38Gladys168US #54
#39Lois167US #20
#40Jean163US #15
#41Billie162US #93
#42Rosie162US #152
#43Bertha161US #101
#44Bessie161US #117
#45Marie158US #31
#46Thelma151US #51
#47Carolyn148US #46
#48Jessie145US #126
#49Ann144US #34
#50Lillian138US #48
#51Johnnie136US #190
#52Ella133US #108
#53Ida132US #105
#54Lula130US #157
#55Margie123US #102
#56Fannie119US #164
#57Eva117US #98
#58Julia116US #92
#59Gloria111US #25
#60Vera111US #121
#61Christine109US #127
#62Patricia109US #6
#63Rosa109US #131
#64Katie108
#65Geraldine107US #42
#66Bonnie106US #64
#67Myrtle106US #135
#68Hattie105US #178
#69Laura105US #88
#70Nancy105US #13
#71Anna99US #24
#72Cora99US #169
#73Pauline99US #59
#74Georgia98US #118
#75Lucille96US #63
#76Irene95US #43
#77Mamie94US #188
#78Shirley94US #9
#79Wilma94US #65
#80Edith93US #69
#81Joan93US #5
#82Alma92US #119
#83Eloise90
#84Essie90
#85Susie90
#86Beatrice89US #87
#87Daisy85US #176
#88Norma85US #22
#89Jimmie84
#90Jo80US #103
#91Vivian80US #90
#92Katherine79US #95
#93Velma79US #133
#94Josephine78US #57
#95Geneva77US #137
#96Jane77US #49
#97Lucy77US #128
#98Mae77US #141
#99Marjorie77US #37
#100Sue76US #139

Boys

#1James2,273US #2
#2William1,415US #4
#3John1,258US #3
#4Robert1,157US #1
#5Charles1,045US #6
#6Willie1,004US #31
#7Billy677US #20
#8George497US #8
#9Thomas479US #10
#10Bobby357US #30
#11Joe351US #29
#12Henry306US #23
#13Edward304US #11
#14Walter301US #21
#15Joseph294US #9
#16Donald278US #7
#17Richard266US #5
#18Frank258US #15
#19David246US #12
#20Harold240US #18
#21Jack231US #17
#22Charlie229US #90
#23Clarence202US #40
#24Eddie197US #91
#25Arthur196US #25
#26Fred196US #33
#27Jimmie195US #75
#28Eugene194US #22
#29Roy188US #38
#30Samuel188US #56
#31Johnnie177US #113
#32Kenneth171US #14
#33Paul165US #13
#34Albert160US #26
#35Howard159US #36
#36Earl155US #41
#37Carl151US #28
#38Ralph145US #27
#39Jimmy140US #76
#40Johnny139US #96
#41Jerry138US #34
#42Curtis133US #103
#43Raymond130US #19
#44Jessie128US #137
#45Leon116US #83
#46Herbert115US #44
#47Franklin112US #66
#48Melvin108US #51
#49Clyde106US #82
#50Leroy105US #53
#51Sam103US #120
#52Ernest102US #47
#53Floyd102US #68
#54Louis102US #39
#55Marvin100US #46
#56Cecil97US #108
#57Roosevelt95US #171
#58Jesse94US #99
#59Ray91US #59
#60Alfred89US #49
#61Lee89US #86
#62Herman86US #89
#63Lewis82US #92
#64Earnest81US #169
#65Gerald81US #24
#66Horace81US #168
#67Andrew78US #69
#68Otis78US #174
#69Tommy76US #109
#70Clifford73US #84
#71Nathaniel73US #176
#72Oscar72US #138
#73Billie71US #141
#74Tommie71
#75Alvin70US #87
#76Hubert70US #146
#77Leonard67US #48
#78Bennie66US #167
#79Daniel65US #42
#80Harry65US #32
#81Hugh65US #128
#82Norman63US #37
#83Milton62US #106
#84Jim61US #104
#85Lawrence61US #35
#86Calvin60US #119
#87Ben59US #156
#88Benjamin59US #115
#89Luther59US #157
#90Allen58US #80
#91Junior58US #145
#92Marion58US #132
#93Wallace57US #117
#94Douglas56US #85
#95Edgar56US #135
#96Gene56US #64
#97Grady56
#98Vernon55US #78
#99Dan54US #164
#100Homer54US #148

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑32Patricia#62
↑22Otis#68
↑16Margie#55
↑16Vera#60
↑15Cora#72
↑15Irene#76
↑15Roosevelt#57
↑14Carrie#36

Falling

↓22Beatrice#86
↓21Edith#80
↓21Gene#96
↓21Grady#97
↓20Billie#73
↓19Lawrence#85
↓18Mae#98
↓14Douglas#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.