State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,016 Alabama births in 1933 across 979 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#46Johnnie#195 nationally
#68Tommieoutside the national top 200
#73Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#74Mamieoutside the national top 200
#71Daisy#197 nationally
#51Fannie#174 nationally
#82Gradyoutside the national top 200
#85Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#89Eloiseoutside the national top 200
#20Mattie#130 nationally
#91Katieoutside the national top 200
#93Ollieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,109US #1
#2Betty1,254US #2
#3Annie762US #37
#4Dorothy733US #4
#5Barbara416US #3
#6Margaret407US #7
#7Doris403US #10
#8Martha392US #27
#9Helen366US #8
#10Willie356US #93
#11Ruby347US #43
#12Mildred299US #32
#13Sarah297US #58
#14Elizabeth295US #17
#15Frances284US #18
#16Louise262US #39
#17Ruth253US #13
#18Virginia247US #15
#19Joyce246US #12
#20Mattie236US #130
#21Lillie227US #111
#22Evelyn224US #30
#23Peggy222US #36
#24Edna205US #55
#25Bobbie198US #114
#26Clara190US #67
#27Emma189US #75
#28Minnie184US #135
#29Ethel177US #71
#30Carolyn175US #40
#31Alice169US #22
#32Juanita167US #63
#33Catherine159US #44
#34Nellie156US #120
#35Hazel155US #82
#36Jean153US #14
#37Lois151US #19
#38Marie151US #33
#39Bessie143US #117
#40Sara143US #123
#41Jessie139US #127
#42Bernice138US #83
#43Billie138US #92
#44Ann135US #34
#45Bertha134US #106
#46Johnnie134US #195
#47Ella133US #113
#48Gladys132US #60
#49Thelma128US #57
#50Julia126US #97
#51Fannie124US #174
#52Gloria122US #31
#53Carrie116US #150
#54Jo113US #90
#55Lillian113US #51
#56Rosie111US #155
#57Margie110US #95
#58Nancy110US #11
#59Rosa109US #132
#60Patricia108US #6
#61Lula107US #166
#62Ida105US #109
#63Laura104US #91
#64Geraldine100US #42
#65Wilma100US #66
#66Christine99US #128
#67Lucille99US #78
#68Hattie97US #167
#69Pauline97US #64
#70Vera97US #121
#71Daisy96US #197
#72Eva94US #101
#73Jimmie94
#74Mamie94
#75Anna93US #29
#76Cora93US #157
#77Jane87US #47
#78Joan86US #5
#79Bonnie85US #68
#80Norma85US #23
#81Sue84US #131
#82Jeanette83US #103
#83Faye82US #153
#84Shirley82US #9
#85Bettye81
#86Georgia80US #126
#87Lucy80US #129
#88Edith77US #80
#89Eloise77
#90Irene77US #46
#91Katie77
#92Josephine76US #62
#93Ollie75
#94Vivian74US #98
#95Essie73
#96Elsie72US #99
#97Rebecca72US #169
#98Maggie70
#99Myrtle70US #142
#100Geneva69US #141

Boys

#1James2,183US #2
#2William1,208US #4
#3John1,153US #3
#4Robert1,044US #1
#5Charles980US #6
#6Willie808US #32
#7Billy652US #20
#8George480US #8
#9Thomas429US #10
#10Bobby419US #26
#11Joe308US #27
#12Henry282US #24
#13Franklin279US #33
#14Donald276US #7
#15Joseph267US #9
#16Frank257US #16
#17Edward250US #11
#18Walter236US #21
#19David222US #13
#20Jack220US #17
#21Richard216US #5
#22Harold211US #18
#23Charlie209US #95
#24Arthur191US #25
#25Jimmie187US #72
#26Paul184US #14
#27Jimmy181US #64
#28Clarence178US #43
#29Eddie172US #93
#30Jerry165US #31
#31Howard162US #36
#32Roy160US #39
#33Samuel157US #61
#34Eugene156US #23
#35Fred155US #34
#36Roosevelt155US #132
#37Kenneth149US #15
#38Johnny148US #90
#39Johnnie133US #115
#40Albert130US #30
#41Carl130US #28
#42Raymond123US #19
#43Curtis121US #107
#44Jessie121US #143
#45Leon116US #85
#46Earl114US #41
#47Ralph112US #29
#48Ernest109US #50
#49Herman97US #96
#50Herbert94US #49
#51Cecil92US #111
#52Lee92US #79
#53Leroy92US #56
#54Marvin91US #44
#55Louis90US #40
#56Andrew89US #76
#57Jesse87US #100
#58Melvin87US #51
#59Ray87US #62
#60Clyde84US #87
#61Daniel82US #42
#62Floyd81US #69
#63Horace81US #165
#64Earnest80US #166
#65Oscar79US #142
#66Lewis78US #92
#67Gerald75US #22
#68Tommie75
#69Tommy72US #109
#70Alfred71US #57
#71Norman71US #37
#72Sam71US #121
#73Harry69US #35
#74Lawrence67US #38
#75Billie66US #146
#76Calvin66US #112
#77Douglas65US #81
#78Clifford64US #86
#79Gene64US #66
#80Nathaniel64US #178
#81Leonard63US #47
#82Grady62
#83Otis61US #175
#84Wallace60US #120
#85Luther57US #162
#86Milton57US #113
#87Alvin56US #88
#88Edgar56US #135
#89Hubert56US #155
#90Bill55US #59
#91Wayne55US #52
#92Bennie54US #169
#93Freddie54US #156
#94Vernon54US #83
#95Allen53US #84
#96Elbert53
#97Ronald52US #12
#98Jim51US #98
#99Glenn50US #74
#100Harvey50US #97

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑36Jo#54
↑34Franklin#13
↑21Roosevelt#36
↑19Jane#77
↑19Sue#81
↑18Daniel#61
↑17Carolyn#30
↑17Douglas#77

Falling

↓32Myrtle#99
↓27Katie#91
↓21Sam#72
↓17Carrie#53
↓15Eva#72
↓15Otis#83
↓14Rosie#56
↓14Irene#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.