State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,145 Alabama births in 1934 across 1,017 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
#71Katieoutside the national top 200
#73Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#62Fannie#185 nationally
#79Tommieoutside the national top 200
#16Mattie#132 nationally
#86Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#86Gradyoutside the national top 200
#45Carrie#158 nationally
#55Lula#166 nationally
#91Mamieoutside the national top 200
#53Earnest#161 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,288US #1
#2Betty1,506US #2
#3Dorothy831US #5
#4Annie786US #38
#5Barbara524US #3
#6Martha485US #27
#7Doris422US #11
#8Margaret412US #8
#9Willie387US #102
#10Ruby352US #39
#11Helen350US #9
#12Sarah336US #67
#13Frances305US #19
#14Peggy278US #36
#15Mildred260US #35
#16Mattie259US #132
#17Joyce257US #12
#18Elizabeth252US #18
#19Louise251US #40
#20Virginia234US #15
#21Edna229US #55
#22Shirley229US #4
#23Carolyn222US #33
#24Ruth212US #13
#25Emma211US #85
#26Lillie211US #116
#27Bobbie209US #110
#28Minnie191US #133
#29Evelyn189US #29
#30Sara189US #125
#31Alice185US #25
#32Nellie178US #126
#33Billie169US #92
#34Gladys165US #66
#35Ethel162US #78
#36Bernice157US #82
#37Jean156US #16
#38Marie154US #34
#39Patricia154US #6
#40Lois151US #20
#41Ann150US #32
#42Catherine150US #42
#43Juanita150US #64
#44Hazel148US #87
#45Carrie146US #158
#46Jessie146US #129
#47Clara141US #76
#48Ella141US #113
#49Bessie140US #128
#50Bertha138US #112
#51Johnnie134US #190
#52Julia133US #105
#53Nancy132US #10
#54Lillian127US #52
#55Lula127US #166
#56Jo126US #75
#57Rosie124US #160
#58Christine123US #121
#59Norma123US #24
#60Margie122US #103
#61Gloria117US #30
#62Fannie113US #185
#63Laura111US #96
#64Ida108US #118
#65Josephine108US #60
#66Thelma107US #65
#67Geraldine106US #43
#68Rosa101US #136
#69Eva100US #100
#70Joan100US #7
#71Katie98
#72Bonnie96US #58
#73Jimmie96
#74Hattie94US #176
#75Georgia93US #122
#76Vera93US #127
#77Pauline92US #71
#78Vivian92US #98
#79Lucille91US #84
#80Wilma90US #73
#81Mae88US #147
#82Anna87US #31
#83Faye87US #146
#84Jeanette87US #106
#85Sue87US #119
#86Bettye85
#87Lucy84US #134
#88Beatrice83US #99
#89Irene83US #49
#90Edith81US #81
#91Mamie81
#92Katherine78US #101
#93Alma77US #123
#94Cora77US #168
#95Rebecca77US #165
#96Eunice75US #161
#97Geneva75US #139
#98Marjorie74US #41
#99Myrtle72US #141
#100Susie72

Boys

#1James2,293US #2
#2William1,305US #4
#3John1,162US #3
#4Robert1,152US #1
#5Charles1,001US #7
#6Willie966US #30
#7Billy765US #20
#8Bobby510US #23
#9George480US #8
#10Thomas435US #9
#11Joe379US #26
#12Donald332US #6
#13Henry313US #27
#14David297US #12
#15Edward288US #13
#16Joseph278US #10
#17Walter274US #21
#18Harold263US #18
#19Frank258US #16
#20Richard242US #5
#21Jack241US #17
#22Franklin236US #46
#23Jimmy222US #56
#24Jimmie218US #68
#25Jerry207US #25
#26Roy203US #35
#27Eddie198US #92
#28Clarence194US #45
#29Fred192US #33
#30Charlie190US #100
#31Howard180US #37
#32Paul178US #14
#33Arthur173US #29
#34Albert169US #32
#35Eugene167US #24
#36Samuel159US #66
#37Ralph147US #31
#38Kenneth145US #15
#39Johnny144US #83
#40Johnnie143US #116
#41Carl142US #28
#42Raymond137US #19
#43Roosevelt134US #149
#44Jessie127US #144
#45Ernest123US #51
#46Leon121US #87
#47Earl119US #41
#48Curtis118US #103
#49Marvin107US #44
#50Cecil106US #111
#51Ray106US #63
#52Jesse104US #102
#53Earnest103US #161
#54Herman103US #97
#55Tommy102US #98
#56Lee98US #79
#57Gerald96US #22
#58Louis96US #40
#59Melvin96US #55
#60Herbert93US #57
#61Leroy93US #54
#62Floyd91US #73
#63Lewis90US #94
#64Clyde84US #84
#65Lawrence82US #34
#66Andrew81US #76
#67Alfred79US #64
#68Billie79US #147
#69Ronald78US #11
#70Norman77US #38
#71Milton75US #115
#72Daniel74US #42
#73Gene74US #67
#74Sam74US #127
#75Horace72US #170
#76Morris72US #158
#77Luther69US #167
#78Bill68US #59
#79Tommie68
#80Harry67US #36
#81Douglas66US #72
#82Freddie65US #152
#83Wayne65US #48
#84Bennie64US #173
#85Calvin63US #128
#86Grady63
#87Hubert63US #150
#88Oscar63US #143
#89Nathaniel62US #174
#90Alvin61US #93
#91Jim61US #90
#92Leonard61US #53
#93Otis61US #177
#94Hugh60US #135
#95Ben59US #169
#96Wallace59US #129
#97Don56US #50
#98Larry56US #43
#99Rufus55
#100Clifford53US #85

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑62Shirley#22
↑28Ronald#69
↑27Josephine#65
↑21Patricia#39
↑21Norma#59
↑20Katie#71
↑16Vivian#78
↑15Milton#71

Falling

↓23Oscar#88
↓22Clifford#100
↓21Clara#47
↓18Cora#94
↓17Thelma#66
↓17Mamie#91
↓15Wilma#80
↓12Lucille#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.