State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,769 Alabama births in 1935 across 998 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#54Johnnie#193 nationally
#59Fannie#198 nationally
#64Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#46Roosevelt#179 nationally
#69Susieoutside the national top 200
#75Katieoutside the national top 200
#57Hattie#182 nationally
#77Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#36Carrie#158 nationally
#55Lula#174 nationally
#47Earnest#163 nationally
#21Mattie#136 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,214US #1
#2Betty1,419US #4
#3Annie784US #38
#4Dorothy768US #6
#5Shirley718US #2
#6Barbara572US #3
#7Martha469US #24
#8Doris402US #13
#9Margaret368US #8
#10Willie362US #99
#11Ruby359US #41
#12Sarah338US #61
#13Helen324US #10
#14Frances309US #19
#15Peggy285US #36
#16Joyce274US #12
#17Elizabeth266US #17
#18Mildred261US #35
#19Louise252US #45
#20Virginia247US #16
#21Mattie235US #136
#22Carolyn231US #28
#23Bobbie222US #116
#24Lillie216US #118
#25Evelyn202US #31
#26Edna199US #67
#27Ruth198US #15
#28Patricia197US #5
#29Alice185US #25
#30Clara167US #81
#31Nellie164US #131
#32Minnie163US #139
#33Ethel162US #82
#34Sara160US #128
#35Bernice155US #90
#36Carrie154US #158
#37Emma153US #89
#38Gladys150US #78
#39Jo149US #73
#40Juanita147US #72
#41Jean145US #18
#42Catherine144US #42
#43Ann143US #30
#44Bessie140US #129
#45Bertha138US #114
#46Lois136US #21
#47Ella133US #122
#48Billie132US #106
#49Gloria131US #32
#50Hazel126US #92
#51Nancy126US #9
#52Julia123US #102
#53Marie123US #33
#54Johnnie122US #193
#55Lula122US #174
#56Jessie119US #135
#57Hattie112US #182
#58Rosie111US #166
#59Fannie110US #198
#60Bonnie109US #62
#61Thelma109US #76
#62Rosa105US #137
#63Margie104US #100
#64Bettye103
#65Norma101US #29
#66Laura100US #101
#67Faye99US #161
#68Ida98US #121
#69Susie98
#70Joan97US #7
#71Geraldine96US #40
#72Josephine96US #75
#73Lillian96US #66
#74Sylvia95US #60
#75Katie93
#76Vera93US #124
#77Jimmie92
#78Christine91US #130
#79Patsy87US #56
#80Eva86US #110
#81Jeanette86US #104
#82Daisy85US #194
#83Lucille85US #85
#84Rebecca85US #163
#85Anna84US #34
#86Jane84US #43
#87Wilma84US #70
#88Georgia83US #123
#89Mae83US #160
#90Maggie83
#91Carol82US #11
#92Mamie82
#93Vivian82US #112
#94Charlotte81US #65
#95Pauline81US #80
#96Eloise80
#97Annette79US #142
#98Sue79US #115
#99Janice74US #47
#100Myrtle73US #153

Boys

#1James2,290US #2
#2William1,225US #4
#3John1,182US #3
#4Robert1,113US #1
#5Charles1,027US #6
#6Willie972US #30
#7Billy775US #19
#8Bobby505US #24
#9George467US #8
#10Thomas454US #9
#11Joe442US #25
#12Donald355US #7
#13Henry330US #27
#14David303US #11
#15Edward300US #13
#16Walter270US #23
#17Jimmy259US #47
#18Joseph256US #10
#19Jerry253US #22
#20Frank246US #16
#21Jack229US #18
#22Richard227US #5
#23Roy222US #40
#24Harold211US #20
#25Jimmie198US #69
#26Eddie196US #87
#27Paul189US #14
#28Charlie186US #100
#29Arthur185US #29
#30Kenneth179US #15
#31Clarence177US #48
#32Fred175US #34
#33Howard174US #39
#34Samuel170US #62
#35Albert166US #31
#36Eugene163US #26
#37Johnny161US #74
#38Johnnie155US #118
#39Raymond142US #17
#40Carl139US #28
#41Franklin135US #71
#42Jessie135US #140
#43Ralph123US #32
#44Jesse116US #104
#45Curtis112US #108
#46Roosevelt112US #179
#47Earnest109US #163
#48Ernest109US #55
#49Leon108US #86
#50Andrew106US #85
#51Cecil106US #109
#52Earl106US #46
#53Herbert104US #58
#54Marvin103US #45
#55Clyde93US #82
#56Lee92US #80
#57Gerald91US #21
#58Lawrence88US #35
#59Ronald87US #12
#60Ray85US #64
#61Sam85US #126
#62Leroy84US #50
#63Herman83US #101
#64Louis83US #42
#65Lewis82US #98
#66Melvin82US #57
#67Tommy80US #95
#68Alfred77US #63
#69Gene74US #66
#70Daniel73US #43
#71Douglas73US #75
#72Floyd73US #76
#73Calvin71US #127
#74Horace71US #174
#75Luther70US #169
#76Dan68US #151
#77Oscar67US #143
#78Allen66US #83
#79Bennie66US #155
#80Wayne65US #49
#81Harry63US #37
#82Leonard63US #54
#83Nathaniel63US #180
#84Jackie62US #102
#85Milton62US #117
#86Edgar61US #138
#87Marion61US #134
#88Tommie61
#89Don60US #51
#90Otis60US #182
#91Clifford59US #88
#92Norman59US #38
#93Hubert57US #160
#94Hugh57US #139
#95Freddie56US #145
#96Larry56US #33
#97Billie53US #168
#98Grady53
#99Alvin52US #91
#100Ben52US #161

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑31Susie#69
↑22Bettye#64
↑17Shirley#5
↑17Clara#30
↑17Jo#39
↑17Hattie#57
↑16Faye#67
↑16Andrew#50

Falling

↓29Billie#97
↓22Norman#92
↓20Christine#78
↓19Lillian#73
↓19Franklin#41
↓18Pauline#95
↓15Billie#48
↓15Marie#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.