State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,189 Alabama births in 1936 across 994 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#193 nationally
#67Fannieoutside the national top 200
#47Roosevelt#180 nationally
#41Rosie#173 nationally
#61Hattie#192 nationally
#74Katieoutside the national top 200
#75Susieoutside the national top 200
#20Mattie#143 nationally
#80Mamieoutside the national top 200
#84Eloiseoutside the national top 200
#87Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#35Minnie#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,015US #1
#2Betty1,266US #4
#3Shirley739US #2
#4Annie735US #45
#5Dorothy704US #6
#6Barbara618US #3
#7Martha467US #24
#8Margaret412US #9
#9Doris346US #15
#10Willie333US #108
#11Frances330US #19
#12Peggy301US #35
#13Sarah294US #63
#14Helen288US #11
#15Ruby280US #51
#16Elizabeth273US #18
#17Carolyn259US #23
#18Joyce256US #12
#19Virginia254US #14
#20Mattie250US #143
#21Patricia236US #5
#22Mildred226US #40
#23Bobbie215US #119
#24Lillie201US #124
#25Evelyn200US #34
#26Louise195US #46
#27Alice188US #27
#28Edna186US #71
#29Clara178US #91
#30Emma176US #85
#31Nancy173US #8
#32Ruth168US #16
#33Ann161US #28
#34Juanita161US #75
#35Minnie161US #148
#36Sara158US #129
#37Ethel151US #90
#38Nellie145US #135
#39Jessie144US #140
#40Jo144US #72
#41Rosie138US #173
#42Catherine136US #44
#43Ella135US #126
#44Bertha134US #122
#45Bessie134US #136
#46Johnnie132US #193
#47Billie128US #117
#48Gladys127US #84
#49Norma127US #29
#50Hazel126US #96
#51Lois125US #26
#52Jean124US #20
#53Marie123US #33
#54Bernice117US #95
#55Julia113US #105
#56Carrie111US #166
#57Ida108US #130
#58Sylvia108US #53
#59Joan107US #7
#60Geraldine104US #41
#61Hattie104US #192
#62Margie104US #102
#63Gloria101US #32
#64Jane101US #42
#65Thelma101US #74
#66Patsy98US #52
#67Fannie97
#68Wilma97US #78
#69Lula96US #175
#70Rosa95US #146
#71Eva92US #116
#72Laura92US #106
#73Christine91US #131
#74Katie91
#75Susie89
#76Jeanette88US #94
#77Anna86US #36
#78Sue86US #109
#79Vera86US #142
#80Mamie84
#81Josephine83US #77
#82Faye82US #162
#83Janice82US #31
#84Eloise81
#85Mae81US #170
#86Yvonne81US #81
#87Bettye80
#88Shelby79US #178
#89Vivian79US #115
#90Bonnie78US #65
#91Rebecca78US #164
#92Eleanor77US #47
#93Wanda77US #56
#94Cora76US #181
#95Edith76US #87
#96Georgia76US #128
#97Jimmie76
#98Lillian75US #79
#99Alma74US #137
#100Annette74US #125

Boys

#1James2,201US #2
#2John1,139US #3
#3William1,137US #4
#4Robert1,108US #1
#5Charles1,006US #6
#6Willie869US #32
#7Billy706US #22
#8Bobby568US #24
#9Joe511US #23
#10George472US #9
#11Thomas444US #8
#12Donald349US #7
#13Henry306US #28
#14Jimmy295US #46
#15David293US #10
#16Jerry279US #18
#17Edward271US #13
#18Joseph265US #11
#19Richard257US #5
#20Walter254US #26
#21Frank238US #16
#22Harold208US #21
#23Charlie198US #103
#24Jack197US #20
#25Jimmie191US #71
#26Johnny191US #72
#27Kenneth189US #14
#28Paul183US #15
#29Roy182US #42
#30Eddie175US #79
#31Clarence170US #52
#32Arthur165US #30
#33Johnnie158US #117
#34Fred156US #36
#35Howard147US #40
#36Carl143US #27
#37Eugene142US #29
#38Samuel141US #67
#39Albert138US #34
#40Ralph138US #31
#41Raymond135US #17
#42Franklin134US #64
#43Jesse124US #104
#44Leon119US #82
#45Cecil112US #114
#46Ernest110US #55
#47Roosevelt110US #180
#48Gerald108US #19
#49Tommy108US #91
#50Jessie106US #151
#51Earl102US #47
#52Lee99US #76
#53Melvin97US #53
#54Ronald96US #12
#55Curtis95US #107
#56Gene94US #66
#57Wayne93US #45
#58Alfred88US #60
#59Earnest88US #170
#60Douglas84US #78
#61Herman84US #105
#62Norman84US #43
#63Andrew83US #83
#64Lawrence83US #37
#65Ray83US #65
#66Leroy82US #57
#67Larry81US #25
#68Louis81US #44
#69Marvin81US #49
#70Bennie79US #162
#71Clyde78US #89
#72Daniel76US #41
#73Freddie72US #134
#74Lewis72US #101
#75Leonard70US #54
#76Sam69US #131
#77Calvin68US #124
#78Floyd68US #86
#79Harry67US #39
#80Wallace66US #130
#81Benjamin64US #123
#82Don64US #51
#83Horace63US #188
#84Otis60US #187
#85Jackie59US #106
#86Herbert58US #62
#87Milton58US #120
#88Oscar58US #153
#89Billie56US #167
#90Clifford56US #90
#91Nathaniel55US #179
#92Tommie55
#93Allen54US #81
#94Harvey53US #97
#95Bill52US #61
#96Jim52US #85
#97Rufus52
#98Claude51US #132
#99Dan51US #155
#100Elbert51

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑30Norman#62
↑29Larry#67
↑23Wayne#57
↑22Jane#64
↑22Freddie#73
↑20Nancy#31
↑20Sue#78
↑19Wilma#68

Falling

↓33Herbert#86
↓30Bonnie#90
↓25Lillian#98
↓23Bettye#87
↓23Dan#99
↓20Carrie#56
↓20Jimmie#97
↓19Bernice#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.