State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,573 Alabama births in 1937 across 999 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#198 nationally
#52Hattie#194 nationally
#58Fannie#200 nationally
#63Tommieoutside the national top 200
#71Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#61Roosevelt#190 nationally
#22Mattie#148 nationally
#50Carrie#172 nationally
#80Susieoutside the national top 200
#81Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#81Gradyoutside the national top 200
#59Rosie#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,156US #1
#2Betty1,242US #5
#3Barbara765US #2
#4Shirley670US #4
#5Annie667US #46
#6Dorothy639US #8
#7Martha514US #24
#8Margaret389US #10
#9Doris345US #22
#10Peggy344US #31
#11Willie320US #114
#12Sarah313US #65
#13Carolyn311US #20
#14Helen309US #12
#15Ruby308US #52
#16Patricia296US #3
#17Frances281US #19
#18Elizabeth269US #17
#19Joyce250US #11
#20Virginia240US #16
#21Louise223US #48
#22Mattie214US #148
#23Mildred214US #43
#24Evelyn202US #36
#25Emma198US #89
#26Ruth195US #15
#27Bobbie185US #122
#28Lillie183US #131
#29Edna181US #74
#30Nancy179US #7
#31Sara176US #130
#32Alice164US #28
#33Jean161US #23
#34Shelby155US #119
#35Ann153US #30
#36Jo151US #73
#37Juanita150US #75
#38Marie146US #35
#39Ethel145US #88
#40Minnie145US #156
#41Clara144US #100
#42Jessie144US #144
#43Nellie143US #140
#44Catherine142US #47
#45Gladys141US #86
#46Johnnie136US #198
#47Gloria131US #32
#48Bernice127US #104
#49Patsy124US #54
#50Carrie122US #172
#51Bessie121US #143
#52Hattie121US #194
#53Ella120US #134
#54Sylvia120US #50
#55Geraldine119US #44
#56Bertha118US #121
#57Hazel118US #106
#58Fannie117US #200
#59Rosie116US #178
#60Bonnie113US #64
#61Carol113US #6
#62Norma113US #33
#63Lula110US #182
#64Ida107US #133
#65Margie107US #111
#66Lois105US #29
#67Thelma105US #78
#68Joan104US #9
#69Laura101US #105
#70Billie100US #126
#71Jimmie99
#72Julia99US #112
#73Annette98US #115
#74Janice98US #25
#75Edith96US #96
#76Jane96US #42
#77Eva94US #117
#78Josephine94US #82
#79Jeanette93US #90
#80Susie90
#81Bettye89
#82Christine88US #135
#83Cora86US #176
#84Wanda86US #55
#85Mamie84
#86Sue84US #101
#87Charlotte83US #67
#88Rosa83US #152
#89Eleanor82US #53
#90Lucy78US #151
#91Wilma78US #80
#92Geneva77US #158
#93Katie77
#94Lillian77US #84
#95Faye76US #160
#96Georgia76US #132
#97Mae76US #185
#98Anna75US #39
#99Vera75US #150
#100Rebecca73US #166

Boys

#1James2,256US #2
#2John1,249US #3
#3William1,222US #4
#4Robert1,112US #1
#5Charles1,083US #6
#6Willie924US #32
#7Billy675US #22
#8George516US #10
#9Bobby487US #24
#10Thomas485US #9
#11Joe465US #25
#12Donald380US #7
#13Jimmy366US #45
#14Jerry323US #17
#15Henry313US #30
#16David302US #8
#17Edward283US #13
#18Joseph264US #12
#19Walter252US #26
#20Kenneth242US #14
#21Richard242US #5
#22Frank222US #18
#23Harold219US #21
#24Johnny211US #69
#25Eddie206US #83
#26Charlie203US #110
#27Arthur182US #31
#28Paul182US #15
#29Jack174US #23
#30Roy173US #40
#31Jimmie172US #72
#32Fred171US #35
#33Eugene157US #33
#34Gerald148US #20
#35Albert145US #37
#36Clarence144US #54
#37Samuel144US #66
#38Carl143US #28
#39Johnnie133US #118
#40Raymond132US #19
#41Howard130US #42
#42Ralph127US #34
#43Jesse120US #102
#44Curtis116US #109
#45Ronald116US #11
#46Ernest112US #53
#47Melvin107US #50
#48Tommy106US #84
#49Wayne106US #44
#50Cecil105US #114
#51Franklin105US #77
#52Larry104US #16
#53Earl103US #48
#54Jessie102US #148
#55Gene100US #61
#56Leon100US #85
#57Herbert95US #65
#58Lewis95US #104
#59Leroy91US #56
#60Ray91US #71
#61Roosevelt89US #190
#62Herman88US #101
#63Tommie84
#64Floyd83US #80
#65Earnest82US #174
#66Marvin81US #49
#67Clyde80US #93
#68Sam78US #132
#69Lee77US #78
#70Daniel76US #39
#71Louis76US #46
#72Alfred75US #60
#73Andrew74US #79
#74Allen72US #76
#75Harry72US #41
#76Nathaniel72US #187
#77Norman72US #43
#78Don69US #51
#79Douglas68US #74
#80Horace68US #180
#81Grady67
#82Milton67US #121
#83Wallace65US #133
#84Lawrence63US #38
#85Clifford62US #90
#86Oscar62US #154
#87Bennie61US #166
#88Alton60US #173
#89Alvin59US #99
#90Benjamin59US #119
#91Homer59US #165
#92Otis58US #189
#93Claude57US #137
#94Harvey57US #95
#95Luther55US #169
#96Phillip55US #98
#97Billie54US #185
#98Glenn54US #88
#99Hugh52US #143
#100Lonnie52US #171

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑54Shelby#34
↑30Bonnie#60
↑29Herbert#57
↑29Tommie#63
↑27Annette#73
↑26Jimmie#71
↑20Edith#75
↑19Jean#33

Falling

↓23Billie#70
↓23Wilma#91
↓21Anna#98
↓20Vera#99
↓20Lawrence#84
↓19Katie#93
↓19Douglas#79
↓18Rosie#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.