State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,817 Alabama births in 1938 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.

#65Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#36Rosie#170 nationally
#45Carrie#179 nationally
#62Roosevelt#195 nationally
#23Mattie#153 nationally
#70Hattie#198 nationally
#41Minnie#161 nationally
#83Gradyoutside the national top 200
#74Otis#190 nationally
#75Lula#191 nationally
#85Fannieoutside the national top 200
#48Jessie#163 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,190US #1
#2Betty1,241US #4
#3Barbara801US #2
#4Annie732US #47
#5Dorothy732US #8
#6Shirley628US #5
#7Martha564US #26
#8Margaret415US #9
#9Carolyn382US #15
#10Doris381US #25
#11Patricia326US #3
#12Sarah323US #67
#13Peggy322US #35
#14Frances295US #23
#15Willie294US #121
#16Helen290US #13
#17Ruby274US #61
#18Joyce268US #11
#19Elizabeth266US #17
#20Virginia249US #22
#21Alice220US #29
#22Bobbie213US #127
#23Mattie211US #153
#24Mildred209US #52
#25Nancy202US #7
#26Emma201US #96
#27Louise187US #59
#28Ann179US #32
#29Ruth173US #21
#30Lillie172US #132
#31Edna169US #82
#32Evelyn165US #38
#33Juanita165US #80
#34Sara158US #124
#35Ethel156US #94
#36Rosie150US #170
#37Clara148US #98
#38Jo147US #78
#39Gloria144US #36
#40Janice142US #24
#41Minnie142US #161
#42Bernice141US #112
#43Nellie140US #152
#44Bertha136US #131
#45Carrie136US #179
#46Patsy135US #55
#47Sylvia135US #56
#48Julia131US #107
#49Marie130US #37
#50Linda126US #31
#51Shelby126US #142
#52Carol123US #6
#53Jean123US #27
#54Catherine122US #48
#55Jessie121US #150
#56Ella120US #140
#57Geraldine120US #45
#58Gladys119US #103
#59Christine117US #129
#60Bessie115US #155
#61Billie115US #139
#62Hazel115US #111
#63Margie115US #109
#64Thelma111US #86
#65Johnnie109
#66Sandra109US #14
#67Norma105US #34
#68Bonnie102US #65
#69Rosa102US #146
#70Hattie101US #198
#71Laura101US #108
#72Glenda100US #123
#73Jeanette100US #91
#74Ida99US #141
#75Lula99US #191
#76Wanda98US #49
#77Annette97US #119
#78Jane96US #44
#79Lois96US #33
#80Faye94US #162
#81Joan94US #10
#82Rebecca91US #145
#83Eva90US #126
#84Charlotte86US #70
#85Fannie86
#86Alma84US #147
#87Anna84US #40
#88Georgia84US #138
#89Jimmie83
#90Wilma83US #85
#91Eleanor81US #60
#92Bettye77
#93June77US #79
#94Susie77
#95Myra76
#96Sue76US #104
#97Gwendolyn75US #169
#98Edith73US #102
#99Katie73
#100Irene72US #72

Boys

#1James2,246US #2
#2John1,180US #3
#3Robert1,168US #1
#4William1,135US #4
#5Charles989US #6
#6Willie828US #34
#7Billy676US #24
#8Bobby554US #27
#9Joe475US #28
#10George470US #11
#11Thomas469US #9
#12Jimmy405US #45
#13Jerry396US #17
#14Donald395US #7
#15David339US #8
#16Joseph315US #12
#17Henry309US #30
#18Edward270US #13
#19Richard254US #5
#20Frank243US #18
#21Johnny237US #63
#22Walter232US #26
#23Kenneth230US #14
#24Eddie218US #79
#25Harold211US #23
#26Jimmie197US #76
#27Roy197US #41
#28Charlie194US #112
#29Paul193US #15
#30Arthur180US #32
#31Albert174US #37
#32Fred174US #38
#33Jack174US #25
#34Samuel153US #62
#35Carl149US #29
#36Howard149US #42
#37Johnnie146US #123
#38Larry146US #16
#39Tommy142US #77
#40Curtis141US #101
#41Eugene137US #33
#42Clarence133US #58
#43Ralph128US #35
#44Raymond126US #20
#45Ronald122US #10
#46Melvin117US #54
#47Leon115US #85
#48Jessie114US #163
#49Gerald113US #19
#50Douglas107US #60
#51Jesse105US #107
#52Lee105US #80
#53Gene104US #65
#54Ray104US #72
#55Herman103US #108
#56Wayne102US #40
#57Earl101US #50
#58Cecil92US #118
#59Daniel92US #39
#60Clyde91US #97
#61Ernest91US #55
#62Roosevelt90US #195
#63Marvin89US #53
#64Louis85US #47
#65Andrew83US #82
#66Gary81US #22
#67Earnest80US #176
#68Don79US #52
#69Lewis76US #109
#70Leroy75US #61
#71Floyd74US #96
#72Freddie74US #132
#73Calvin73US #122
#74Otis68US #190
#75Claude67US #131
#76Jackie67US #105
#77Alfred65US #69
#78Herbert65US #68
#79Horace64US #188
#80Sam63US #141
#81Alton62US #185
#82Franklin60US #100
#83Grady60
#84Harry60US #44
#85Hugh60US #146
#86Luther60US #177
#87Norman59US #43
#88Tommie59
#89Leonard58US #57
#90Ben57US #172
#91Milton57US #127
#92Oscar56US #158
#93Bennie54US #170
#94Allen52US #73
#95Glenn52US #83
#96Lawrence51US #36
#97Phillip51US #95
#98Wallace50US #139
#99Alvin49US #98
#100Bill49US #67

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑34Janice#40
↑29Douglas#50
↑24Julia#48
↑23Rosie#36
↑23Christine#59
↑19Rosa#69
↑18Rebecca#82
↑18Otis#74

Falling

↓31Franklin#82
↓27Fannie#85
↓25Tommie#88
↓23Edith#98
↓21Herbert#78
↓20Jean#53
↓20Allen#94
↓19Johnnie#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.