State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,171 Alabama births in 1941 across 985 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#49Johnnie#192 nationally
#66Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#32Mattie#164 nationally
#64Earnest#185 nationally
#80Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#81Shelbyoutside the national top 200
#47Minnie#166 nationally
#65Carrie#183 nationally
#83Fannieoutside the national top 200
#21Willie#136 nationally
#87Tommieoutside the national top 200
#80Horace#193 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,100US #1
#2Betty1,009US #7
#3Barbara915US #2
#4Dorothy658US #14
#5Linda604US #5
#6Patricia603US #3
#7Annie602US #59
#8Martha561US #25
#9Shirley530US #10
#10Carolyn479US #11
#11Margaret424US #12
#12Peggy376US #39
#13Joyce365US #13
#14Doris356US #38
#15Elizabeth300US #21
#16Helen280US #24
#17Sarah280US #60
#18Sandra278US #9
#19Frances274US #31
#20Nancy268US #8
#21Willie262US #136
#22Ruby256US #69
#23Virginia256US #23
#24Brenda252US #41
#25Gloria235US #26
#26Judy214US #16
#27Alice213US #34
#28Patsy196US #52
#29Glenda189US #96
#30Emma188US #99
#31Janice186US #22
#32Mattie178US #164
#33Jo164US #66
#34Geraldine161US #45
#35Wanda160US #53
#36Louise159US #62
#37Edna158US #89
#38Carol156US #4
#39Lillie156US #144
#40Bonnie155US #33
#41Evelyn155US #50
#42Charlotte153US #55
#43Rebecca152US #86
#44Judith150US #6
#45Bobbie149US #145
#46Mildred146US #64
#47Minnie145US #166
#48Sara142US #124
#49Johnnie141US #192
#50Juanita135US #84
#51Jean130US #32
#52Ethel129US #116
#53Ann128US #37
#54Catherine127US #51
#55Julia126US #88
#56Clara123US #111
#57Ella116US #141
#58Joan115US #17
#59Lois114US #43
#60Norma114US #47
#61Sylvia114US #65
#62Jane109US #46
#63Bertha107US #140
#64Faye107US #160
#65Carrie104US #183
#66Jessie104US #165
#67Marie104US #42
#68Rosie101US #177
#69Bernice97US #133
#70Bessie97US #173
#71Nellie97US #167
#72Laura96US #115
#73Christine95US #101
#74Sue95US #75
#75Ruth93US #28
#76Gladys92US #118
#77Thelma90US #108
#78Margie89US #122
#79Billie88US #149
#80Bettye87
#81Shelby87
#82Annette86US #128
#83Fannie86
#84Ida86US #148
#85Eva83US #135
#86Jeanette81US #98
#87Lillian80US #104
#88Lula80
#89Rosa80US #154
#90Hazel79US #131
#91Edith78US #103
#92Hattie78
#93Katie78
#94Wilma78US #106
#95Beverly72US #29
#96Georgia72US #127
#97Yvonne72US #120
#98Rose71US #49
#99Vera70US #170
#100Delores69US #80

Boys

#1James2,405US #1
#2William1,283US #4
#3John1,206US #3
#4Robert1,171US #2
#5Charles1,089US #6
#6Willie932US #36
#7Billy679US #27
#8Jerry637US #14
#9Bobby511US #35
#10George507US #13
#11Thomas483US #8
#12Jimmy458US #45
#13David443US #7
#14Joe420US #30
#15Donald388US #10
#16Edward351US #17
#17Joseph339US #12
#18Henry329US #28
#19Larry312US #11
#20Richard291US #5
#21Kenneth278US #15
#22Johnny276US #55
#23Walter269US #26
#24Harold236US #24
#25Frank229US #21
#26Roy225US #39
#27Eddie219US #78
#28Paul213US #18
#29Charlie203US #115
#30Clarence199US #62
#31Ronald186US #9
#32Jimmie183US #89
#33Arthur182US #33
#34Samuel173US #65
#35Albert164US #40
#36Howard162US #47
#37Raymond162US #22
#38Carl159US #29
#39Wayne158US #37
#40Tommy153US #71
#41Jesse140US #99
#42Gerald138US #20
#43Fred137US #43
#44Johnnie136US #131
#45Eugene132US #42
#46Jack131US #32
#47Ralph125US #38
#48Leon120US #93
#49Marvin113US #63
#50Melvin108US #56
#51Earl107US #58
#52Leroy105US #67
#53Michael105US #16
#54Cecil103US #132
#55Curtis100US #100
#56Franklin100US #98
#57Lee98US #81
#58Ernest97US #61
#59Don96US #66
#60Jessie92US #162
#61Gary89US #19
#62Jackie88US #110
#63Ray84US #83
#64Earnest82US #185
#65Gene82US #72
#66Roosevelt80
#67Douglas79US #53
#68Sam79US #150
#69Terry76US #64
#70Louis75US #50
#71Alfred74US #74
#72Herman74US #114
#73Norman74US #49
#74Andrew73US #82
#75Phillip72US #77
#76Nathaniel71US #182
#77Freddie70US #138
#78Lewis70US #109
#79Clyde69US #113
#80Horace69US #193
#81Bennie67US #180
#82Daniel66US #31
#83Floyd66US #102
#84Lawrence65US #34
#85Alvin64US #107
#86Harry64US #48
#87Tommie64
#88Allen62US #73
#89Leonard61US #54
#90Claude60US #151
#91Herbert59US #76
#92Milton58US #140
#93Oscar58US #165
#94Wallace58US #155
#95Glenn57US #86
#96Ronnie57US #79
#97Bill56US #68
#98Grady56
#99Roger56US #25
#100Wendell56US #157

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑39Michael#53
↑24Jo#33
↑18Leroy#52
↑17Judy#26
↑17Patsy#28
↑16Brenda#24
↑16Norma#60
↑16Jane#62

Falling

↓39Ruth#75
↓22Mildred#46
↓22Herbert#91
↓21Hazel#90
↓19Daniel#82
↓18Juanita#50
↓17Bernice#69
↓15Evelyn#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.