State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,765 Alabama births in 1942 across 1,016 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#44Johnnie#192 nationally
#36Mattie#171 nationally
#69Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#76Fannieoutside the national top 200
#37Minnie#161 nationally
#77Lulaoutside the national top 200
#66Rosie#189 nationally
#80Tommieoutside the national top 200
#32Lillie#150 nationally
#83Horaceoutside the national top 200
#68Carrie#185 nationally
#74Mack#190 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,353US #1
#2Betty1,047US #9
#3Barbara1,030US #2
#4Dorothy774US #17
#5Linda746US #4
#6Patricia684US #3
#7Martha661US #29
#8Carolyn645US #10
#9Shirley622US #12
#10Annie616US #62
#11Margaret444US #14
#12Joyce395US #13
#13Sandra373US #6
#14Elizabeth361US #22
#15Doris345US #41
#16Peggy341US #42
#17Sarah334US #67
#18Willie333US #133
#19Brenda290US #40
#20Helen288US #26
#21Nancy285US #8
#22Frances264US #30
#23Judy257US #15
#24Virginia255US #23
#25Ruby254US #77
#26Alice252US #39
#27Gloria252US #31
#28Glenda249US #89
#29Carol235US #5
#30Janice233US #25
#31Patsy211US #57
#32Lillie197US #150
#33Emma191US #108
#34Jo189US #65
#35Wanda183US #54
#36Mattie181US #171
#37Minnie181US #161
#38Mildred175US #71
#39Evelyn170US #53
#40Judith168US #7
#41Ann166US #38
#42Charlotte165US #51
#43Louise161US #61
#44Johnnie159US #192
#45Julia154US #95
#46Geraldine152US #47
#47Juanita152US #90
#48Catherine149US #49
#49Sara149US #128
#50Bobbie148US #151
#51Ruth144US #33
#52Clara143US #122
#53Joan141US #18
#54Ethel140US #124
#55Marie140US #43
#56Rebecca139US #85
#57Bonnie136US #34
#58Edna135US #99
#59Margie134US #126
#60Bertha129US #147
#61Jean128US #36
#62Jessie124US #167
#63Bessie120US #176
#64Bernice119US #137
#65Sylvia119US #72
#66Rosie117US #189
#67Thelma117US #121
#68Carrie115US #185
#69Bettye113
#70Ella113US #152
#71Ida110US #153
#72Nellie109US #183
#73Laura108US #115
#74Sue108US #73
#75Jane105US #46
#76Fannie104
#77Lula102
#78Gladys100US #127
#79Norma98US #52
#80Georgia95US #123
#81Jeanette94US #104
#82Annette92US #134
#83Josephine91US #100
#84Rosa91US #155
#85Hazel90US #139
#86Billie89US #143
#87Christine89US #96
#88Wilma88US #114
#89Jimmie85
#90Lois85US #44
#91Faye84US #175
#92Gwendolyn84US #169
#93Eva83US #140
#94Myra83
#95Anna80US #59
#96Eleanor79US #87
#97Katie77
#98Vera77US #174
#99Beverly75US #32
#100Delores75US #86

Boys

#1James2,737US #1
#2William1,433US #4
#3Robert1,325US #2
#4John1,321US #3
#5Charles1,166US #7
#6Willie968US #37
#7Jerry745US #16
#8Billy647US #35
#9Thomas588US #8
#10Bobby534US #43
#11George530US #14
#12David499US #6
#13Jimmy499US #47
#14Donald453US #10
#15Larry429US #12
#16Joe424US #33
#17Johnny385US #55
#18Joseph376US #11
#19Richard367US #5
#20Henry350US #31
#21Douglas320US #23
#22Edward312US #17
#23Kenneth312US #15
#24Roy267US #42
#25Walter264US #26
#26Ronald242US #9
#27Paul237US #19
#28Frank234US #21
#29Arthur226US #29
#30Tommy220US #73
#31Eddie216US #86
#32Harold216US #27
#33Samuel205US #59
#34Raymond196US #24
#35Charlie189US #118
#36Clarence174US #67
#37Albert172US #40
#38Jimmie170US #94
#39Jack169US #34
#40Wayne163US #41
#41Eugene160US #45
#42Fred155US #46
#43Howard152US #49
#44Gerald145US #22
#45Johnnie144US #138
#46Carl140US #36
#47Ralph138US #38
#48Gary136US #18
#49Michael134US #13
#50Curtis124US #98
#51Jesse124US #100
#52Marvin116US #66
#53Daniel109US #28
#54Melvin107US #60
#55Ernest105US #61
#56Cecil104US #131
#57Earl102US #62
#58Andrew100US #80
#59Lee100US #87
#60Leroy100US #69
#61Franklin96US #103
#62Herman96US #122
#63Leon95US #93
#64Phillip92US #77
#65Ray90US #84
#66Harry88US #48
#67Jackie87US #119
#68Leonard86US #57
#69Lawrence85US #30
#70Louis85US #51
#71Herbert84US #83
#72Jessie84US #167
#73Don83US #72
#74Mack83US #190
#75Terry82US #52
#76Wallace81US #157
#77Lewis80US #112
#78Gene79US #82
#79Bennie78US #177
#80Tommie77
#81Clyde76US #109
#82Freddie76US #140
#83Horace76
#84Ronnie76US #78
#85Roosevelt76
#86Alfred75US #76
#87Earnest75US #192
#88Floyd71US #113
#89Calvin70US #136
#90Bill68US #65
#91Allen67US #71
#92Glenn67US #88
#93Benjamin66US #129
#94Nathaniel66US #188
#95Sam65US #152
#96Clifford64US #95
#97Harvey64US #107
#98Lonnie64US #148
#99Luther63US #185
#100Alvin61US #115

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑46Douglas#21
↑29Daniel#53
↑24Ruth#51
↑21Leonard#68
↑20Harry#66
↑20Herbert#71
↑19Margie#59
↑18Wallace#76

Falling

↓31Lois#90
↓27Faye#91
↓27Sam#95
↓23Earnest#87
↓21Edna#58
↓19Norma#79
↓19Roosevelt#85
↓18Nathaniel#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.