State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,273 Alabama births in 1943 across 1,035 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#41Mattie#183 nationally
#55Johnnie#196 nationally
#62Rosie#193 nationally
#48Minnie#173 nationally
#76Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#80Tommieoutside the national top 200
#70Bessie#190 nationally
#39Lillie#158 nationally
#22Willie#139 nationally
#80Nellie#197 nationally
#85Fannieoutside the national top 200
#85Rooseveltoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,306US #1
#2Betty1,098US #10
#3Barbara1,077US #2
#4Linda980US #4
#5Patricia858US #3
#6Dorothy729US #19
#7Carolyn697US #11
#8Shirley655US #12
#9Martha617US #29
#10Annie615US #69
#11Sandra446US #6
#12Margaret423US #14
#13Brenda402US #35
#14Joyce401US #16
#15Elizabeth387US #23
#16Doris381US #40
#17Peggy376US #41
#18Nancy364US #9
#19Judy353US #13
#20Sarah303US #71
#21Helen292US #28
#22Willie289US #139
#23Carol285US #5
#24Virginia278US #25
#25Frances266US #31
#26Glenda266US #83
#27Ruby254US #82
#28Gloria247US #30
#29Alice246US #38
#30Janice237US #26
#31Charlotte216US #47
#32Wanda197US #56
#33Rebecca191US #87
#34Mildred187US #76
#35Judith184US #7
#36Patsy184US #61
#37Ann181US #37
#38Jo178US #63
#39Lillie176US #158
#40Emma175US #114
#41Mattie166US #183
#42Evelyn164US #53
#43Bobbie161US #147
#44Edna157US #106
#45Bonnie151US #34
#46Geraldine150US #51
#47Sara150US #137
#48Minnie143US #173
#49Catherine142US #48
#50Joan141US #21
#51Ruth139US #33
#52Julia138US #95
#53Ethel137US #126
#54Juanita135US #91
#55Johnnie127US #196
#56Jean126US #36
#57Louise126US #70
#58Clara125US #133
#59Bertha122US #150
#60Marie120US #45
#61Margie113US #128
#62Rosie111US #193
#63Jessie110US #177
#64Sharon110US #8
#65Jeanette108US #110
#66Georgia107US #119
#67Jane106US #44
#68Bernice105US #143
#69Laura102US #117
#70Bessie101US #190
#71Sylvia101US #77
#72Donna99US #17
#73Gladys99US #131
#74Sue99US #72
#75Norma98US #58
#76Bettye95
#77Christine95US #84
#78Ella95US #155
#79Faye95US #163
#80Nellie94US #197
#81Thelma94US #127
#82Lois93US #43
#83Carrie92US #192
#84Gwendolyn92US #161
#85Fannie89
#86Lula88
#87Beverly87US #32
#88Billie87US #138
#89Hattie87
#90Hazel87US #144
#91Jimmie86
#92Ida85US #162
#93Lillian83US #116
#94Rita83US #52
#95Jacqueline81US #65
#96Marilyn80US #27
#97Mamie79
#98Phyllis79US #39
#99Rose78US #50
#100Josephine75US #108

Boys

#1James2,898US #1
#2William1,522US #4
#3John1,462US #3
#4Robert1,326US #2
#5Charles1,195US #7
#6Willie984US #36
#7Jerry805US #17
#8Thomas645US #8
#9Billy591US #37
#10George581US #14
#11Bobby559US #46
#12David537US #6
#13Jimmy503US #42
#14Larry502US #12
#15Donald459US #11
#16Johnny425US #52
#17Richard405US #5
#18Joe388US #35
#19Joseph388US #13
#20Henry380US #31
#21Edward357US #18
#22Kenneth352US #15
#23Walter316US #26
#24Ronald291US #9
#25Roy259US #38
#26Paul254US #19
#27Eddie250US #80
#28Harold247US #27
#29Frank237US #21
#30Arthur236US #30
#31Clarence208US #68
#32Douglas203US #28
#33Tommy202US #77
#34Charlie186US #122
#35Samuel186US #62
#36Jimmie185US #95
#37Carl182US #33
#38Wayne168US #41
#39Gary167US #16
#40Jesse166US #105
#41Fred164US #45
#42Albert162US #43
#43Michael162US #10
#44Raymond162US #22
#45Howard156US #48
#46Gerald150US #23
#47Jack149US #34
#48Roger144US #24
#49Ralph139US #40
#50Curtis138US #100
#51Eugene135US #47
#52Daniel127US #25
#53Melvin126US #63
#54Cecil121US #132
#55Terry120US #49
#56Marvin114US #66
#57Leon111US #103
#58Ernest110US #61
#59Johnnie108US #135
#60Ronnie108US #71
#61Earl106US #60
#62Don102US #72
#63Jessie102US #166
#64Lawrence100US #32
#65Ray98US #84
#66Louis97US #53
#67Lewis96US #115
#68Earnest94US #177
#69Leroy93US #74
#70Harry92US #50
#71Andrew90US #79
#72Alfred89US #78
#73Clyde89US #114
#74Herbert89US #86
#75Lee89US #91
#76Herman86US #129
#77Leonard84US #55
#78Freddie83US #143
#79Phillip83US #81
#80Tommie80
#81Gene77US #89
#82Sam76US #153
#83Floyd75US #112
#84Jackie73US #124
#85Roosevelt72
#86Wallace71US #156
#87Claude70US #152
#88Franklin70US #119
#89Milton68US #141
#90Calvin67US #126
#91Bennie66US #189
#92Lonnie66US #144
#93Mack66
#94Otis66
#95Glenn65US #85
#96Norman65US #56
#97Bill63US #65
#98Allen62US #76
#99Nathaniel62US #191
#100Harvey61US #111

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑24Ronnie#60
↑23Rebecca#33
↑20Terry#55
↑19Earnest#68
↑16Jeanette#65
↑14Edna#44
↑14Georgia#66
↑14Alfred#72

Falling

↓27Franklin#88
↓21Ida#92
↓19Mack#93
↓17Josephine#100
↓17Jackie#84
↓16Lee#75
↓15Carrie#83
↓15Phillip#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.