State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,703 Alabama births in 1944 across 1,019 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
#39Mattie#185 nationally
#63Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#53Bessie#189 nationally
#74Carrie#197 nationally
#54Minnie#175 nationally
#62Earnest#182 nationally
#73Rosie#193 nationally
#21Willie#138 nationally
#42Lillie#159 nationally
#83Nellie#199 nationally
#86Mackoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,079US #1
#2Linda1,171US #3
#3Barbara987US #2
#4Betty965US #10
#5Patricia756US #4
#6Carolyn659US #11
#7Dorothy656US #19
#8Shirley626US #15
#9Martha618US #29
#10Annie567US #71
#11Sandra500US #6
#12Brenda450US #30
#13Judy394US #12
#14Margaret377US #14
#15Elizabeth351US #23
#16Peggy341US #45
#17Nancy316US #7
#18Doris313US #42
#19Joyce312US #18
#20Sarah295US #67
#21Willie284US #138
#22Carol283US #5
#23Glenda271US #79
#24Gloria268US #25
#25Janice262US #28
#26Helen258US #31
#27Frances242US #33
#28Virginia235US #26
#29Alice226US #38
#30Ruby213US #87
#31Charlotte205US #50
#32Judith202US #9
#33Rebecca183US #84
#34Mildred174US #81
#35Wanda162US #58
#36Ann157US #39
#37Evelyn156US #57
#38Emma154US #118
#39Mattie154US #185
#40Patsy154US #72
#41Jo153US #61
#42Lillie150US #159
#43Geraldine147US #53
#44Johnnie145US #192
#45Juanita144US #94
#46Louise140US #69
#47Bobbie139US #144
#48Edna136US #112
#49Bertha135US #151
#50Joan132US #22
#51Catherine128US #49
#52Julia126US #102
#53Bessie124US #189
#54Minnie123US #175
#55Bonnie122US #34
#56Jean119US #37
#57Sara119US #136
#58Ethel118US #127
#59Jane118US #41
#60Sharon118US #8
#61Ruth115US #32
#62Donna113US #17
#63Bettye108
#64Clara108US #134
#65Marie106US #48
#66Bernice104US #149
#67Lois102US #47
#68Marilyn99US #27
#69Sue99US #62
#70Beverly97US #35
#71Georgia96US #114
#72Jeanette95US #117
#73Rosie94US #193
#74Carrie93US #197
#75Gwendolyn93US #160
#76Christine91US #75
#77Sylvia91US #83
#78Ella90US #158
#79Gladys90US #137
#80Jacqueline90US #64
#81Rosa90US #145
#82Margie89US #130
#83Nellie89US #199
#84Cheryl88US #36
#85Ida88US #166
#86Janet88US #21
#87Phyllis88US #40
#88Diane87US #24
#89Lynda87US #113
#90Laura86US #119
#91Susan82US #13
#92Hazel81US #147
#93Norma80US #66
#94Billie79US #142
#95Fannie79
#96Faye79US #165
#97Jessie79US #177
#98Lula78
#99Sherry78US #100
#100Josephine76US #115

Boys

#1James2,650US #1
#2William1,416US #4
#3Robert1,381US #2
#4John1,323US #3
#5Charles1,126US #7
#6Willie968US #31
#7Jerry739US #19
#8Thomas587US #8
#9Jimmy545US #41
#10Billy539US #38
#11George529US #14
#12Larry520US #12
#13David495US #6
#14Donald477US #11
#15Bobby435US #50
#16Richard408US #5
#17Johnny400US #45
#18Joseph386US #13
#19Joe370US #33
#20Henry348US #35
#21Edward323US #18
#22Kenneth322US #16
#23Ronald315US #10
#24Walter303US #26
#25Roy268US #39
#26Frank251US #21
#27Roger246US #23
#28Paul239US #17
#29Charlie235US #120
#30Tommy222US #70
#31Harold212US #27
#32Eddie210US #79
#33Arthur204US #29
#34Gary201US #15
#35Michael188US #9
#36Albert183US #44
#37Jimmie183US #98
#38Samuel175US #62
#39Clarence167US #74
#40Wayne167US #37
#41Jack164US #30
#42Douglas160US #34
#43Fred148US #47
#44Carl145US #36
#45Howard144US #53
#46Raymond142US #22
#47Jesse137US #103
#48Gerald135US #24
#49Johnnie133US #131
#50Curtis128US #97
#51Earl127US #65
#52Terry121US #43
#53Eugene118US #48
#54Ernest114US #59
#55Ralph114US #42
#56Harry112US #49
#57Jessie112US #167
#58Daniel106US #25
#59Leon105US #108
#60Lee103US #85
#61Melvin103US #67
#62Earnest102US #182
#63Leroy102US #78
#64Don98US #72
#65Cecil96US #142
#66Marvin95US #75
#67Andrew89US #81
#68Ronnie88US #69
#69Herman87US #129
#70Calvin86US #124
#71Freddie84US #138
#72Phillip81US #83
#73Norman80US #58
#74Clyde79US #111
#75Lawrence79US #32
#76Floyd77US #110
#77Jackie77US #128
#78Franklin76US #121
#79Leonard76US #56
#80Louis76US #54
#81Ray75US #86
#82Alfred74US #82
#83Herbert72US #90
#84Lewis72US #112
#85Danny70US #76
#86Mack70
#87Tommie67
#88Glenn66US #88
#89Dwight65US #140
#90Dennis64US #20
#91Jim64US #68
#92Milton64US #146
#93Clifford63US #99
#94Gene63US #95
#95Alvin62US #115
#96Allen61US #77
#97Roosevelt60
#98Nathaniel59US #184
#99Oscar59US #178
#100Bill58US #66

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑28Marilyn#68
↑23Norman#73
↑21Roger#27
↑20Calvin#70
↑17Bessie#53
↑17Beverly#70
↑15Lois#67
↑15Jacqueline#80

Falling

↓34Jessie#97
↓21Margie#82
↓21Laura#90
↓18Norma#93
↓17Faye#96
↓17Lewis#84
↓16Ray#81
↓14Louis#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.