State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,513 Alabama births in 1945 across 967 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#36Mattie#191 nationally
#47Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#39Lillie#167 nationally
#61Minnie#187 nationally
#75Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#76Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#62Rosie#186 nationally
#66Bessie#190 nationally
#77Tommieoutside the national top 200
#82Nellieoutside the national top 200
#86Lulaoutside the national top 200
#24Willie#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,083US #1
#2Linda1,168US #2
#3Barbara976US #3
#4Betty944US #11
#5Patricia837US #4
#6Shirley670US #14
#7Carolyn633US #12
#8Dorothy626US #21
#9Annie589US #69
#10Martha532US #30
#11Sandra485US #6
#12Judy432US #13
#13Brenda414US #29
#14Margaret403US #15
#15Gloria339US #23
#16Joyce330US #18
#17Elizabeth320US #26
#18Peggy313US #45
#19Doris312US #46
#20Janice301US #24
#21Carol300US #5
#22Sarah279US #76
#23Nancy278US #7
#24Willie276US #137
#25Helen240US #31
#26Frances237US #34
#27Virginia236US #28
#28Alice220US #41
#29Glenda211US #92
#30Ruby206US #95
#31Judith192US #9
#32Charlotte188US #55
#33Rebecca182US #85
#34Wanda181US #58
#35Jo164US #60
#36Mattie156US #191
#37Mildred153US #93
#38Evelyn152US #57
#39Lillie150US #167
#40Geraldine149US #56
#41Sharon149US #8
#42Ann148US #39
#43Catherine147US #50
#44Julia145US #115
#45Patsy141US #84
#46Emma135US #123
#47Johnnie130
#48Donna129US #17
#49Edna128US #119
#50Bobbie127US #150
#51Susan125US #10
#52Juanita124US #108
#53Sara119US #135
#54Marie118US #49
#55Joan117US #25
#56Marilyn113US #27
#57Jean112US #38
#58Bonnie111US #35
#59Laura110US #77
#60Jane109US #36
#61Minnie109US #187
#62Rosie108US #186
#63Ruth107US #33
#64Clara106US #136
#65Louise104US #78
#66Bessie103US #190
#67Beverly99US #37
#68Bernice98US #157
#69Jacqueline97US #63
#70Janet97US #20
#71Norma97US #74
#72Ethel94US #134
#73Gwendolyn93US #151
#74Sylvia93US #83
#75Jessie92US #185
#76Bettye91
#77Lois91US #48
#78Margie91US #138
#79Thelma90US #131
#80Bertha89US #165
#81Ella89US #158
#82Nellie86
#83Sue86US #66
#84Lynda84US #111
#85Christine83US #62
#86Lula83
#87Rose81US #54
#88Carrie79US #199
#89Diane79US #22
#90Vivian79US #118
#91Georgia78US #116
#92Ida77US #173
#93Cheryl76US #32
#94Hazel76US #164
#95Josephine76US #120
#96Jeanette75US #122
#97Wilma74US #128
#98Gladys73US #141
#99Anna70US #73
#100Sherry69US #104

Boys

#1James2,493US #1
#2William1,342US #4
#3John1,282US #3
#4Robert1,261US #2
#5Charles1,088US #7
#6Willie924US #31
#7Jerry697US #20
#8Larry573US #11
#9Thomas565US #8
#10George542US #15
#11Jimmy521US #41
#12David490US #6
#13Billy479US #42
#14Richard442US #5
#15Donald415US #12
#16Johnny410US #45
#17Bobby402US #53
#18Joseph386US #14
#19Joe328US #36
#20Kenneth327US #16
#21Edward311US #18
#22Henry295US #37
#23Ronald290US #10
#24Walter290US #27
#25Michael259US #9
#26Gary253US #13
#27Roy234US #40
#28Paul231US #17
#29Harold229US #28
#30Frank228US #21
#31Eddie227US #81
#32Roger202US #22
#33Arthur196US #34
#34Charlie189US #128
#35Samuel187US #62
#36Tommy178US #75
#37Jimmie165US #102
#38Douglas163US #29
#39Raymond163US #23
#40Clarence158US #82
#41Albert152US #49
#42Eugene150US #50
#43Carl148US #39
#44Fred142US #51
#45Terry142US #33
#46Wayne140US #35
#47Jack135US #32
#48Melvin133US #78
#49Ralph126US #44
#50Curtis124US #97
#51Howard121US #54
#52Harry119US #47
#53Jesse117US #104
#54Leon117US #111
#55Johnnie115US #133
#56Gerald114US #25
#57Ernest108US #60
#58Phillip100US #85
#59Ronnie98US #67
#60Dennis97US #19
#61Marvin97US #80
#62Jessie96US #175
#63Danny95US #56
#64Leroy95US #83
#65Lee93US #87
#66Don92US #73
#67Earl91US #71
#68Daniel90US #24
#69Floyd85US #114
#70Franklin85US #119
#71Andrew82US #86
#72Calvin82US #124
#73Cecil82US #152
#74Alfred80US #88
#75Roosevelt80
#76Lawrence79US #30
#77Tommie77
#78Ray76US #92
#79Benjamin74US #140
#80Earnest74US #188
#81Freddie74US #145
#82Louis74US #55
#83Herman73US #146
#84Allen70US #74
#85Leonard70US #57
#86Lonnie70US #143
#87Clyde68US #121
#88Herbert68US #94
#89Dwight65US #126
#90Grady65
#91Stephen65US #26
#92Jim62US #68
#93Glenn61US #93
#94Norman61US #65
#95Oscar61US #176
#96Sam61US #161
#97Lewis60US #123
#98Nathaniel60US #181
#99Alvin57US #120
#100Milton56US #154

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑40Susan#51
↑31Laura#59
↑30Dennis#60
↑22Norma#71
↑22Jessie#75
↑22Danny#63
↑22Roosevelt#75
↑19Sharon#41

Falling

↓31Bertha#80
↓24Jeanette#96
↓21Norman#94
↓20Georgia#91
↓19Louise#65
↓19Gladys#98
↓18Earnest#80
↓16Earl#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.