State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,207 Alabama births in 1946 across 1,051 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#41Mattieoutside the national top 200
#52Rosieoutside the national top 200
#65Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#29Willie#159 nationally
#71Lulaoutside the national top 200
#75Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#78Carrieoutside the national top 200
#58Lillie#178 nationally
#81Jessieoutside the national top 200
#82Earnestoutside the national top 200
#84Minnieoutside the national top 200
#87Bessieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,105US #1
#2Linda1,427US #2
#3Barbara1,046US #4
#4Betty1,045US #14
#5Patricia958US #3
#6Carolyn738US #12
#7Shirley687US #18
#8Brenda671US #24
#9Sandra646US #6
#10Dorothy636US #23
#11Judy583US #11
#12Martha578US #32
#13Annie525US #97
#14Margaret426US #17
#15Janice398US #22
#16Peggy374US #43
#17Joyce353US #20
#18Carol352US #5
#19Nancy350US #7
#20Elizabeth347US #25
#21Glenda341US #99
#22Gloria333US #26
#23Sarah322US #92
#24Helen307US #36
#25Doris304US #51
#26Wanda252US #59
#27Frances243US #39
#28Virginia239US #31
#29Willie235US #159
#30Sharon232US #9
#31Alice230US #44
#32Ruby229US #105
#33Charlotte200US #64
#34Patsy196US #85
#35Jo195US #53
#36Donna190US #13
#37Rebecca184US #68
#38Susan184US #8
#39Judith181US #10
#40Geraldine177US #66
#41Mattie174
#42Joan159US #28
#43Juanita158US #110
#44Catherine151US #48
#45Julia142US #114
#46Beverly141US #30
#47Evelyn141US #65
#48Ann136US #40
#49Jane135US #35
#50Emma134US #131
#51Ethel134US #140
#52Rosie132
#53Sherry132US #73
#54Laura131US #75
#55Jacqueline129US #62
#56Marilyn129US #29
#57Gwendolyn126US #132
#58Lillie126US #178
#59Bobbie125US #171
#60Edna125US #126
#61Mildred125US #103
#62Louise120US #91
#63Sylvia120US #82
#64Marie119US #54
#65Johnnie118
#66Lynda118US #109
#67Sara115US #135
#68Cheryl112US #27
#69Bonnie111US #33
#70Bertha109US #173
#71Lula109
#72Jean108US #37
#73Ruth108US #38
#74Diane106US #19
#75Bettye105
#76Phyllis104US #41
#77Norma103US #77
#78Carrie100
#79Sue100US #61
#80Clara99US #145
#81Jessie98
#82Connie97US #45
#83Georgia97US #123
#84Minnie97
#85Christine93US #50
#86Sheila93US #70
#87Bessie92
#88Ella90US #177
#89Lois90US #55
#90Janet89US #21
#91Anita88US #84
#92Anna88US #87
#93Elaine88US #47
#94Ida88US #184
#95Jeanette85US #121
#96Vivian85US #120
#97Cynthia84US #46
#98Dianne82US #76
#99Eva81US #161
#100Katherine81US #78

Boys

#1James2,711US #1
#2John1,488US #3
#3William1,438US #4
#4Robert1,428US #2
#5Charles1,211US #9
#6Willie962US #40
#7Larry838US #11
#8Jerry821US #20
#9David685US #6
#10Thomas671US #8
#11Jimmy593US #42
#12George554US #16
#13Richard547US #5
#14Billy526US #45
#15Donald488US #13
#16Johnny486US #47
#17Bobby479US #53
#18Ronald458US #10
#19Joseph428US #14
#20Kenneth408US #15
#21Joe369US #37
#22Henry356US #41
#23Gary334US #12
#24Edward330US #19
#25Walter327US #30
#26Michael316US #7
#27Roger278US #23
#28Roy255US #43
#29Paul245US #18
#30Harold240US #33
#31Eddie237US #85
#32Samuel229US #70
#33Arthur221US #36
#34Frank220US #22
#35Tommy218US #77
#36Terry208US #26
#37Jimmie204US #104
#38Charlie202US #135
#39Danny196US #46
#40Clarence187US #89
#41Ronnie176US #54
#42Wayne165US #29
#43Albert162US #52
#44Carl154US #39
#45Gerald151US #27
#46Jack150US #35
#47Raymond150US #25
#48Douglas143US #34
#49Fred142US #51
#50Howard142US #55
#51Eugene141US #57
#52Jesse137US #109
#53Melvin137US #86
#54Ralph137US #48
#55Curtis126US #99
#56Daniel119US #21
#57Dennis119US #17
#58Harry113US #50
#59Leroy110US #90
#60Ernest109US #71
#61Johnnie108US #141
#62Phillip105US #83
#63Don104US #79
#64Earl102US #82
#65Lee100US #91
#66Marvin98US #88
#67Lewis96US #118
#68Andrew94US #84
#69Louis94US #63
#70Lawrence93US #31
#71Leon93US #113
#72Calvin92US #128
#73Cecil91US #159
#74Jessie91US #181
#75Jackie86US #139
#76Freddie85US #151
#77Ray85US #95
#78Herman84US #152
#79Alfred83US #94
#80Steve82US #69
#81Dwight81US #137
#82Earnest80
#83Herbert78US #97
#84Leonard77US #67
#85Norman77US #76
#86Glenn76US #81
#87Tony70US #129
#88Nathaniel69US #186
#89Stephen69US #24
#90Allen68US #74
#91Clifford68US #100
#92Floyd68US #121
#93Franklin68US #140
#94Clyde67US #122
#95Donnie66US #165
#96Tommie66
#97Anthony65US #44
#98Otis65
#99Alvin64US #126
#100Benny64US #184

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑47Sherry#53
↑30Lewis#67
↑25Cheryl#68
↑24Danny#39
↑21Beverly#46
↑21Ethel#51
↑18Lynda#66
↑18Ronnie#41

Falling

↓24Mildred#61
↓23Minnie#84
↓23Floyd#92
↓23Franklin#93
↓21Bessie#87
↓20Janet#90
↓19Lillie#58
↓19Tommie#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.