State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,236 Alabama births in 1947 across 1,078 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#52Mattieoutside the national top 200
#58Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#33Willie#173 nationally
#66Minnieoutside the national top 200
#62Lillie#191 nationally
#74Earnestoutside the national top 200
#79Rosieoutside the national top 200
#75Jessie#195 nationally
#81Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#89Carrieoutside the national top 200
#91Bessieoutside the national top 200
#72Bobbie#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,115US #2
#2Linda2,059US #1
#3Patricia1,210US #3
#4Barbara1,149US #4
#5Betty959US #17
#6Brenda869US #21
#7Carolyn786US #15
#8Sandra741US #5
#9Shirley726US #19
#10Judy700US #14
#11Dorothy690US #26
#12Martha606US #32
#13Annie562US #103
#14Janice450US #22
#15Margaret428US #16
#16Peggy420US #42
#17Gloria410US #27
#18Elizabeth395US #25
#19Nancy385US #7
#20Glenda351US #96
#21Joyce351US #20
#22Doris331US #58
#23Carol329US #6
#24Sarah305US #93
#25Wanda305US #66
#26Helen284US #38
#27Rebecca276US #52
#28Virginia271US #34
#29Frances261US #39
#30Alice260US #47
#31Sharon252US #9
#32Ruby245US #112
#33Willie235US #173
#34Judith228US #12
#35Jo227US #51
#36Patsy223US #87
#37Donna219US #10
#38Charlotte218US #68
#39Susan204US #8
#40Evelyn197US #72
#41Catherine177US #46
#42Ethel173US #144
#43Diane170US #18
#44Beverly168US #31
#45Marilyn166US #29
#46Jacqueline165US #59
#47Joan165US #30
#48Geraldine164US #78
#49Julia162US #116
#50Sherry162US #67
#51Cynthia161US #33
#52Mattie161
#53Ann158US #41
#54Mildred157US #109
#55Gwendolyn154US #130
#56Emma150US #141
#57Jane148US #36
#58Johnnie146
#59Edna145US #131
#60Juanita141US #110
#61Connie138US #43
#62Lillie138US #191
#63Laura131US #74
#64Sylvia131US #97
#65Phyllis130US #37
#66Minnie129
#67Cheryl125US #24
#68Sara124US #138
#69Norma123US #82
#70Sheila122US #73
#71Rita118US #60
#72Bobbie116US #178
#73Janet116US #23
#74Ruth116US #44
#75Dianne115US #83
#76Lynda115US #77
#77Clara114US #150
#78Louise114US #99
#79Rosie110
#80Lois109US #63
#81Bettye107
#82Christine103US #45
#83Bernice102US #172
#84Bertha101US #180
#85Marie101US #57
#86Ella99US #177
#87Jean97US #40
#88Jeanette97US #125
#89Carrie92
#90Margie92US #139
#91Bessie91
#92Bonnie91US #35
#93Sue91US #69
#94Gail90US #49
#95Hazel89US #183
#96Katherine89US #76
#97Eva88US #168
#98Rosa87US #167
#99Myra86
#100Rose85US #65

Boys

#1James3,038US #1
#2John1,669US #3
#3William1,640US #4
#4Robert1,580US #2
#5Charles1,221US #9
#6Larry1,120US #10
#7Willie1,048US #42
#8Jerry887US #20
#9Thomas788US #8
#10David752US #6
#11Jimmy658US #44
#12Richard587US #5
#13George581US #16
#14Donald579US #13
#15Ronald572US #11
#16Johnny531US #49
#17Billy526US #51
#18Bobby516US #60
#19Michael510US #7
#20Kenneth499US #15
#21Joseph424US #14
#22Edward414US #19
#23Joe397US #43
#24Henry354US #46
#25Gary315US #12
#26Walter315US #34
#27Eddie296US #80
#28Roy292US #48
#29Roger287US #25
#30Harold269US #35
#31Paul261US #18
#32Frank256US #23
#33Tommy256US #79
#34Terry245US #26
#35Samuel243US #72
#36Arthur232US #38
#37Ronnie219US #61
#38Danny218US #39
#39Jimmie208US #113
#40Raymond205US #27
#41Charlie203US #145
#42Clarence195US #88
#43Gerald176US #28
#44Wayne172US #30
#45Dennis169US #17
#46Albert167US #55
#47Howard162US #62
#48Carl154US #40
#49Fred153US #56
#50Daniel151US #22
#51Ernest150US #75
#52Jack145US #37
#53Phillip144US #74
#54Douglas143US #31
#55Curtis142US #99
#56Stephen134US #21
#57Ralph132US #50
#58Eugene129US #59
#59Johnnie128US #148
#60Jesse121US #107
#61Leon118US #117
#62Glenn117US #70
#63Harry113US #54
#64Marvin113US #89
#65Melvin109US #85
#66Calvin106US #120
#67Leroy106US #98
#68Steve106US #58
#69Earl105US #83
#70Andrew103US #82
#71Don103US #86
#72Lee102US #92
#73Allen101US #73
#74Earnest101
#75Jessie100US #195
#76Jackie98US #141
#77Lawrence98US #32
#78Louis98US #64
#79Clyde95US #128
#80Milton94US #158
#81Ray91US #97
#82Freddie90US #153
#83Herman90US #150
#84Benjamin88US #144
#85Lewis88US #118
#86Alfred85US #96
#87Cecil85US #165
#88Leonard84US #71
#89Donnie83US #168
#90Alvin79US #129
#91Lonnie79US #137
#92Norman79US #81
#93Jerome78US #110
#94Nathaniel76US #187
#95Herbert75US #104
#96Claude74US #167
#97Floyd74US #130
#98Tony74US #126
#99Tommie73
#100Mike72US #65

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑46Cynthia#51
↑33Stephen#56
↑31Diane#43
↑24Glenn#62
↑23Dianne#75
↑21Connie#61
↑18Minnie#66
↑17Janet#73

Falling

↓27Rosie#79
↓23Bonnie#92
↓21Marie#85
↓18Lewis#85
↓17Juanita#60
↓16Louise#78
↓15Jean#87
↓14Bertha#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.