State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,772 Alabama births in 1948 across 1,105 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
#53Lillie#189 nationally
#35Willie#168 nationally
#71Rosieoutside the national top 200
#73Carrieoutside the national top 200
#74Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#77Bessieoutside the national top 200
#79Earnestoutside the national top 200
#58Bobbie#179 nationally
#89Hattieoutside the national top 200
#89Tommieoutside the national top 200
#90Minnieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,075US #2
#2Linda2,046US #1
#3Barbara1,093US #3
#4Patricia1,058US #4
#5Brenda1,005US #17
#6Betty796US #18
#7Shirley710US #20
#8Carolyn685US #14
#9Sandra649US #6
#10Judy644US #16
#11Dorothy610US #29
#12Martha541US #32
#13Annie538US #97
#14Janice460US #23
#15Margaret436US #13
#16Gloria406US #28
#17Peggy393US #38
#18Elizabeth365US #26
#19Joyce342US #21
#20Nancy342US #7
#21Carol322US #8
#22Glenda315US #92
#23Doris299US #64
#24Wanda280US #57
#25Sarah278US #85
#26Donna268US #11
#27Susan264US #5
#28Rebecca254US #50
#29Sharon251US #9
#30Frances233US #42
#31Virginia233US #36
#32Ruby232US #114
#33Alice227US #49
#34Charlotte224US #69
#35Willie222US #168
#36Jo211US #56
#37Deborah207US #30
#38Patsy203US #98
#39Beverly191US #31
#40Helen191US #40
#41Sherry188US #61
#42Emma168US #138
#43Geraldine160US #83
#44Catherine157US #41
#45Cynthia157US #27
#46Gwendolyn155US #124
#47Judith155US #15
#48Mildred154US #120
#49Cheryl151US #25
#50Ann149US #44
#51Ethel147US #152
#52Mattie144
#53Lillie142US #189
#54Connie141US #43
#55Evelyn140US #74
#56Juanita140US #107
#57Julia136US #118
#58Bobbie134US #179
#59Bonnie134US #34
#60Diane134US #19
#61Joan134US #37
#62Phyllis130US #46
#63Janet129US #24
#64Jacqueline128US #58
#65Jane128US #39
#66Marilyn124US #33
#67Edna123US #139
#68Lynda121US #84
#69Sheila120US #71
#70Sara119US #142
#71Rosie117
#72Karen113US #12
#73Carrie111
#74Johnnie111
#75Pamela110US #22
#76Rita110US #59
#77Bessie109
#78Bertha108US #183
#79Jean108US #47
#80Paula108US #52
#81Rose107US #62
#82Christine106US #35
#83Louise106US #99
#84Dianne104US #86
#85Laura103US #73
#86Marie101US #60
#87Ella99US #177
#88Ruth99US #45
#89Hattie98
#90Minnie98
#91Myra98
#92Sue97US #78
#93Georgia96US #130
#94Sylvia95US #100
#95Bernice91US #185
#96Clara89US #160
#97Bettye87
#98Lois86US #70
#99Margie86US #148
#100Thelma86US #163

Boys

#1James2,772US #1
#2John1,568US #3
#3Robert1,540US #2
#4William1,536US #4
#5Charles1,191US #9
#6Larry1,175US #11
#7Willie1,001US #40
#8David827US #5
#9Jerry792US #21
#10Thomas701US #8
#11Donald618US #14
#12Ronald600US #10
#13George571US #16
#14Michael571US #6
#15Jimmy556US #50
#16Richard498US #7
#17Billy483US #53
#18Johnny476US #52
#19Bobby466US #62
#20Joseph461US #13
#21Kenneth452US #15
#22Henry374US #45
#23Edward367US #19
#24Gary365US #12
#25Joe358US #47
#26Eddie303US #78
#27Walter298US #35
#28Roger288US #24
#29Harold279US #36
#30Paul278US #18
#31Terry275US #26
#32Tommy258US #79
#33Roy250US #49
#34Danny243US #39
#35Ronnie237US #59
#36Samuel227US #70
#37Frank223US #25
#38Charlie206US #144
#39Arthur205US #44
#40Jimmie205US #120
#41Clarence202US #87
#42Raymond173US #27
#43Albert165US #55
#44Carl161US #42
#45Wayne159US #34
#46Fred158US #66
#47Jesse154US #108
#48Eugene148US #61
#49Curtis147US #101
#50Douglas147US #33
#51Jack145US #43
#52Melvin145US #81
#53Howard144US #63
#54Phillip143US #69
#55Dennis141US #17
#56Harry139US #57
#57Stephen138US #20
#58Johnnie137US #150
#59Daniel136US #22
#60Ralph136US #51
#61Ernest134US #76
#62Gerald125US #30
#63Leon125US #119
#64Andrew116US #77
#65Leroy115US #97
#66Earl111US #83
#67Lee111US #93
#68Lawrence107US #31
#69Lewis106US #130
#70Marvin105US #90
#71Steve105US #60
#72Freddie102US #152
#73Jackie100US #147
#74Cecil95US #166
#75Don95US #91
#76Glenn95US #73
#77Herbert95US #103
#78Anthony94US #41
#79Earnest91
#80Steven91US #23
#81Jerome90US #110
#82Jessie90US #185
#83Louis90US #64
#84Allen89US #72
#85Donnie89US #162
#86Calvin88US #117
#87Ray87US #100
#88Leonard85US #71
#89Tommie85
#90Dwight83US #153
#91Nathaniel83US #180
#92Stanley83US #65
#93Herman82US #146
#94Gregory81US #32
#95Alfred80US #96
#96Alvin80US #124
#97Bruce80US #28
#98Timothy79US #38
#99Tony78US #125
#100Otis77

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑33Bonnie#59
↑19Rose#81
↑18Cheryl#49
↑18Herbert#77
↑16Carrie#73
↑16Lewis#69
↑14Emma#42
↑14Bobbie#58

Falling

↓30Sylvia#94
↓24Minnie#90
↓22Laura#85
↓21Marilyn#66
↓20Calvin#86
↓19Clara#96
↓19Gerald#62
↓18Jacqueline#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.