State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,240 Alabama births in 1949 across 1,065 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#35Willie#179 nationally
#58Mattieoutside the national top 200
#66Lillie#197 nationally
#73Jessie#200 nationally
#74Minnieoutside the national top 200
#75Rosieoutside the national top 200
#81Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#83Bessieoutside the national top 200
#71Bobbie#188 nationally
#92Myraoutside the national top 200
#92Horaceoutside the national top 200
#95Idaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda1,974US #1
#2Mary1,974US #2
#3Patricia1,090US #3
#4Brenda1,078US #13
#5Barbara1,052US #4
#6Betty700US #22
#7Shirley699US #18
#8Sandra691US #6
#9Carolyn684US #17
#10Judy585US #20
#11Martha578US #34
#12Dorothy511US #32
#13Janice501US #24
#14Annie493US #103
#15Gloria434US #29
#16Margaret427US #14
#17Elizabeth365US #25
#18Peggy365US #38
#19Nancy359US #7
#20Rebecca343US #40
#21Deborah338US #15
#22Sharon337US #10
#23Susan334US #5
#24Joyce332US #26
#25Wanda325US #56
#26Carol291US #8
#27Doris284US #69
#28Glenda282US #87
#29Donna277US #12
#30Sarah268US #84
#31Charlotte228US #71
#32Alice217US #53
#33Helen214US #46
#34Patsy210US #106
#35Willie209US #179
#36Virginia206US #39
#37Frances205US #49
#38Cynthia196US #27
#39Jo196US #60
#40Gwendolyn181US #114
#41Kathy177US #42
#42Diane172US #19
#43Beverly171US #31
#44Catherine170US #37
#45Sherry169US #68
#46Judith167US #16
#47Ruby164US #123
#48Evelyn158US #80
#49Emma155US #147
#50Jacqueline152US #58
#51Connie151US #43
#52Julia146US #112
#53Bonnie144US #35
#54Joan144US #36
#55Phyllis142US #50
#56Pamela136US #21
#57Marilyn133US #33
#58Mattie132
#59Janet131US #23
#60Rita129US #54
#61Juanita128US #107
#62Sheila128US #76
#63Jane127US #41
#64Ethel126US #164
#65Mildred126US #120
#66Lillie125US #197
#67Ann123US #44
#68Laura118US #65
#69Geraldine117US #90
#70Paula114US #55
#71Bobbie113US #188
#72Edna113US #142
#73Karen113US #11
#74Minnie113
#75Rosie113
#76Cheryl112US #28
#77Dianne110US #85
#78Sara108US #148
#79Teresa102US #82
#80Cathy100US #81
#81Johnnie100
#82Sylvia99US #94
#83Bessie96
#84Ella96US #177
#85Clara93US #168
#86Ruth93US #47
#87Christine92US #30
#88Katherine91US #59
#89Marie91US #67
#90Bertha90US #181
#91Georgia87US #141
#92Myra87
#93Lois86US #73
#94Elaine85US #57
#95Ida85
#96Bernice84US #198
#97Lynda84US #93
#98Rose84US #66
#99Jean82US #45
#100Louise81US #104

Boys

#1James2,835US #1
#2William1,475US #4
#3John1,448US #3
#4Robert1,425US #2
#5Charles1,247US #9
#6Larry1,160US #10
#7Willie982US #41
#8David851US #6
#9Jerry804US #23
#10Thomas771US #8
#11Michael720US #5
#12Ronald608US #11
#13George568US #18
#14Jimmy566US #53
#15Donald559US #13
#16Richard527US #7
#17Johnny522US #49
#18Billy447US #57
#19Joseph438US #14
#20Kenneth416US #15
#21Bobby403US #67
#22Gary372US #12
#23Joe363US #52
#24Eddie330US #80
#25Edward327US #21
#26Danny318US #40
#27Henry308US #46
#28Roger298US #25
#29Terry278US #28
#30Walter269US #37
#31Ronnie261US #65
#32Paul252US #17
#33Roy251US #51
#34Harold250US #42
#35Samuel249US #62
#36Tommy249US #84
#37Frank228US #27
#38Carl214US #43
#39Arthur210US #44
#40Stephen207US #19
#41Clarence201US #94
#42Albert179US #56
#43Daniel179US #22
#44Charlie178US #146
#45Jimmie178US #130
#46Phillip160US #66
#47Raymond158US #30
#48Eugene149US #58
#49Wayne149US #35
#50Curtis148US #97
#51Ralph148US #50
#52Gerald137US #33
#53Dennis136US #16
#54Howard136US #63
#55Jesse136US #110
#56Marvin133US #89
#57Harry128US #59
#58Ernest127US #76
#59Melvin127US #82
#60Leon125US #121
#61Fred123US #72
#62Jack123US #47
#63Johnnie121US #150
#64Steven118US #20
#65Glenn117US #61
#66Lawrence115US #32
#67Donnie114US #156
#68Timothy112US #34
#69Steve110US #68
#70Douglas108US #29
#71Gregory106US #31
#72Lee106US #93
#73Jessie104US #200
#74Anthony103US #36
#75Bruce102US #26
#76Stanley102US #60
#77Jackie101US #140
#78Jerome98US #104
#79Calvin97US #112
#80Andrew94US #75
#81Norman90US #90
#82Earl89US #91
#83Allen86US #71
#84Randall86US #79
#85Leroy84US #101
#86Don83US #98
#87Louis79US #64
#88Alfred77US #96
#89Herman77US #157
#90Lewis77US #132
#91Clyde76US #131
#92Horace76
#93Nathaniel76US #179
#94Oscar75US #186
#95Cecil74US #173
#96Freddie74US #152
#97Leonard74US #74
#98Rodney74US #87
#99Lonnie73US #134
#100Milton73US #160

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑30Timothy#68
↑23Gregory#71
↑22Bruce#75
↑19Pamela#56
↑18Diane#42
↑18Donnie#67
↑17Laura#68
↑17Stephen#40

Falling

↓29Lynda#97
↓27Cheryl#76
↓26Geraldine#69
↓24Freddie#96
↓21Lewis#90
↓21Cecil#95
↓20Jean#99
↓20Douglas#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.