State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,868 Alabama births in 1950 across 1,081 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#45Willieoutside the national top 200
#60Lillieoutside the national top 200
#62Mattieoutside the national top 200
#74Rosieoutside the national top 200
#80Jessieoutside the national top 200
#82Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#78Bobbie#195 nationally
#85Minnieoutside the national top 200
#90Berniceoutside the national top 200
#92Carrieoutside the national top 200
#93Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#87Bertha#193 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,841US #2
#2Linda1,694US #1
#3Brenda1,094US #14
#4Patricia1,070US #3
#5Barbara946US #4
#6Sandra722US #8
#7Betty654US #26
#8Shirley630US #19
#9Carolyn570US #20
#10Deborah566US #7
#11Judy547US #25
#12Annie514US #106
#13Martha499US #32
#14Dorothy496US #35
#15Janice476US #22
#16Gloria398US #30
#17Wanda397US #52
#18Margaret394US #15
#19Nancy365US #6
#20Elizabeth345US #24
#21Joyce343US #27
#22Sharon341US #11
#23Susan340US #5
#24Rebecca338US #36
#25Carol299US #9
#26Peggy292US #41
#27Glenda283US #87
#28Donna271US #13
#29Sarah249US #88
#30Cynthia246US #23
#31Doris233US #74
#32Charlotte225US #80
#33Diane212US #16
#34Helen211US #50
#35Virginia209US #43
#36Kathy206US #38
#37Beverly196US #31
#38Frances193US #51
#39Janet190US #18
#40Jo188US #64
#41Sherry188US #62
#42Sheila187US #70
#43Alice180US #57
#44Gwendolyn176US #113
#45Willie176
#46Karen166US #12
#47Pamela162US #17
#48Patsy159US #117
#49Phyllis159US #53
#50Judith156US #21
#51Ruby155US #130
#52Jacqueline153US #55
#53Evelyn152US #86
#54Rita151US #56
#55Connie142US #44
#56Geraldine138US #102
#57Marilyn138US #37
#58Catherine137US #34
#59Bonnie129US #33
#60Lillie129
#61Joan128US #40
#62Mattie127
#63Emma126US #154
#64Ann124US #45
#65Laura123US #63
#66Juanita122US #115
#67Cheryl121US #29
#68Cathy120US #75
#69Julia117US #119
#70Christine114US #28
#71Debra114US #59
#72Ethel112US #176
#73Jane112US #39
#74Rosie111
#75Paula109US #54
#76Edna108US #157
#77Sara106US #147
#78Bobbie104US #195
#79Teresa103US #81
#80Anita102US #99
#81Mildred102US #135
#82Johnnie100
#83Rose100US #69
#84Dianne99US #90
#85Minnie97
#86Ruth94US #49
#87Bertha92US #193
#88Yvonne91US #110
#89Vivian90US #138
#90Bernice89
#91Clara89US #178
#92Carrie87
#93Shelia87
#94Georgia86US #152
#95Rhonda86US #125
#96Sylvia86US #97
#97Ella85US #198
#98Marie84US #72
#99Elaine83US #60
#100Lynda82US #107

Boys

#1James2,659US #1
#2Robert1,420US #2
#3John1,409US #3
#4William1,379US #6
#5Charles1,206US #9
#6Larry1,177US #11
#7Willie953US #42
#8David858US #5
#9Michael782US #4
#10Jerry729US #24
#11Thomas679US #8
#12Ronald613US #12
#13Donald564US #14
#14George549US #20
#15Richard540US #7
#16Jimmy491US #55
#17Johnny456US #50
#18Kenneth432US #15
#19Gary421US #10
#20Billy407US #57
#21Bobby397US #65
#22Edward375US #22
#23Joseph374US #13
#24Henry322US #47
#25Eddie318US #89
#26Joe317US #54
#27Danny303US #39
#28Terry287US #30
#29Walter270US #40
#30Roger264US #27
#31Roy250US #51
#32Samuel241US #62
#33Paul236US #18
#34Harold229US #45
#35Tommy227US #94
#36Arthur216US #46
#37Stephen211US #19
#38Frank208US #29
#39Phillip201US #64
#40Clarence190US #95
#41Daniel188US #21
#42Ronnie180US #76
#43Carl179US #44
#44Dennis176US #17
#45Jimmie163US #141
#46Charlie159US #151
#47Raymond158US #31
#48Douglas155US #28
#49Steven155US #16
#50Melvin153US #87
#51Albert144US #56
#52Wayne143US #35
#53Jesse142US #114
#54Calvin136US #105
#55Fred135US #84
#56Curtis133US #97
#57Eugene133US #58
#58Donnie132US #150
#59Gerald129US #34
#60Johnnie122US #157
#61Howard121US #63
#62Gregory120US #25
#63Marvin119US #93
#64Glenn118US #59
#65Ralph118US #52
#66Andrew116US #68
#67Leon115US #119
#68Jack112US #48
#69Timothy112US #32
#70Ernest111US #81
#71Randall111US #70
#72Anthony109US #36
#73Harry109US #61
#74Lee109US #91
#75Steve109US #83
#76Jackie106US #140
#77Stanley106US #60
#78Alfred99US #96
#79Bruce98US #26
#80Jessie96
#81Lawrence96US #33
#82Randy96US #80
#83Rickey94US #173
#84Allen93US #71
#85Herman93US #159
#86Leroy91US #102
#87Cecil90US #171
#88Earl89US #92
#89Micheal86US #104
#90Freddie85US #155
#91Leonard85US #77
#92Alvin83US #121
#93Herbert83US #112
#94Benjamin82US #123
#95Norman82US #90
#96Earnest81
#97Jerome81US #103
#98Ricky80US #128
#99Milton78US #161
#100Unknown78

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑27Karen#46
↑25Calvin#54
↑22Douglas#48
↑20Janet#39
↑20Sheila#42
↑17Christine#70
↑15Rose#83
↑15Steven#49

Falling

↓19Jerome#97
↓17Julia#69
↓16Mildred#81
↓16Harry#73
↓15Lawrence#81
↓14Patsy#48
↓14Catherine#58
↓14Emma#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.