Alabama · 1918

Top 100 names in Alabama, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,914
#2	Annie	858
#3	Willie	543
#4	Margaret	459
#5	Ruby	451
#6	Mildred	390
#7	Ruth	390
#8	Mattie	356
#9	Louise	345
#10	Frances	340
#11	Elizabeth	338
#12	Dorothy	301
#13	Helen	284
#14	Ethel	281
#15	Gladys	275
#16	Lillie	252
#17	Edna	251
#18	Evelyn	240
#19	Bessie	231
#20	Martha	229
#21	Minnie	222
#22	Jessie	222
#23	Sarah	221
#24	Bertha	212
#25	Virginia	209
#26	Clara	206
#27	Alice	206
#28	Hazel	204
#29	Thelma	198
#30	Lucille	196
#31	Lois	195
#32	Lillian	195
#33	Marie	190
#34	Emma	181
#35	Nellie	179
#36	Myrtle	173
#37	Carrie	171
#38	Irene	165
#39	Ida	163
#40	Pauline	162
#41	Julia	158
#42	Mamie	155
#43	Lula	154
#44	Rosa	153
#45	Fannie	153
#46	Ella	152
#47	Edith	150
#48	Hattie	148
#49	Grace	143
#50	Eva	142
#51	Vera	139
#52	Bernice	136
#53	Catherine	136
#54	Beatrice	134
#55	Laura	133
#56	Inez	129
#57	Rosie	128
#58	Alma	127
#59	Susie	123
#60	Sara	121
#61	Josephine	118
#62	Flora	118
#63	Gertrude	116
#64	Doris	115
#65	Essie	114
#66	Anna	113
#67	Johnnie	112
#68	Maggie	108
#69	Lucy	108
#70	Katie	107
#71	Lucile	107
#72	Cora	107
#73	Georgia	106
#74	Eunice	102
#75	Elsie	99
#76	Florence	97
#77	Mae	96
#78	Daisy	93
#79	Ada	93
#80	Eula	92
#81	Velma	89
#82	Viola	89
#83	Katherine	87
#84	Sallie	87
#85	Lorene	86
#86	Pearl	86
#87	Christine	86
#88	Opal	85
#89	Mable	84
#90	Juanita	83
#91	Lena	82
#92	Sadie	81
#93	Geneva	76
#94	Nora	75
#95	Alberta	75
#96	Nancy	72
#97	Addie	72
#98	Nettie	72
#99	Jewell	72
#100	Ora	72

Uniquely popular in Alabama

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Evie	22	8	1
Odell	26	10	1
Lue	23	9	1
Era	25	9	1
Mittie	20	7	1
Estell	23	9	1
Gussie	57	21	3
Willie	543	203	33
Mattie	356	133	23
Callie	43	16	3
Tommie	34	13	2
Queen	28	10	2

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.