Alabama · 1920

Top 100 names in Alabama, 1920, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,360
#2	Annie	965
#3	Margaret	511
#4	Willie	510
#5	Mildred	478
#6	Ruth	467
#7	Ruby	467
#8	Dorothy	460
#9	Louise	427
#10	Helen	387
#11	Mattie	371
#12	Frances	342
#13	Gladys	322
#14	Elizabeth	317
#15	Sarah	310
#16	Ethel	308
#17	Evelyn	300
#18	Lillie	297
#19	Virginia	275
#20	Edna	263
#21	Martha	258
#22	Clara	255
#23	Lillian	249
#24	Bessie	246
#25	Minnie	244
#26	Emma	238
#27	Lois	227
#28	Lucille	226
#29	Hazel	224
#30	Bertha	219
#31	Jessie	212
#32	Myrtle	210
#33	Pauline	209
#34	Marie	207
#35	Doris	204
#36	Fannie	197
#37	Alice	188
#38	Thelma	187
#39	Nellie	178
#40	Irene	178
#41	Lula	175
#42	Beatrice	173
#43	Ella	173
#44	Carrie	168
#45	Edith	166
#46	Rosa	164
#47	Vera	163
#48	Mamie	160
#49	Ida	159
#50	Katherine	157
#51	Rosie	157
#52	Eva	155
#53	Hattie	150
#54	Sara	149
#55	Inez	149
#56	Laura	148
#57	Catherine	147
#58	Bernice	142
#59	Anna	142
#60	Johnnie	141
#61	Julia	140
#62	Juanita	132
#63	Gertrude	132
#64	Eunice	128
#65	Velma	127
#66	Grace	126
#67	Lucile	126
#68	Alma	126
#69	Lucy	122
#70	Katie	120
#71	Susie	120
#72	Flora	118
#73	Mae	116
#74	Georgia	112
#75	Cora	112
#76	Essie	112
#77	Maggie	111
#78	Kathleen	108
#79	Florence	103
#80	Josephine	102
#81	Daisy	102
#82	Mable	102
#83	Lorene	101
#84	Opal	98
#85	Sallie	97
#86	Elsie	97
#87	Agnes	95
#88	Viola	95
#89	Christine	94
#90	Lena	93
#91	Addie	92
#92	Nettie	92
#93	Marjorie	92
#94	Vivian	91
#95	Sadie	91
#96	Pearl	86
#97	Ann	84
#98	Eloise	84
#99	Rebecca	84
#100	Ora	83

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
Ellie	23	7	1
Lue	29	9	1
Era	28	9	1
Myrtice	24	8	1
Mittie	27	9	1
Evie	20	7	1
Johnnie	141	46	7
Jimmie	62	20	3
Johnie	23	7	1
Estell	24	8	1
Eddie	46	15	3
Adell	27	9	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.