Alabama · 1936

Top 100 names in Alabama, 1936, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,015
#2	Betty	1,266
#3	Shirley	739
#4	Annie	735
#5	Dorothy	704
#6	Barbara	617
#7	Martha	467
#8	Margaret	412
#9	Doris	346
#10	Willie	333
#11	Frances	330
#12	Peggy	301
#13	Sarah	294
#14	Helen	288
#15	Ruby	280
#16	Elizabeth	273
#17	Carolyn	259
#18	Joyce	256
#19	Virginia	254
#20	Mattie	250
#21	Patricia	236
#22	Mildred	226
#23	Bobbie	215
#24	Lillie	201
#25	Evelyn	200
#26	Louise	195
#27	Alice	188
#28	Edna	186
#29	Clara	178
#30	Emma	176
#31	Nancy	173
#32	Ruth	168
#33	Minnie	161
#34	Ann	161
#35	Juanita	161
#36	Sara	158
#37	Ethel	151
#38	Nellie	145
#39	Jo	144
#40	Jessie	144
#41	Rosie	139
#42	Catherine	136
#43	Ella	135
#44	Bessie	134
#45	Bertha	134
#46	Johnnie	132
#47	Billie	128
#48	Gladys	127
#49	Norma	127
#50	Hazel	126
#51	Lois	125
#52	Jean	124
#53	Marie	123
#54	Bernice	117
#55	Julia	113
#56	Carrie	111
#57	Sylvia	108
#58	Ida	108
#59	Joan	107
#60	Hattie	104
#61	Margie	104
#62	Geraldine	104
#63	Jane	101
#64	Gloria	101
#65	Thelma	100
#66	Patsy	98
#67	Wilma	97
#68	Fannie	97
#69	Lula	96
#70	Rosa	95
#71	Eva	92
#72	Laura	92
#73	Katie	91
#74	Christine	91
#75	Susie	89
#76	Jeanette	88
#77	Sue	86
#78	Vera	86
#79	Anna	86
#80	Mamie	84
#81	Josephine	83
#82	Faye	82
#83	Janice	82
#84	Eloise	81
#85	Yvonne	81
#86	Mae	81
#87	Bettye	80
#88	Vivian	79
#89	Shelby	79
#90	Bonnie	78
#91	Rebecca	78
#92	Wanda	77
#93	Eleanor	77
#94	Jimmie	76
#95	Cora	76
#96	Georgia	76
#97	Edith	76
#98	Lillian	75
#99	Alma	74
#100	Annette	74

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
Willodean	20	7	0
Lue	22	8	1
Charlie	25	9	1
Robbie	55	19	3
Mattie	250	88	14
Annie	735	259	44
Syble	22	8	1
Willie	333	117	21
Bennie	31	11	2
Jimmie	76	27	5
Katie	91	32	6
Ola	54	19	4

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.