Alabama · 1940

Top 100 names in Alabama, 1940, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,078
#2	Betty	1,158
#3	Barbara	817
#4	Dorothy	663
#5	Annie	654
#6	Shirley	572
#7	Martha	536
#8	Patricia	511
#9	Margaret	419
#10	Carolyn	408
#11	Doris	391
#12	Linda	366
#13	Peggy	335
#14	Sarah	307
#15	Joyce	304
#16	Elizabeth	294
#17	Virginia	294
#18	Willie	291
#19	Helen	281
#20	Ruby	265
#21	Frances	263
#22	Alice	248
#23	Mildred	205
#24	Mattie	205
#25	Nancy	204
#26	Evelyn	189
#27	Sandra	186
#28	Emma	186
#29	Gloria	181
#30	Lillie	169
#31	Louise	168
#32	Juanita	167
#33	Janice	163
#34	Geraldine	162
#35	Glenda	158
#36	Ruth	158
#37	Bobbie	157
#38	Ann	155
#39	Edna	152
#40	Brenda	151
#41	Carol	151
#42	Ethel	147
#43	Judy	145
#44	Rebecca	144
#45	Patsy	143
#46	Charlotte	141
#47	Sara	136
#48	Bonnie	134
#49	Wanda	134
#50	Julia	131
#51	Jean	130
#52	Bernice	126
#53	Judith	125
#54	Johnnie	121
#55	Minnie	121
#56	Jo	120
#57	Sylvia	120
#58	Clara	120
#59	Marie	119
#60	Ella	118
#61	Rosie	117
#62	Bertha	116
#63	Joan	116
#64	Catherine	116
#65	Nellie	114
#66	Faye	112
#67	Jessie	110
#68	Fannie	105
#69	Hazel	105
#70	Shelby	104
#71	Carrie	104
#72	Christine	103
#73	Bessie	102
#74	Lois	102
#75	Annette	100
#76	Norma	100
#77	Sue	99
#78	Jane	98
#79	Eva	97
#80	Josephine	96
#81	Laura	96
#82	Hattie	96
#83	Thelma	94
#84	Rosa	94
#85	Bettye	91
#86	Georgia	90
#87	Billie	90
#88	Jeanette	89
#89	Eleanor	89
#90	Gladys	88
#91	Gwendolyn	87
#92	Ida	87
#93	Margie	86
#94	Rose	84
#95	Wilma	84
#96	Lillian	82
#97	Alma	79
#98	Jimmie	78
#99	Mamie	78
#100	Bettie	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
Gussie	27	9	1
Charlie	23	8	1
Lorine	21	7	1
Jimmie	78	26	4
Callie	28	9	2
Mattie	205	69	11
Annie	654	221	37
Willie	291	99	17
Nell	44	15	3
Johnnie	121	41	8
Fannie	105	36	7
Robbie	43	15	3

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.