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Baby names in Alabama in the 1910s

In Alabama in the 1910s the most given names were James (12,966 boys) and Mary (14,509 girls), of 370,584 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Alabama each year, the 1910s shaded
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Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251910-1919BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251910-1919BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101950199020251910-1919BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Alabama, 1910-1919: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Alabama, 1910s

Girls, 1910-1919
#NameBirths
1Mary14,509
2Annie6,554
3Willie3,852
4Ruby3,651
5Ruth3,048
6Mattie2,902
7Margaret2,767
8Louise2,711
9Mildred2,636
10Elizabeth2,456
11Lillie2,378
12Ethel2,328
13Gladys2,088
14Bessie2,063
15Frances2,046
16Minnie2,003
17Sarah1,949
18Dorothy1,924
19Helen1,863
20Emma1,843
Boys, 1910-1919
#NameBirths
1James12,966
2John9,258
3William8,817
4Robert6,141
5Willie5,734
6George4,135
7Henry3,074
8Charles2,894
9Thomas2,838
10Joseph2,260
11Frank2,135
12Walter1,965
13Joe1,947
14Charlie1,829
15Edward1,807
16Fred1,538
17Arthur1,420
18Albert1,366
19Clarence1,350
20Jack1,323

Births summed over 1910-1919, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Alabama in the 1910s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1910-1919.

More about names in Alabama

  1. The 1910s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Alabama: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Alabama in the 1920sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1910The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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