Baby names in Alabama in the 1920s

In Alabama in the 1920s the most given names were James (25,011 boys) and Mary (24,759 girls), of 582,229 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in Alabama each year, the 1920s shaded

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

Alabama, 1920-1929: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Alabama, 1920s

Girls, 1920-1929
#	Name	Births
1	Mary	24,759
2	Annie	9,701
3	Dorothy	7,230
4	Willie	5,371
5	Margaret	5,189
6	Mildred	4,969
7	Ruby	4,688
8	Louise	4,264
9	Helen	4,262
10	Ruth	4,116
11	Frances	4,076
12	Betty	3,617
13	Martha	3,498
14	Mattie	3,459
15	Doris	3,397
16	Sarah	3,393
17	Elizabeth	3,248
18	Evelyn	3,100
19	Lillie	2,983
20	Virginia	2,946

Boys, 1920-1929
#	Name	Births
1	James	25,011
2	William	14,470
3	John	13,889
4	Robert	10,825
5	Willie	9,054
6	Charles	6,929
7	George	6,095
8	Thomas	4,682
9	Henry	4,244
10	Joseph	3,506
11	Edward	3,219
12	Joe	3,029
13	Frank	2,913
14	Walter	2,860
15	Jack	2,594
16	Charlie	2,571
17	David	2,231
18	Fred	2,164
19	Clarence	2,161
20	Richard	2,117

Births summed over 1920-1929, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Alabama in the 1920s

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

Voncile · 16.8×Willodean · 16.4×Inell · 7.1×Era · 7.1×Ludie · 6.7×Evie · 6.1×

Boys

Erskine · 12.6×Ocie · 9.4×Oneal · 7.7×Rayford · 5.9×Huey · 5.7×Hoyt · 5.7×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1920-1929.

More about names in Alabama

The 1920s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
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