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Baby names in Alabama in the 1930s

In Alabama in the 1930s the most given names were James (22,672 boys) and Mary (22,055 girls), of 560,246 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Alabama each year, the 1930s shaded
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101950199020251930-1939BoysGirls

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

Alabama, 1930-1939: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Alabama, 1930s

Girls, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1Mary22,055
2Betty12,953
3Annie7,497
4Dorothy7,448
5Barbara5,222
6Martha4,646
7Margaret4,051
8Doris3,929
9Shirley3,866
10Willie3,633
11Helen3,423
12Ruby3,309
13Sarah3,173
14Frances3,057
15Elizabeth2,826
16Mildred2,705
17Peggy2,659
18Virginia2,479
19Louise2,469
20Joyce2,457
Boys, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1James22,672
2William12,512
3John11,787
4Robert11,220
5Charles10,044
6Willie9,075
7Billy6,725
8George4,856
9Thomas4,715
10Bobby4,463
11Joe4,081
12Henry3,129
13Donald3,071
14Edward2,919
15David2,917
16Joseph2,833
17Walter2,592
18Richard2,430
19Frank2,421
20Jerry2,413

Births summed over 1930-1939, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Alabama in the 1930s

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, 1930-1939.

More about names in Alabama

  1. The 1930s 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 1940sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1930The 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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