Popular baby names in Alabama, 1915

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1915 were Mary for girls (1,552 babies) and James for boys (1,544). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,845 babies born in Alabama in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1915

Names given at least 15 times in Alabama that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Evie: 23 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Myrtice: 23 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Claudie: 19 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Ruthie: 22 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Mozell: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Johnnie: 92 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Mittie: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Charlie: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Queen: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Eddie: 43 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Earlie: 16 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Grady: 98 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Booker: 42 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Odis: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 40 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Anderson: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jimmie: 84 babies, 6× the national rate
Mose: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dee: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Cleveland: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	1,552	–	1
2	Annie	709	–	36
3	Ruby	450	↑1	24
4	Willie	403	↓1	72
5	Ruth	366	↑1	5
6	Margaret	322	↑6	4
7	Mattie	313	↓2	91
8	Louise	296	↓1	18
9	Mildred	283	↑1	6
10	Elizabeth	282	↓2	8
11	Lillie	269	–	84
12	Ethel	259	↓3	23
13	Frances	246	↑2	9
14	Gladys	236	–	21
15	Dorothy	223	↑7	3
16	Minnie	222	–	68
17	Bessie	212	↑2	57
18	Edna	203	↑14	20
19	Lillian	203	↑2	15
20	Martha	198	↑6	25
21	Evelyn	196	↑2	10
22	Sarah	196	↓9	51
23	Emma	191	↓6	40
24	Helen	188	↓4	2
25	Lois	179	↑5	47
26	Jessie	173	↓2	66
27	Lucille	173	↓9	29
28	Clara	172	↑3	38
29	Alice	171	↓2	13
30	Virginia	170	↑9	12
31	Hazel	166	new	26
32	Thelma	161	↑14	30
33	Carrie	158	↑1	>100
34	Fannie	158	↑8	>100
35	Eva	154	new	55
36	Bertha	153	↓11	46
37	Hattie	153	↑3	>100
38	Marie	151	↓5	11
39	Irene	146	↑6	17
40	Myrtle	146	↓11	58
41	Lula	145	–	>100
42	Nellie	142	↑5	63
43	Pauline	142	new	32
44	Ella	140	↑5	75
45	Ida	140	↓10	54
46	Julia	137	↓3	44
47	Rosa	136	↓11	>100
48	Beatrice	135	↓20	37
49	Alma	133	new	70
50	Susie	133	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	James	1,544	–	3
2	John	1,100	–	1
3	William	1,039	–	2
4	Robert	748	–	4
5	Willie	627	–	30
6	George	475	–	6
7	Thomas	383	↑2	10
8	Henry	367	↓1	14
9	Charles	322	↓1	7
10	Joseph	260	↑1	5
11	Frank	245	↑1	9
12	Walter	244	↓2	11
13	Edward	239	↑3	8
14	Joe	224	↓1	38
15	Charlie	213	–	75
16	Albert	179	↑1	17
17	Fred	177	↓3	26
18	Arthur	169	↑3	18
19	Clarence	164	↑1	24
20	David	157	↑6	31
21	Jack	155	↓3	27
22	Roy	148	–	32
23	Richard	146	–	15
24	Ernest	141	↑6	35
25	Jessie	139	↑6	>100
26	Samuel	134	↓7	39
27	Paul	132	↑5	13
28	Cecil	127	↑5	76
29	Eddie	126	↓1	>100
30	Sam	126	↓3	68
31	Howard	125	↑8	25
32	Jesse	123	↑9	77
33	Woodrow	118	↓4	83
34	Johnnie	111	↓10	>100
35	Ralph	110	–	21
36	Andrew	99	↑10	46
37	Grady	98	↑13	>100
38	Oscar	98	↓13	88
39	Raymond	98	↓1	16
40	Eugene	97	new	41
41	Lee	97	↑2	84
42	Herman	96	new	56
43	Carl	95	↓7	22
44	Earl	92	↓10	33
45	Louis	91	↓8	23
46	Jimmie	84	new	>100
47	Clyde	81	↑2	63
48	Harry	81	new	19
49	Herbert	79	↓1	40
50	Otis	79	↓10	>100

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