Popular baby names in Alabama, 1927

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1927 were Mary for girls (2,612 babies) and James for boys (2,582). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 61,307 babies born in Alabama in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1927

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

Girls

Willodean: 32 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Voncile: 18 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Era: 30 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Inell: 21 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Mittie: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Claudie: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Gussie: 39 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lettie: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Estell: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Johnnie: 168 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Oneal: 20 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Ocie: 16 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Hoyt: 27 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Hermon: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Tommie: 85 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dock: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Booker: 29 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rayford: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Columbus: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Mose: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	2,612	–	1
2	Annie	949	–	36
3	Dorothy	872	–	2
4	Willie	572	↑1	71
5	Betty	561	↑6	3
6	Mildred	549	–	11
7	Margaret	517	↓3	5
8	Helen	472	↑2	4
9	Ruby	466	↓2	30
10	Frances	464	↓2	12
11	Louise	412	↓2	27
12	Ruth	408	↑1	6
13	Sarah	383	↑5	61
14	Doris	379	↓2	7
15	Martha	372	↓1	24
16	Mattie	362	↓1	>100
17	Elizabeth	343	↓1	13
18	Virginia	333	↑4	8
19	Lillie	331	–	94
20	Edna	305	–	40
21	Gladys	297	↑2	37
22	Evelyn	296	↓5	15
23	Minnie	251	↑2	>100
24	Ethel	246	↓3	47
25	Emma	242	↓1	64
26	Hazel	238	↑1	53
27	Clara	234	↓1	63
28	Juanita	234	↑5	55
29	Alice	231	↑3	17
30	Thelma	228	↑6	38
31	Bessie	215	↓3	88
32	Bernice	212	↓1	49
33	Marie	204	↓4	20
34	Lois	203	–	19
35	Catherine	201	↓5	31
36	Jessie	199	↓1	95
37	Nellie	186	↑2	>100
38	Bertha	183	↓1	80
39	Sara	177	↓1	>100
40	Lillian	174	↑1	32
41	Ella	170	↑1	98
42	Fannie	170	new	>100
43	Pauline	169	↑1	42
44	Ida	168	↓1	84
45	Johnnie	168	↓5	>100
46	Rosie	168	↑1	>100
47	Lucille	167	↓1	45
48	Lula	165	–	>100
49	Carrie	154	–	>100
50	Margie	154	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	James	2,582	–	3
2	William	1,523	–	4
3	John	1,362	–	2
4	Robert	1,173	–	1
5	Willie	989	–	27
6	Charles	895	–	5
7	George	675	–	7
8	Thomas	493	–	11
9	Henry	416	–	19
10	Joseph	353	–	9
11	Joe	347	–	30
12	Edward	327	–	10
13	Jack	315	↑2	16
14	Frank	311	–	12
15	Walter	311	↓2	17
16	Billy	280	↑9	31
17	Charlie	274	↓1	80
18	Fred	240	↑1	35
19	Clarence	238	↓2	32
20	Richard	237	–	6
21	Arthur	224	↑9	22
22	David	222	↓4	21
23	Albert	214	–	23
24	Roy	211	–	34
25	Eugene	208	↑1	20
26	Johnnie	199	↓4	>100
27	Harold	191	–	14
28	Eddie	186	↑3	>100
29	Paul	186	↓8	13
30	Howard	179	↓1	28
31	Samuel	171	↓3	49
32	Jessie	168	↑3	>100
33	Ralph	160	↓1	24
34	Earl	152	↑9	33
35	Cecil	150	↓2	92
36	Raymond	142	↓2	15
37	Jimmie	137	↑2	>100
38	Jesse	135	↑9	89
39	Carl	130	↓1	26
40	Sam	130	–	>100
41	Leon	127	↑7	78
42	Floyd	119	–	53
43	Louis	119	↑2	29
44	Herbert	117	new	42
45	Andrew	116	↓4	56
46	Curtis	115	↓2	>100
47	Calvin	114	↓10	73
48	Ernest	114	↓12	41
49	Marvin	111	new	47
50	Herman	110	↓1	70

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