Popular baby names in Alabama, 1928

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1928 were Mary for girls (2,502 babies) and James for boys (2,590). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,330 babies born in Alabama in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1928

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

Girls

Voncile: 19 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Willodean: 37 babies, 18× the national rate
Era: 20 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Odell: 22 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Myrtice: 25 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Eddie: 64 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Mittie: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Callie: 39 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Syble: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Pearlie: 62 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Rayford: 22 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Hoyt: 31 babies, 9× the national rate
Fletcher: 23 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Porter: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Odis: 32 babies, 7× the national rate
Cleveland: 41 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tommie: 67 babies, 6× the national rate
Houston: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Will: 47 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Travis: 35 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	2,502	–	1
2	Annie	935	–	37
3	Dorothy	901	–	3
4	Betty	762	↑1	2
5	Willie	536	↓1	74
6	Mildred	486	–	15
7	Margaret	475	–	5
8	Doris	441	↑6	7
9	Ruby	434	–	34
10	Helen	421	↓2	4
11	Louise	405	–	31
12	Frances	396	↓2	13
13	Martha	393	↑2	22
14	Ruth	375	↓2	6
15	Sarah	356	↓2	64
16	Mattie	312	–	>100
17	Virginia	300	↑1	9
18	Elizabeth	297	↓1	14
19	Evelyn	279	↑3	17
20	Lillie	270	↓1	>100
21	Edna	247	↓1	45
22	Ethel	247	↑2	55
23	Emma	222	↑2	67
24	Gladys	222	↓3	41
25	Lois	220	↑9	18
26	Minnie	220	↓3	>100
27	Alice	206	↑2	19
28	Clara	196	↓1	65
29	Hazel	195	↓3	59
30	Thelma	190	–	40
31	Bessie	189	–	>100
32	Marie	189	↑1	21
33	Sara	185	↑6	>100
34	Bernice	182	↓2	53
35	Catherine	181	–	33
36	Bertha	180	↑2	81
37	Carrie	179	↑12	>100
38	Juanita	177	↓10	58
39	Jean	173	new	12
40	Lillian	172	–	35
41	Fannie	167	↑1	>100
42	Jessie	167	↓6	>100
43	Julia	163	new	80
44	Nellie	161	↓7	>100
45	Lula	160	↑3	>100
46	Ella	154	↓5	100
47	Johnnie	153	↓2	>100
48	Ida	152	↓4	87
49	Lucille	151	↓2	51
50	Pauline	150	↓7	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	James	2,590	–	3
2	William	1,420	–	4
3	John	1,312	–	2
4	Robert	1,153	–	1
5	Willie	948	–	29
6	Charles	837	–	5
7	George	588	–	8
8	Thomas	451	–	11
9	Henry	375	–	21
10	Edward	360	↑2	10
11	Joseph	343	↓1	9
12	Billy	317	↑4	27
13	Jack	314	–	15
14	Joe	303	↓3	30
15	Herbert	274	↑29	25
16	Frank	272	↓2	12
17	Walter	270	↓2	18
18	Fred	245	–	36
19	Richard	241	↑1	6
20	Charlie	240	↓3	80
21	David	229	↑1	19
22	Clarence	216	↓3	35
23	Roy	215	↑1	34
24	Harold	201	↑3	14
25	Eugene	195	–	20
26	Albert	190	↓3	23
27	Arthur	190	↓6	22
28	Johnnie	188	↓2	>100
29	Paul	175	–	13
30	Eddie	171	↓2	>100
31	Ralph	166	↑2	24
32	Raymond	162	↑4	16
33	Howard	157	↓3	31
34	Jessie	157	↓2	>100
35	Samuel	155	↓4	52
36	Earl	154	↓2	37
37	Jimmie	153	–	100
38	Carl	150	↑1	28
39	Donald	134	new	7
40	Ernest	123	↑8	43
41	Jesse	120	↓3	91
42	Leon	118	↓1	81
43	Louis	118	–	32
44	Clyde	116	new	74
45	Cecil	114	↓10	97
46	Curtis	114	–	>100
47	Hubert	114	new	>100
48	Melvin	111	new	48
49	Andrew	109	↓4	60
50	Lee	109	new	87

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