Popular baby names in Alabama, 1934

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1934 were Mary for girls (2,288 babies) and James for boys (2,293). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,142 babies born in Alabama in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1934

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: 18 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Pinkie: 16 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Evie: 18 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Gussie: 26 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Ouida: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Myrtice: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Queen: 39 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Willie: 387 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Pearlie: 49 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Syble: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Arther: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Rayford: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Fletcher: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Carey: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Willie: 965 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tommie: 68 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Grady: 63 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Travis: 50 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Wilburn: 31 babies, 5× the national rate
Ollie: 25 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	2,288	–	1
2	Betty	1,506	–	2
3	Dorothy	831	↑1	5
4	Annie	786	↓1	38
5	Barbara	524	–	3
6	Martha	485	↑2	27
7	Doris	422	–	11
8	Margaret	412	↓2	8
9	Willie	387	↑1	>100
10	Ruby	352	↑1	39
11	Helen	350	↓2	9
12	Sarah	336	↑1	67
13	Frances	305	↑2	19
14	Peggy	278	↑9	36
15	Mildred	260	↓3	35
16	Mattie	259	↑4	>100
17	Joyce	257	↑2	12
18	Elizabeth	252	↓4	18
19	Louise	251	↓3	40
20	Virginia	234	↓2	15
21	Edna	229	↑3	55
22	Shirley	229	new	4
23	Carolyn	222	↑7	33
24	Ruth	212	↓7	13
25	Emma	211	↑2	85
26	Lillie	211	↓5	>100
27	Bobbie	209	↓2	>100
28	Minnie	191	–	>100
29	Evelyn	189	↓7	29
30	Sara	189	↑10	>100
31	Alice	185	–	25
32	Nellie	178	↑2	>100
33	Billie	169	↑10	92
34	Gladys	165	↑14	66
35	Ethel	162	↓6	78
36	Bernice	157	↑6	82
37	Jean	156	↓1	16
38	Marie	154	–	34
39	Patricia	154	new	6
40	Lois	151	↓3	20
41	Ann	150	↑3	32
42	Catherine	150	↓9	42
43	Juanita	150	↓11	64
44	Hazel	148	↓9	87
45	Carrie	146	new	>100
46	Jessie	146	↓5	>100
47	Clara	141	↓21	76
48	Ella	141	↓1	>100
49	Bessie	140	↓10	>100
50	Bertha	138	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	James	2,293	–	2
2	William	1,305	–	4
3	John	1,162	–	3
4	Robert	1,152	–	1
5	Charles	1,001	–	7
6	Willie	965	–	30
7	Billy	765	–	20
8	Bobby	510	↑2	23
9	George	480	↓1	8
10	Thomas	435	↓1	9
11	Joe	379	–	26
12	Donald	332	↑2	6
13	Henry	313	↓1	27
14	David	297	↑5	12
15	Edward	288	↑2	13
16	Joseph	278	↓1	10
17	Walter	274	↑1	21
18	Harold	263	↑4	18
19	Frank	258	↓3	16
20	Richard	242	↑1	5
21	Jack	241	↓1	17
22	Franklin	236	↓9	46
23	Jimmy	222	↑4	56
24	Jimmie	218	↑1	68
25	Jerry	207	↑5	25
26	Roy	203	↑6	35
27	Eddie	198	↑2	92
28	Clarence	194	–	45
29	Fred	192	↑6	33
30	Charlie	190	↓7	100
31	Howard	180	–	37
32	Paul	178	↓6	14
33	Arthur	173	↓9	29
34	Albert	169	↑6	32
35	Eugene	167	↓1	24
36	Samuel	159	↓3	66
37	Ralph	147	↑10	31
38	Kenneth	145	↓1	15
39	Johnny	144	↓1	83
40	Johnnie	143	↓1	>100
41	Carl	142	–	28
42	Raymond	137	–	19
43	Roosevelt	134	↓7	>100
44	Jessie	127	–	>100
45	Ernest	123	↑3	51
46	Leon	121	↓1	87
47	Earl	119	↓1	41
48	Curtis	118	↓5	>100
49	Marvin	107	new	44
50	Cecil	106	new	>100

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