Names of Alabama

6,143,935 births across 7,254 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Alabama more than Ocie.

Most concentrated in Alabama

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name	Born here	Concentration
Ocie	801	14.2×
Rayford	729	11.3×
Mose	692	10.3×
Hoyt	908	10.2×
Myrtice	566	10.1×
Ladarius	666	9.8×
Adell	608	9.6×
Claudie	593	9.5×
Jamarcus	794	9.3×
Talmadge	494	8.7×
Lorenza	542	8.6×
Syble	636	8.2×
Lue	616	8.1×
Huey	684	8.0×
Gussie	1,060	7.5×
Pearlie	1,966	7.4×
Napoleon	492	7.3×
Delois	904	7.1×
Mattie	12,017	7.0×
Rubye	613	6.8×

Most given, girls

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	116,898
2	Annie	34,772
3	Betty	33,144
4	Linda	30,300
5	Elizabeth	30,127
6	Dorothy	28,522
7	Barbara	27,216
8	Patricia	26,540
9	Sarah	24,144
10	Margaret	23,556
11	Martha	21,377
12	Jennifer	20,804
13	Brenda	19,150
14	Carolyn	17,511
15	Shirley	17,414

Most given, boys

#	Name	Births
1	James	160,037
2	William	104,361
3	John	99,083
4	Robert	82,462
5	Charles	62,023
6	Michael	59,026
7	David	53,131
8	Willie	47,979
9	Thomas	40,790
10	Christopher	38,256
11	Joseph	36,350
12	George	30,374
13	Richard	28,785
14	Kenneth	24,342
15	Larry	22,839

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.