State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,222 Alabama births in 1951 across 1,101 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Alabama more than they say America.

#43Willieoutside the national top 200
#65Rosieoutside the national top 200
#75Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#79Mattieoutside the national top 200
#84Unknownoutside the national top 200
#87Lillieoutside the national top 200
#89Jessieoutside the national top 200
#43Charlie#153 nationally
#92Minnieoutside the national top 200
#83Ethel#191 nationally
#93Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#93Earnestoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,709US #2
#2Linda1,511US #1
#3Patricia1,096US #3
#4Brenda1,051US #14
#5Deborah898US #4
#6Barbara793US #5
#7Betty616US #29
#8Sandra609US #9
#9Carolyn591US #22
#10Judy583US #26
#11Shirley559US #27
#12Janice517US #21
#13Donna491US #12
#14Dorothy467US #42
#15Martha460US #38
#16Annie446US #113
#17Wanda403US #52
#18Gloria394US #31
#19Margaret381US #17
#20Carol345US #11
#21Elizabeth345US #23
#22Nancy341US #7
#23Rebecca335US #32
#24Sharon335US #13
#25Susan320US #6
#26Joyce301US #28
#27Peggy283US #40
#28Kathy270US #35
#29Glenda266US #89
#30Cynthia257US #20
#31Beverly238US #33
#32Debra237US #18
#33Charlotte236US #84
#34Pamela236US #16
#35Diane226US #15
#36Karen224US #8
#37Doris216US #80
#38Virginia200US #47
#39Sarah195US #91
#40Helen193US #54
#41Jo192US #67
#42Sheila188US #69
#43Willie188
#44Alice179US #62
#45Connie177US #44
#46Catherine176US #34
#47Sherry174US #70
#48Gwendolyn173US #112
#49Frances168US #59
#50Jacqueline157US #56
#51Phyllis157US #57
#52Patsy155US #121
#53Rita154US #61
#54Cathy146US #71
#55Dianne145US #90
#56Marilyn143US #41
#57Evelyn139US #88
#58Ruby139US #140
#59Janet136US #19
#60Judith135US #25
#61Bonnie133US #37
#62Joan131US #39
#63Teresa124US #63
#64Sylvia122US #97
#65Rosie113
#66Anita111US #96
#67Ann111US #46
#68Rose111US #65
#69Sara110US #152
#70Edna109US #170
#71Geraldine107US #108
#72Katherine107US #55
#73Mildred107US #146
#74Rhonda107US #111
#75Shelia107
#76Cheryl106US #30
#77Emma105US #174
#78Julia105US #127
#79Mattie105
#80Jane104US #43
#81Theresa104US #64
#82Yvonne102US #101
#83Ethel101US #191
#84Unknown99
#85Christine98US #24
#86Laura97US #60
#87Lillie95
#88Bobbie93US #192
#89Paula93US #51
#90Juanita91US #126
#91Marsha91US #76
#92Minnie90
#93Johnnie89
#94Vicki86US #58
#95Clara84US #186
#96Elaine84US #66
#97Gail84US #36
#98Kathryn81US #45
#99Vivian80US #138
#100Belinda79US #171

Boys

#1James2,527US #1
#2Robert1,443US #2
#3John1,385US #3
#4William1,370US #6
#5Charles1,192US #9
#6Larry1,145US #11
#7Michael930US #4
#8David892US #5
#9Willie868US #45
#10Thomas674US #8
#11Jerry659US #24
#12Donald613US #15
#13Richard586US #7
#14Ronald571US #12
#15Johnny522US #50
#16Kenneth511US #16
#17George464US #22
#18Gary445US #10
#19Jimmy438US #62
#20Joseph437US #14
#21Billy396US #64
#22Bobby377US #77
#23Edward376US #23
#24Terry334US #30
#25Henry333US #47
#26Roger316US #29
#27Eddie308US #89
#28Danny306US #41
#29Joe283US #57
#30Tommy270US #94
#31Walter269US #42
#32Paul264US #18
#33Samuel257US #67
#34Roy242US #52
#35Frank231US #31
#36Ronnie230US #82
#37Stephen220US #19
#38Arthur203US #44
#39Dennis202US #17
#40Steven201US #13
#41Harold197US #46
#42Daniel188US #21
#43Charlie183US #153
#44Douglas173US #27
#45Raymond171US #32
#46Carl170US #43
#47Phillip168US #79
#48Clarence163US #98
#49Gregory162US #25
#50Ralph154US #51
#51Donnie152US #150
#52Wayne149US #37
#53Curtis148US #91
#54Albert145US #60
#55Anthony144US #34
#56Gerald144US #36
#57Stanley144US #54
#58Melvin139US #88
#59Ernest135US #83
#60Timothy135US #28
#61Fred130US #87
#62Jimmie130US #145
#63Eugene124US #65
#64Johnnie124US #162
#65Ricky123US #102
#66Bruce121US #26
#67Lee119US #92
#68Jack118US #48
#69Jackie117US #133
#70Andrew114US #69
#71Jesse113US #115
#72Randall112US #66
#73Leon110US #122
#74Randy110US #56
#75Glenn108US #58
#76Howard108US #74
#77Marvin108US #96
#78Steve107US #86
#79Mark105US #20
#80Leroy104US #111
#81Calvin102US #106
#82Allen98US #72
#83Dwight97US #134
#84Earl97US #95
#85Harry97US #70
#86Lawrence96US #33
#87Micheal91US #97
#88Nathaniel91US #187
#89Jessie90
#90Freddie88US #165
#91Jerome88US #103
#92Rickey88US #166
#93Earnest85
#94Lewis85US #135
#95Leonard83US #80
#96Herman82US #167
#97Alvin80US #121
#98Barry80US #71
#99Alfred79US #100
#100Cecil79US #181

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑39Debra#32
↑33Ricky#65
↑32Sylvia#64
↑29Dianne#55
↑21Rhonda#74
↑20Stanley#57
↑18Shelia#75
↑17Anthony#55

Falling

↓27Lillie#87
↓27Calvin#81
↓24Juanita#90
↓21Laura#86
↓21Alfred#99
↓20Janet#59
↓18Jesse#71
↓17Mattie#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.