State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,678 Alabama births in 1952 across 1,080 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#55Willieoutside the national top 200
#74Etheloutside the national top 200
#76Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#76Jessieoutside the national top 200
#78Mattieoutside the national top 200
#82Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#83Lillieoutside the national top 200
#84Unknownoutside the national top 200
#88Ellaoutside the national top 200
#49Charlie#161 nationally
#92Rosieoutside the national top 200
#20Annie#127 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,717US #2
#2Linda1,393US #1
#3Patricia1,095US #3
#4Deborah1,035US #4
#5Brenda1,030US #15
#6Barbara777US #6
#7Shirley601US #28
#8Sandra599US #10
#9Betty552US #32
#10Carolyn495US #24
#11Janice491US #23
#12Debra487US #9
#13Donna472US #13
#14Judy461US #26
#15Martha423US #40
#16Nancy421US #7
#17Dorothy413US #46
#18Susan402US #5
#19Wanda398US #54
#20Annie394US #127
#21Gloria388US #36
#22Kathy383US #29
#23Rebecca375US #30
#24Margaret369US #21
#25Elizabeth354US #22
#26Sharon341US #14
#27Cynthia307US #18
#28Pamela291US #17
#29Joyce279US #27
#30Carol274US #12
#31Peggy274US #43
#32Karen254US #8
#33Doris238US #83
#34Charlotte234US #89
#35Diane231US #16
#36Glenda228US #97
#37Beverly223US #35
#38Jo223US #55
#39Janet222US #19
#40Sarah206US #93
#41Sherry204US #68
#42Cathy201US #56
#43Virginia195US #49
#44Sheila192US #64
#45Marilyn186US #38
#46Alice183US #69
#47Catherine182US #34
#48Connie181US #44
#49Teresa179US #52
#50Gwendolyn173US #114
#51Helen171US #63
#52Phyllis169US #65
#53Frances166US #67
#54Ruby162US #145
#55Willie152
#56Paula147US #47
#57Rita147US #66
#58Jacqueline145US #58
#59Laura144US #53
#60Rhonda144US #95
#61Patsy141US #128
#62Evelyn136US #90
#63Vickie129US #76
#64Cheryl123US #31
#65Judith121US #25
#66Bonnie120US #41
#67Christine118US #20
#68Dianne117US #96
#69Jane116US #42
#70Joan116US #37
#71Ann113US #45
#72Marsha112US #75
#73Anita108US #91
#74Ethel108
#75Rose108US #62
#76Shelia108
#77Julia107US #131
#78Mattie106
#79Emma105US #180
#80Sylvia101US #99
#81Marie98US #82
#82Bobbie97
#83Lillie96
#84Unknown96
#85Geraldine95US #119
#86Juanita95US #125
#87Vicki95US #61
#88Ella93
#89Kathryn93US #48
#90Edna90US #177
#91Katherine90US #59
#92Rosie90
#93Yvonne90US #103
#94Vivian89US #142
#95Jean87US #50
#96Ruth87US #57
#97Theresa85US #60
#98Sara83US #161
#99Gail82US #39
#100Johnnie82

Boys

#1James2,391US #1
#2John1,410US #3
#3William1,394US #6
#4Robert1,336US #2
#5Charles1,199US #9
#6David1,060US #5
#7Michael1,013US #4
#8Larry1,008US #14
#9Willie879US #48
#10Thomas706US #8
#11Richard668US #7
#12Jerry636US #26
#13Donald565US #13
#14Ronald541US #15
#15Kenneth524US #16
#16Gary497US #10
#17Johnny480US #53
#18Jimmy465US #72
#19George455US #22
#20Joseph452US #12
#21Billy392US #65
#22Edward366US #23
#23Bobby358US #77
#24Terry355US #29
#25Danny342US #40
#26Eddie313US #93
#27Roger301US #30
#28Henry300US #50
#29Paul278US #19
#30Joe272US #62
#31Steven264US #11
#32Walter244US #44
#33Ronnie236US #82
#34Tommy232US #97
#35Phillip224US #74
#36Samuel222US #67
#37Stephen216US #21
#38Frank211US #32
#39Roy208US #55
#40Carl203US #45
#41Dennis202US #18
#42Harold199US #51
#43Arthur198US #47
#44Randy192US #41
#45Daniel182US #20
#46Anthony179US #34
#47Gregory173US #24
#48Curtis168US #86
#49Charlie159US #161
#50Timothy159US #27
#51Raymond155US #33
#52Melvin152US #91
#53Ricky152US #81
#54Jack150US #52
#55Rickey146US #140
#56Wayne146US #38
#57Douglas141US #28
#58Jesse140US #112
#59Albert139US #66
#60Stanley135US #58
#61Gerald133US #39
#62Mark133US #17
#63Clarence131US #102
#64Bruce125US #25
#65Jimmie125US #163
#66Ralph125US #56
#67Steve121US #85
#68Andrew119US #68
#69Howard119US #73
#70Donnie118US #156
#71Fred118US #90
#72Randall114US #63
#73Glenn113US #61
#74Lee112US #92
#75Calvin108US #108
#76Jessie108
#77Dwight107US #123
#78Eugene105US #71
#79Barry103US #69
#80Lawrence101US #35
#81Jackie100US #144
#82Micheal100US #94
#83Jerome99US #105
#84Earl97US #98
#85Alvin96US #128
#86Marvin96US #95
#87Leon95US #124
#88Ernest94US #87
#89Alfred93US #104
#90Johnnie93US #173
#91Ray91US #113
#92Harry89US #75
#93Allen87US #78
#94Earnest84
#95Clyde83US #143
#96Freddie83US #177
#97Cecil81US #185
#98Herman81US #175
#99Unknown81
#100Rodney79US #84

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑37Rickey#55
↑33Paula#56
↑30Randy#44
↑27Laura#59
↑20Debra#12
↑20Janet#39
↑19Marsha#72
↑19Barry#79

Falling

↓29Sara#98
↓29Ernest#88
↓27Rosie#92
↓26Johnnie#90
↓20Edna#90
↓19Katherine#91
↓19Donnie#70
↓16Sylvia#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.