State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,999 Alabama births in 1953 across 1,078 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#62Willieoutside the national top 200
#65Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#77Jessieoutside the national top 200
#81Unknownoutside the national top 200
#83Mattieoutside the national top 200
#26Annie#143 nationally
#57Charlie#174 nationally
#85Lillieoutside the national top 200
#86Earnestoutside the national top 200
#87Etheloutside the national top 200
#84Emma#195 nationally
#85Nathaniel#193 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,500US #1
#2Linda1,247US #2
#3Deborah1,145US #3
#4Patricia1,076US #4
#5Brenda941US #18
#6Barbara754US #6
#7Shirley579US #29
#8Debra575US #7
#9Sandra544US #11
#10Betty517US #33
#11Donna517US #13
#12Janice482US #22
#13Carolyn467US #25
#14Susan449US #5
#15Cynthia447US #12
#16Judy442US #27
#17Kathy412US #23
#18Martha408US #41
#19Wanda398US #57
#20Sharon388US #15
#21Dorothy385US #49
#22Gloria375US #38
#23Pamela363US #10
#24Nancy361US #8
#25Rebecca352US #24
#26Annie351US #143
#27Elizabeth341US #21
#28Margaret307US #20
#29Joyce303US #26
#30Karen295US #9
#31Beverly293US #34
#32Peggy251US #44
#33Carol247US #16
#34Doris246US #87
#35Cathy236US #56
#36Glenda231US #105
#37Teresa228US #42
#38Janet215US #19
#39Jo209US #54
#40Sheila207US #60
#41Diane203US #17
#42Sarah200US #93
#43Marilyn187US #36
#44Sherry185US #70
#45Alice184US #73
#46Phyllis183US #69
#47Gwendolyn182US #112
#48Virginia182US #53
#49Rita177US #64
#50Connie169US #47
#51Catherine167US #35
#52Charlotte166US #100
#53Helen162US #65
#54Jacqueline162US #58
#55Rhonda158US #85
#56Patsy156US #141
#57Frances145US #72
#58Ruby139US #150
#59Anita136US #89
#60Paula135US #40
#61Laura134US #51
#62Willie133
#63Rose126US #59
#64Evelyn121US #94
#65Shelia121
#66Christine120US #32
#67Theresa120US #50
#68Vicki118US #61
#69Yvonne118US #104
#70Bonnie117US #45
#71Jane116US #43
#72Dianne112US #109
#73Joan110US #37
#74Julia110US #124
#75Katherine109US #63
#76Angela108US #120
#77Cheryl107US #28
#78Vickie106US #79
#79Kathryn103US #48
#80Marsha103US #83
#81Unknown103
#82Elaine101US #77
#83Mattie100
#84Emma98US #195
#85Lillie96
#86Juanita94US #133
#87Ethel93
#88Belinda91US #174
#89Geraldine91US #135
#90Edna90US #190
#91Sylvia90US #101
#92Mildred89US #166
#93Ann88US #46
#94Bobbie88
#95Judith88US #30
#96Ruth87US #62
#97Rosie84
#98Gail82US #39
#99Kathleen81US #14
#100Marcia78US #84

Boys

#1James2,450US #2
#2William1,397US #6
#3Robert1,376US #1
#4John1,282US #4
#5Michael1,191US #3
#6Charles1,128US #9
#7David1,096US #5
#8Larry963US #18
#9Willie744US #49
#10Thomas704US #8
#11Richard684US #7
#12Donald627US #14
#13Jerry592US #29
#14Ronald547US #15
#15Johnny534US #52
#16George480US #22
#17Kenneth473US #17
#18Gary418US #10
#19Joseph402US #13
#20Danny394US #41
#21Jimmy393US #72
#22Terry375US #30
#23Bobby352US #74
#24Billy348US #65
#25Roger330US #31
#26Edward301US #23
#27Henry288US #54
#28Eddie284US #97
#29Paul280US #16
#30Steven272US #11
#31Joe260US #66
#32Dennis253US #19
#33Stephen250US #21
#34Walter241US #45
#35Randy237US #35
#36Tommy234US #95
#37Ricky233US #51
#38Samuel224US #70
#39Anthony218US #32
#40Ronnie218US #79
#41Carl214US #44
#42Arthur213US #50
#43Gregory212US #24
#44Roy211US #55
#45Frank197US #33
#46Phillip197US #76
#47Rickey191US #113
#48Harold181US #56
#49Daniel180US #20
#50Curtis170US #86
#51Stanley164US #62
#52Timothy164US #26
#53Melvin157US #91
#54Clarence156US #108
#55Douglas155US #27
#56Mark155US #12
#57Charlie152US #174
#58Raymond148US #34
#59Donnie146US #156
#60Calvin139US #111
#61Jimmie129US #167
#62Steve129US #84
#63Wayne129US #40
#64Ralph127US #59
#65Randall126US #64
#66Jesse123US #114
#67Rodney121US #58
#68Albert117US #69
#69Jack117US #57
#70Andrew116US #68
#71Gerald116US #42
#72Bruce114US #28
#73Jerome113US #107
#74Jackie110US #145
#75Dwight108US #122
#76Eugene107US #75
#77Jessie107
#78Howard106US #77
#79Fred105US #92
#80Ernest100US #87
#81Leon97US #137
#82Tony97US #117
#83Marvin95US #94
#84Ray95US #115
#85Nathaniel91US #193
#86Earnest90
#87Harry89US #83
#88Glenn88US #67
#89Leonard87US #85
#90Alfred86US #104
#91Barry86US #73
#92Johnnie86US #180
#93Leroy86US #126
#94Lee84US #93
#95Micheal84US #88
#96Allen83US #81
#97Jeffrey81US #25
#98Benjamin80US #128
#99Lawrence80US #37
#100Unknown78

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑33Rodney#67
↑30Theresa#67
↑24Yvonne#69
↑19Vicki#68
↑16Katherine#75
↑16Ricky#37
↑15Calvin#60
↑14Anita#59

Falling

↓30Judith#95
↓22Ann#93
↓20Lee#94
↓19Lawrence#99
↓18Charlotte#52
↓15Vickie#78
↓15Jack#69
↓15Glenn#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.