State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,514 Alabama births in 1954 across 1,103 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
#60Shelia#190 nationally
#77Unknownoutside the national top 200
#79Rosieoutside the national top 200
#60Charlie#181 nationally
#30Annie#150 nationally
#86Earnestoutside the national top 200
#88Jessieoutside the national top 200
#80Edna#189 nationally
#92Unknownoutside the national top 200
#78Johnnie#183 nationally
#97Lillieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,450US #1
#2Linda1,116US #2
#3Deborah1,112US #3
#4Patricia983US #4
#5Brenda895US #18
#6Debra805US #6
#7Barbara729US #7
#8Sandra545US #13
#9Donna540US #11
#10Shirley523US #33
#11Susan487US #5
#12Kathy480US #23
#13Pamela461US #12
#14Carolyn459US #27
#15Janice454US #25
#16Cynthia449US #10
#17Betty447US #36
#18Wanda408US #58
#19Sharon406US #16
#20Judy404US #29
#21Dorothy372US #55
#22Martha368US #46
#23Rebecca366US #26
#24Elizabeth330US #20
#25Gloria319US #42
#26Karen319US #8
#27Beverly317US #31
#28Nancy312US #9
#29Teresa309US #34
#30Annie308US #150
#31Janet294US #19
#32Margaret284US #21
#33Marilyn265US #35
#34Carol258US #15
#35Rita255US #67
#36Joyce252US #28
#37Sheila251US #60
#38Sherry243US #62
#39Connie229US #39
#40Glenda225US #114
#41Diane213US #17
#42Doris212US #93
#43Peggy208US #48
#44Cathy197US #59
#45Jo191US #53
#46Virginia187US #61
#47Rhonda186US #71
#48Catherine185US #32
#49Sarah180US #103
#50Charlotte178US #113
#51Gwendolyn171US #122
#52Jacqueline171US #68
#53Laura165US #45
#54Phyllis159US #75
#55Alice155US #81
#56Helen155US #72
#57Rose154US #54
#58Vicki153US #50
#59Paula152US #38
#60Shelia145US #190
#61Patsy144US #155
#62Willie140
#63Vickie138US #69
#64Frances127US #83
#65Evelyn126US #109
#66Theresa126US #47
#67Vanessa126US #142
#68Anita124US #96
#69Angela119US #118
#70Cheryl115US #22
#71Denise112US #24
#72Bonnie109US #52
#73Ruby109US #162
#74Ann107US #44
#75Joan106US #40
#76Marsha103US #86
#77Unknown103
#78Christine101US #43
#79Rosie101
#80Edna99US #189
#81Julia99US #127
#82Jennifer96US #108
#83Dianne92US #116
#84Jane92US #49
#85Geraldine91US #143
#86Kathryn91US #51
#87Regina91US #137
#88Sylvia88US #101
#89Elaine87US #74
#90Juanita87US #144
#91Katherine87US #64
#92Gail86US #37
#93Sara86US #164
#94Debbie85US #92
#95Marie85US #79
#96Judith84US #30
#97Lillie84
#98Yvonne84US #117
#99Emma83
#100Loretta81US #125

Boys

#1James2,261US #3
#2William1,312US #6
#3John1,304US #4
#4Robert1,261US #2
#5Michael1,256US #1
#6Charles1,097US #10
#7David1,089US #5
#8Larry899US #19
#9Willie742US #53
#10Richard667US #7
#11Thomas626US #8
#12Donald595US #14
#13Jerry579US #31
#14Kenneth558US #17
#15Ronald528US #15
#16Gary499US #9
#17Johnny487US #54
#18Terry433US #27
#19Joseph428US #13
#20George411US #24
#21Danny397US #42
#22Jimmy387US #74
#23Billy380US #65
#24Bobby380US #72
#25Edward306US #22
#26Ricky305US #46
#27Steven293US #11
#28Paul289US #16
#29Randy284US #33
#30Roger278US #34
#31Joe274US #67
#32Henry271US #59
#33Stephen264US #20
#34Eddie255US #91
#35Anthony246US #32
#36Timothy246US #26
#37Mark245US #12
#38Phillip242US #75
#39Dennis238US #21
#40Gregory229US #25
#41Tommy227US #100
#42Rickey226US #113
#43Samuel225US #71
#44Walter223US #49
#45Ronnie215US #78
#46Daniel212US #18
#47Harold206US #60
#48Curtis199US #84
#49Roy184US #56
#50Carl178US #47
#51Arthur177US #52
#52Frank176US #36
#53Stanley174US #58
#54Steve174US #76
#55Douglas170US #29
#56Clarence168US #108
#57Randall151US #55
#58Wayne141US #41
#59Howard134US #80
#60Charlie133US #181
#61Melvin131US #92
#62Tony131US #105
#63Jerome127US #114
#64Calvin118US #117
#65Albert117US #73
#66Barry116US #68
#67Donnie115US #162
#68Bruce114US #30
#69Jimmie114US #171
#70Jack113US #57
#71Raymond113US #35
#72Fred109US #93
#73Micheal109US #88
#74Ralph109US #61
#75Rodney104US #66
#76Alvin103US #135
#77Glenn102US #63
#78Johnnie102US #183
#79Eugene101US #77
#80Marvin100US #97
#81Ray100US #118
#82Jeffery99US #90
#83Gerald97US #44
#84Jackie97US #150
#85Lee97US #96
#86Earnest96
#87Ernest92US #87
#88Jessie91
#89Alfred89US #116
#90Lawrence88US #39
#91Leroy87US #125
#92Unknown87
#93Jesse86US #119
#94Allen85US #82
#95Dwight85US #145
#96Leon85US #140
#97Alan84US #43
#98Cecil84US #194
#99Jeffrey84US #23
#100Patrick84US #38

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑25Barry#66
↑22Micheal#73
↑20Tony#62
↑19Ann#74
↑19Mark#37
↑19Howard#59
↑18Rosie#79
↑16Timothy#36

Falling

↓29Yvonne#98
↓27Jesse#93
↓20Dwight#95
↓16Katherine#91
↓15Ruby#73
↓15Emma#99
↓15Leon#96
↓13Jane#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.