State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,127 Alabama births in 1955 across 1,131 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#67Willieoutside the national top 200
#50Shelia#181 nationally
#33Annie#160 nationally
#60Charlie#184 nationally
#79Unknownoutside the national top 200
#86Rosieoutside the national top 200
#91Emmaoutside the national top 200
#92Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#89Nathaniel#195 nationally
#97Ednaoutside the national top 200
#98Etheloutside the national top 200
#68Belinda#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,356US #1
#2Linda1,085US #3
#3Deborah995US #2
#4Patricia920US #6
#5Debra886US #4
#6Brenda784US #18
#7Barbara680US #7
#8Sandra568US #13
#9Donna557US #10
#10Susan521US #5
#11Cynthia499US #11
#12Pamela488US #12
#13Kathy460US #22
#14Sharon453US #16
#15Shirley448US #37
#16Wanda439US #61
#17Janice415US #25
#18Teresa413US #26
#19Carolyn405US #30
#20Karen382US #8
#21Betty381US #36
#22Judy350US #32
#23Martha349US #53
#24Rebecca339US #27
#25Elizabeth335US #21
#26Dorothy333US #64
#27Gloria315US #47
#28Nancy307US #9
#29Janet291US #20
#30Beverly278US #34
#31Joyce275US #29
#32Carol258US #15
#33Annie251US #160
#34Margaret250US #24
#35Connie245US #35
#36Sheila240US #57
#37Cathy238US #44
#38Marilyn221US #49
#39Jo217US #58
#40Diane213US #14
#41Sherry213US #56
#42Peggy205US #51
#43Rhonda205US #71
#44Cheryl204US #19
#45Rita202US #72
#46Gwendolyn198US #122
#47Anita184US #94
#48Jacqueline182US #73
#49Doris176US #101
#50Shelia169US #181
#51Vickie168US #68
#52Phyllis167US #74
#53Glenda165US #128
#54Charlotte163US #129
#55Sarah158US #108
#56Debbie156US #63
#57Vicki154US #52
#58Catherine150US #28
#59Paula146US #39
#60Virginia144US #66
#61Alice143US #87
#62Theresa141US #38
#63Angela140US #109
#64Helen131US #78
#65Laura130US #41
#66Rose123US #54
#67Willie116
#68Belinda115US #170
#69Regina108US #127
#70Evelyn107US #112
#71Ann106US #43
#72Patsy106US #172
#73Lisa105US #48
#74Ruby104US #173
#75Bonnie102US #45
#76Dianne102US #121
#77Denise99US #23
#78Julia97US #131
#79Unknown97
#80Frances95US #96
#81Jane95US #50
#82Yvonne95US #119
#83Katherine94US #65
#84Marsha94US #106
#85Loretta91US #123
#86Rosie88
#87Vivian88US #154
#88Christine87US #40
#89Jennifer85US #104
#90Sylvia85US #107
#91Emma81
#92Bobbie80
#93Vanessa79US #140
#94Annette78US #156
#95Elaine78US #77
#96Juanita78US #145
#97Edna77
#98Ethel77
#99Joan77US #46
#100Jeanette75US #153

Boys

#1James2,201US #3
#2Michael1,334US #1
#3John1,254US #5
#4Robert1,240US #4
#5William1,216US #6
#6David1,207US #2
#7Charles948US #11
#8Larry805US #19
#9Willie767US #54
#10Richard643US #7
#11Kenneth570US #15
#12Thomas557US #8
#13Donald527US #14
#14Jerry500US #33
#15Ronald461US #18
#16Gary460US #12
#17Johnny454US #55
#18Terry454US #28
#19Joseph413US #13
#20George386US #26
#21Jimmy354US #78
#22Danny345US #45
#23Billy335US #69
#24Randy323US #30
#25Steven321US #10
#26Ricky314US #46
#27Anthony312US #31
#28Eddie306US #92
#29Bobby305US #75
#30Mark297US #9
#31Roger296US #37
#32Edward294US #25
#33Gregory293US #24
#34Dennis281US #23
#35Timothy278US #22
#36Phillip274US #74
#37Paul270US #16
#38Stephen260US #21
#39Joe250US #68
#40Ronnie250US #80
#41Rickey244US #114
#42Henry234US #61
#43Curtis221US #79
#44Carl218US #47
#45Walter215US #51
#46Samuel210US #71
#47Daniel200US #17
#48Tommy197US #108
#49Stanley195US #64
#50Roy171US #58
#51Arthur169US #56
#52Steve167US #72
#53Frank162US #34
#54Melvin158US #95
#55Harold157US #63
#56Randall157US #53
#57Tony157US #93
#58Douglas155US #29
#59Jerome146US #112
#60Charlie145US #184
#61Raymond144US #36
#62Gerald141US #48
#63Jeffrey140US #20
#64Wayne136US #44
#65Albert134US #76
#66Barry132US #70
#67Bruce128US #32
#68Clarence127US #117
#69Micheal127US #87
#70Jeffery126US #73
#71Ray126US #113
#72Donnie122US #169
#73Glenn122US #59
#74Reginald117US #144
#75Rodney117US #65
#76Andrew116US #66
#77Howard116US #83
#78Ralph115US #67
#79Calvin113US #110
#80Allen109US #84
#81Eugene107US #81
#82Jack106US #60
#83Jackie106US #148
#84Marvin105US #94
#85Alan103US #43
#86Leon101US #143
#87Fred100US #97
#88Lee100US #96
#89Nathaniel97US #195
#90Jesse95US #122
#91Alvin93US #134
#92Jimmie92US #192
#93Lawrence91US #42
#94Dwight90US #142
#95Freddie88US #186
#96Clifford87US #118
#97Christopher86US #49
#98Alfred83US #119
#99Benjamin82US #132
#100Earl80US #106

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑38Debbie#56
↑36Jeffrey#63
↑26Cheryl#44
↑21Anita#47
↑21Gerald#62
↑18Regina#69
↑16Yvonne#82
↑15Loretta#85

Falling

↓26Vanessa#93
↓24Joan#99
↓23Jimmie#92
↓18Howard#77
↓17Edna#97
↓16Frances#80
↓15Calvin#79
↓15Fred#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.