State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,631 Alabama births in 1956 across 1,152 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#43Shelia#183 nationally
#37Annie#171 nationally
#76Willieoutside the national top 200
#88Rosieoutside the national top 200
#80Patsy#192 nationally
#90Earnestoutside the national top 200
#69Ruby#179 nationally
#91Emmaoutside the national top 200
#95Mattieoutside the national top 200
#82Charlie#185 nationally
#86Jimmie#189 nationally
#98Ednaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,246US #1
#2Linda975US #3
#3Deborah974US #4
#4Debra878US #2
#5Patricia842US #6
#6Brenda763US #19
#7Sharon619US #13
#8Barbara606US #9
#9Donna596US #10
#10Cynthia586US #8
#11Pamela568US #12
#12Kathy514US #20
#13Sandra512US #14
#14Karen484US #7
#15Susan478US #5
#16Teresa441US #24
#17Shirley436US #41
#18Janice427US #26
#19Wanda403US #61
#20Carolyn398US #33
#21Betty389US #44
#22Gloria320US #53
#23Rebecca311US #27
#24Dorothy301US #72
#25Carol298US #16
#26Martha293US #59
#27Elizabeth291US #22
#28Nancy291US #11
#29Janet276US #21
#30Cathy269US #36
#31Judy269US #35
#32Rhonda268US #62
#33Beverly266US #40
#34Margaret259US #25
#35Sherry257US #54
#36Sheila249US #55
#37Annie247US #171
#38Cheryl246US #18
#39Joyce236US #30
#40Connie220US #43
#41Diane210US #15
#42Debbie206US #39
#43Shelia206US #183
#44Marilyn204US #70
#45Peggy203US #63
#46Rita195US #79
#47Jacqueline188US #78
#48Catherine187US #28
#49Vickie186US #68
#50Angela176US #93
#51Jo175US #69
#52Vicki175US #57
#53Doris172US #109
#54Anita170US #83
#55Glenda170US #134
#56Sarah163US #115
#57Theresa163US #32
#58Virginia163US #75
#59Gwendolyn162US #128
#60Phyllis161US #82
#61Charlotte154US #133
#62Lisa143US #31
#63Laura141US #34
#64Paula131US #47
#65Helen129US #90
#66Jennifer123US #97
#67Denise122US #23
#68Alice121US #98
#69Ruby120US #179
#70Rose118US #64
#71Frances114US #107
#72Robin110US #29
#73Ann106US #46
#74Evelyn103US #120
#75Katherine103US #67
#76Willie102
#77Bonnie99US #51
#78Belinda98US #167
#79Kathryn97US #60
#80Patsy97US #192
#81Juanita96US #152
#82Christine94US #42
#83Cindy94US #37
#84Regina91US #125
#85Sylvia89US #108
#86Julia88US #131
#87Annette87US #119
#88Rosie86
#89Vanessa86US #145
#90Jane85US #50
#91Emma84
#92Vivian84US #148
#93Darlene82US #71
#94Loretta82US #126
#95Mattie81
#96Tina81US #87
#97Dianne79US #137
#98Edna79
#99Geraldine79US #176
#100Yvonne79US #121

Boys

#1James2,120US #2
#2Michael1,342US #1
#3John1,309US #5
#4Robert1,295US #3
#5William1,283US #6
#6David1,120US #4
#7Charles905US #11
#8Larry736US #21
#9Willie702US #58
#10Kenneth640US #16
#11Richard640US #7
#12Thomas584US #9
#13Donald575US #14
#14Ronald565US #15
#15Gary491US #13
#16Terry476US #31
#17Jerry451US #35
#18Johnny444US #55
#19Randy444US #28
#20Steven397US #10
#21Joseph390US #12
#22Jimmy377US #78
#23Danny368US #46
#24George363US #27
#25Billy362US #68
#26Bobby362US #77
#27Timothy358US #19
#28Ricky348US #43
#29Gregory326US #24
#30Dennis318US #26
#31Mark318US #8
#32Anthony314US #30
#33Edward301US #25
#34Stephen287US #23
#35Paul280US #17
#36Ronnie265US #75
#37Eddie260US #93
#38Joe256US #63
#39Roger246US #41
#40Phillip243US #76
#41Rickey238US #112
#42Walter227US #53
#43Carl223US #48
#44Henry219US #71
#45Daniel208US #18
#46Samuel208US #74
#47Stanley206US #70
#48Steve197US #59
#49Tony192US #85
#50Tommy184US #115
#51Frank179US #38
#52Curtis173US #80
#53Jeffery173US #57
#54Arthur171US #60
#55Douglas171US #29
#56Roy171US #62
#57Harold161US #72
#58Randall159US #54
#59Micheal157US #83
#60Bruce154US #33
#61Melvin154US #101
#62Jeffrey150US #20
#63Albert140US #81
#64Clarence140US #120
#65Raymond138US #39
#66Jerome136US #117
#67Barry135US #69
#68Keith130US #36
#69Calvin129US #109
#70Reginald123US #144
#71Jack121US #66
#72Gerald117US #49
#73Glenn116US #61
#74Wayne115US #45
#75Howard113US #84
#76Rodney112US #65
#77Allen111US #87
#78Donnie109US #173
#79Marvin109US #105
#80Ralph107US #67
#81Ray107US #113
#82Charlie106US #185
#83Eugene106US #86
#84Jesse103US #126
#85Jackie102US #164
#86Jimmie102US #189
#87Lee101US #104
#88Fred99US #102
#89Joel99US #106
#90Earnest95
#91Andrew94US #56
#92Alfred93US #121
#93Alan92US #44
#94Dwight90US #139
#95Lawrence87US #42
#96Frederick86US #91
#97Leon86US #154
#98Don84US #123
#99Leonard84US #89
#100Darrell83US #88

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑23Jennifer#66
↑17Jeffery#53
↑15Juanita#81
↑14Debbie#42
↑13Angela#50
↑11Rhonda#32
↑11Lisa#62
↑11Jack#71

Falling

↓22Charlie#82
↓21Dianne#97
↓18Yvonne#100
↓15Regina#84
↓15Andrew#91
↓13Gwendolyn#59
↓12Jo#51
↓11Leon#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.