State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,066 Alabama births in 1957 across 1,160 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#40Annie#193 nationally
#42Shelia#180 nationally
#72Charlie#193 nationally
#89Patsyoutside the national top 200
#92Willieoutside the national top 200
#97Emmaoutside the national top 200
#95Ruby#197 nationally
#76Donnie#177 nationally
#100Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#92Jimmie#191 nationally
#71Belinda#164 nationally
#86Jackie#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,224US #1
#2Linda889US #3
#3Debra849US #4
#4Deborah848US #6
#5Brenda819US #13
#6Cynthia805US #7
#7Patricia777US #8
#8Donna638US #10
#9Sharon613US #14
#10Kathy577US #20
#11Susan543US #2
#12Sandra534US #15
#13Karen531US #5
#14Pamela514US #12
#15Barbara505US #9
#16Teresa496US #24
#17Wanda440US #59
#18Janice377US #32
#19Shirley363US #46
#20Carolyn347US #33
#21Cathy327US #39
#22Betty315US #50
#23Gloria299US #66
#24Sheila297US #58
#25Rebecca295US #34
#26Cheryl294US #16
#27Carol293US #18
#28Debbie293US #27
#29Dorothy289US #74
#30Nancy287US #11
#31Judy280US #38
#32Rhonda275US #52
#33Elizabeth268US #22
#34Martha255US #63
#35Beverly254US #48
#36Sherry252US #55
#37Connie234US #47
#38Janet229US #23
#39Vickie222US #70
#40Annie221US #193
#41Lisa220US #26
#42Shelia215US #180
#43Cindy205US #19
#44Margaret201US #29
#45Rita201US #78
#46Angela200US #89
#47Diane193US #17
#48Vicki182US #51
#49Anita177US #81
#50Virginia168US #75
#51Phyllis166US #90
#52Gwendolyn165US #132
#53Glenda164US #134
#54Joyce164US #40
#55Paula162US #49
#56Jo161US #83
#57Theresa159US #36
#58Marilyn158US #82
#59Charlotte157US #133
#60Jacqueline151US #91
#61Peggy150US #62
#62Laura149US #31
#63Catherine139US #37
#64Robin138US #30
#65Doris134US #119
#66Darlene130US #57
#67Denise128US #25
#68Regina127US #123
#69Julia118US #122
#70Jennifer117US #87
#71Belinda114US #164
#72Annette113US #97
#73Terri110US #68
#74Rose108US #69
#75Kathryn107US #65
#76Sarah106US #116
#77Christine104US #41
#78Frances101US #113
#79Sylvia100US #109
#80Alice99US #106
#81Evelyn97US #125
#82Katherine96US #72
#83Vanessa94US #159
#84Bonnie93US #64
#85Ann92US #44
#86Helen92US #95
#87Loretta90US #131
#88Jane89US #56
#89Patsy89
#90Melissa87US #147
#91Tina87US #80
#92Willie87
#93Dianne84US #135
#94Julie84US #28
#95Ruby83US #197
#96Kim81US #35
#97Emma80
#98Vivian79US #153
#99Becky78US #127
#100Bobbie78

Boys

#1James2,092US #2
#2Michael1,405US #1
#3William1,237US #6
#4Robert1,203US #4
#5John1,144US #5
#6David1,108US #3
#7Charles918US #11
#8Larry728US #22
#9Willie673US #63
#10Richard635US #8
#11Kenneth588US #14
#12Thomas567US #9
#13Donald547US #15
#14Terry505US #33
#15Ronald471US #17
#16Gary462US #13
#17Johnny457US #61
#18Mark451US #7
#19Jerry444US #35
#20Randy394US #31
#21Joseph379US #12
#22Anthony377US #27
#23Gregory364US #23
#24Steven360US #10
#25George355US #29
#26Timothy346US #19
#27Jimmy345US #77
#28Danny340US #45
#29Billy335US #64
#30Ricky320US #40
#31Bobby301US #78
#32Edward299US #25
#33Dennis298US #28
#34Ronnie283US #73
#35Paul276US #18
#36Eddie266US #95
#37Phillip257US #79
#38Rickey237US #108
#39Tommy233US #102
#40Stephen231US #24
#41Tony231US #71
#42Carl230US #49
#43Roger218US #42
#44Joe217US #57
#45Daniel212US #16
#46Steve209US #44
#47Jeffrey201US #21
#48Jeffery198US #52
#49Walter198US #58
#50Henry193US #75
#51Samuel192US #82
#52Stanley192US #81
#53Barry191US #72
#54Arthur187US #66
#55Douglas187US #30
#56Curtis183US #80
#57Bruce180US #34
#58Randall175US #59
#59Roy167US #65
#60Harold159US #74
#61Micheal150US #85
#62Reginald148US #142
#63Frank146US #38
#64Keith145US #36
#65Raymond132US #39
#66Melvin130US #113
#67Clarence120US #135
#68Jerome120US #126
#69Jack118US #67
#70Wayne118US #47
#71Albert117US #84
#72Charlie116US #193
#73Glenn115US #62
#74Ray115US #111
#75Mike114US #53
#76Donnie111US #177
#77Ralph109US #76
#78Lee108US #105
#79Calvin104US #114
#80Gerald104US #51
#81Andrew103US #56
#82Marvin102US #112
#83Rodney101US #70
#84Frederick99US #99
#85Alan98US #48
#86Jackie98US #178
#87Howard97US #89
#88Alvin95US #144
#89Allen94US #91
#90Darrell92US #90
#91Eugene89US #92
#92Jimmie89US #191
#93Leon88US #166
#94Christopher87US #43
#95Brian86US #26
#96Lawrence85US #46
#97Don83US #117
#98Joel83US #104
#99Kevin83US #20
#100Leonard83US #94

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑40Cindy#43
↑27Darlene#66
↑21Lisa#41
↑17Julia#69
↑16Regina#68
↑15Annette#72
↑15Jeffrey#47
↑14Debbie#28

Falling

↓26Ruby#95
↓21Helen#86
↓20Sarah#76
↓16Peggy#61
↓16Willie#92
↓15Joyce#54
↓15Catherine#63
↓14Marilyn#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.