State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,848 Alabama births in 1959 across 1,177 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#46Annieoutside the national top 200
#44Shelia#170 nationally
#86Charlieoutside the national top 200
#92Rubyoutside the national top 200
#77Donnie#184 nationally
#99Roderickoutside the national top 200
#100Patsyoutside the national top 200
#60Gwendolyn#159 nationally
#51Glenda#148 nationally
#56Charlotte#144 nationally
#58Reginald#144 nationally
#55Vanessa#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,050US #1
#2Donna850US #5
#3Linda776US #3
#4Cynthia772US #8
#5Debra707US #7
#6Patricia682US #6
#7Deborah593US #9
#8Sandra590US #13
#9Brenda588US #16
#10Pamela561US #12
#11Teresa551US #24
#12Kathy529US #15
#13Sharon524US #17
#14Susan505US #2
#15Karen467US #4
#16Lisa452US #10
#17Barbara449US #11
#18Wanda378US #65
#19Debbie370US #20
#20Janice352US #37
#21Carolyn328US #42
#22Tammy303US #31
#23Elizabeth292US #21
#24Cheryl290US #18
#25Betty285US #59
#26Angela278US #68
#27Beverly274US #55
#28Shirley266US #61
#29Nancy261US #14
#30Carol259US #22
#31Sheila257US #52
#32Cindy254US #25
#33Rhonda254US #45
#34Janet243US #28
#35Rebecca241US #38
#36Judy237US #41
#37Martha237US #72
#38Cathy228US #39
#39Dorothy218US #94
#40Gloria206US #81
#41Connie199US #48
#42Sherry198US #58
#43Margaret197US #36
#44Shelia191US #170
#45Diane185US #19
#46Annie184
#47Vickie171US #90
#48Laura169US #30
#49Joyce167US #50
#50Anita166US #87
#51Glenda165US #148
#52Phyllis164US #103
#53Terri162US #46
#54Peggy161US #57
#55Vanessa157US #139
#56Charlotte152US #144
#57Catherine148US #40
#58Robin146US #32
#59Denise143US #29
#60Gwendolyn143US #159
#61Theresa140US #34
#62Doris139US #138
#63Rita139US #98
#64Jacqueline138US #111
#65Tina138US #53
#66Annette136US #64
#67Kimberly131US #33
#68Sarah128US #119
#69Vicki127US #73
#70Paula126US #51
#71Kim121US #35
#72Julie120US #26
#73Belinda119US #150
#74Regina119US #117
#75Valerie119US #60
#76Melissa118US #127
#77Jennifer116US #78
#78Virginia115US #93
#79Alice113US #112
#80Darlene110US #66
#81Jo110US #115
#82Loretta107US #136
#83Marilyn105US #109
#84Julia97US #116
#85Helen95US #108
#86Frances91US #124
#87Sylvia91US #120
#88Evelyn89US #134
#89Katherine87US #79
#90Rose85US #88
#91Stephanie84US #101
#92Ruby82
#93Becky81US #102
#94Kathryn81US #69
#95Jackie79US #155
#96Vivian79US #177
#97Ann78US #44
#98Melanie78US #149
#99Christine77US #43
#100Patsy77

Boys

#1James1,871US #3
#2Michael1,332US #1
#3David1,211US #2
#4William1,101US #7
#5John1,097US #4
#6Robert1,086US #5
#7Charles829US #11
#8Kenneth646US #15
#9Timothy590US #12
#10Richard589US #8
#11Mark551US #6
#12Willie536US #78
#13Larry532US #25
#14Terry515US #33
#15Thomas479US #9
#16Jerry434US #36
#17Gregory430US #23
#18Donald425US #19
#19Ronald415US #21
#20Ricky405US #34
#21Gary390US #20
#22Anthony389US #26
#23Johnny361US #64
#24Joseph351US #13
#25Billy349US #65
#26Steven349US #10
#27Jimmy327US #69
#28George309US #32
#29Randy307US #31
#30Bobby306US #71
#31Danny293US #48
#32Jeffery285US #55
#33Jeffrey280US #16
#34Phillip280US #74
#35Tony262US #53
#36Rickey258US #117
#37Eddie256US #101
#38Dennis252US #29
#39Ronnie246US #77
#40Paul244US #17
#41Edward237US #27
#42Tommy235US #108
#43Steve232US #41
#44Daniel214US #18
#45Joe207US #57
#46Stephen207US #28
#47Carl204US #54
#48Randall192US #59
#49Roger187US #47
#50Samuel187US #86
#51Henry185US #83
#52Curtis182US #75
#53Mike176US #37
#54Keith169US #39
#55Christopher165US #35
#56Douglas164US #30
#57Walter158US #66
#58Reginald157US #144
#59Micheal156US #96
#60Bruce155US #38
#61Frank152US #42
#62Barry146US #73
#63Stanley145US #98
#64Roy144US #81
#65Rodney140US #67
#66Raymond135US #45
#67Tim134US #60
#68Arthur133US #76
#69Albert127US #92
#70Harold125US #87
#71Melvin124US #122
#72Brian117US #22
#73Jerome116US #133
#74Russell115US #56
#75Calvin114US #125
#76Andrew113US #58
#77Donnie112US #184
#78Darryl105US #130
#79Frederick105US #114
#80Alan104US #50
#81Marvin100US #123
#82Wayne100US #51
#83Ray99US #121
#84Ralph96US #84
#85Alvin93US #153
#86Charlie93
#87Clarence93US #147
#88Darrell92US #90
#89Eric92US #46
#90Jesse92US #142
#91Scott92US #24
#92Dale89US #49
#93Kevin89US #14
#94Lee87US #115
#95Jeff86US #52
#96Glenn84US #80
#97Gerald83US #61
#98Howard82US #104
#99Roderick82
#100Ernest81US #118

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑30Tammy#22
↑24Kim#71
↑17Frederick#79
↑14Beverly#27
↑14Robin#58
↑14Gwendolyn#60
↑14Albert#69
↑14Russell#74

Falling

↓21Howard#98
↓19Vicki#69
↓19Rose#90
↓17Darlene#80
↓16Belinda#73
↓16Regina#74
↓15Peggy#54
↓14Marvin#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.