State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,814 Alabama births in 1961 across 1,188 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#59Annieoutside the national top 200
#56Shelia#189 nationally
#85Cassandraoutside the national top 200
#87Roderickoutside the national top 200
#88Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#90Feliciaoutside the national top 200
#66Gwendolyn#165 nationally
#57Rickey#153 nationally
#50Reginald#144 nationally
#67Vanessa#153 nationally
#62Charlotte#147 nationally
#74Glenda#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary932US #1
#2Lisa736US #2
#3Donna685US #7
#4Cynthia659US #8
#5Linda607US #4
#6Brenda598US #11
#7Teresa577US #18
#8Patricia558US #6
#9Sandra553US #9
#10Pamela528US #15
#11Sharon522US #17
#12Deborah492US #10
#13Susan479US #3
#14Debra474US #13
#15Karen453US #5
#16Angela397US #38
#17Kathy386US #25
#18Barbara376US #12
#19Tammy344US #28
#20Wanda319US #70
#21Rhonda308US #46
#22Sherry304US #53
#23Janice303US #52
#24Elizabeth281US #19
#25Jacqueline274US #37
#26Carolyn267US #42
#27Carol262US #24
#28Beverly257US #66
#29Cindy248US #33
#30Rebecca248US #44
#31Debbie241US #31
#32Janet238US #32
#33Cheryl236US #20
#34Shirley234US #85
#35Gloria229US #82
#36Nancy222US #16
#37Sheila218US #59
#38Connie213US #50
#39Laura210US #21
#40Tina208US #41
#41Betty199US #87
#42Margaret195US #40
#43Kimberly190US #22
#44Regina190US #98
#45Martha189US #81
#46Anita186US #91
#47Robin183US #27
#48Terri181US #51
#49Judy174US #58
#50Cathy172US #55
#51Lori170US #14
#52Dorothy168US #99
#53Jennifer167US #47
#54Melissa163US #95
#55Vicki160US #76
#56Shelia159US #189
#57Phyllis157US #120
#58Vickie152US #107
#59Annie144
#60Rita144US #105
#61Belinda138US #141
#62Charlotte137US #147
#63Kim136US #36
#64Julie133US #23
#65Theresa132US #35
#66Gwendolyn130US #165
#67Vanessa128US #153
#68Catherine123US #48
#69Paula122US #60
#70Valerie122US #67
#71Marilyn121US #122
#72Sarah121US #113
#73Joyce120US #62
#74Glenda119US #159
#75Denise115US #30
#76Diane114US #26
#77Melanie106US #123
#78Virginia101US #103
#79Doris100US #160
#80Jackie100US #112
#81Stephanie100US #78
#82Annette99US #73
#83Peggy99US #88
#84Michelle98US #34
#85Cassandra97
#86Katherine97US #86
#87Carla90US #77
#88Sonya87
#89Veronica87US #154
#90Felicia86
#91Becky85US #115
#92Darlene85US #80
#93Kelly85US #45
#94Rose85US #111
#95Melinda84US #129
#96Loretta83US #148
#97Jo81US #152
#98Suzanne81US #68
#99Julia80US #116
#100Sylvia80US #124

Boys

#1James1,806US #4
#2Michael1,288US #1
#3John1,194US #3
#4David1,175US #2
#5Robert1,029US #5
#6William1,009US #7
#7Charles781US #13
#8Kenneth643US #16
#9Mark617US #6
#10Timothy550US #15
#11Richard516US #8
#12Gregory511US #23
#13Terry505US #32
#14Thomas492US #9
#15Willie450US #86
#16Anthony419US #25
#17Jerry410US #37
#18Larry405US #30
#19Jeffrey403US #11
#20Donald400US #22
#21Gary378US #21
#22Johnny366US #70
#23Jeffery350US #50
#24Joseph340US #12
#25Ricky329US #44
#26Jimmy326US #71
#27Billy322US #68
#28Steven312US #10
#29George308US #31
#30Ronald305US #24
#31Danny282US #54
#32Christopher275US #26
#33Paul274US #18
#34Phillip265US #69
#35Randy257US #33
#36Tony251US #53
#37Bobby241US #76
#38Edward218US #29
#39Eddie214US #102
#40Dennis213US #34
#41Stephen210US #27
#42Barry207US #66
#43Roger203US #47
#44Tommy187US #116
#45Keith185US #35
#46Ronnie184US #91
#47Darryl183US #80
#48Joe182US #60
#49Henry181US #92
#50Reginald177US #144
#51Carl176US #56
#52Steve175US #45
#53Douglas174US #28
#54Daniel173US #17
#55Stanley171US #106
#56Curtis168US #75
#57Rickey164US #153
#58Randall163US #63
#59Samuel161US #89
#60Micheal156US #103
#61Mike154US #36
#62Walter149US #74
#63Alan141US #51
#64Frank140US #41
#65Kevin138US #14
#66Scott136US #19
#67Bruce133US #40
#68Eric133US #38
#69Harold133US #94
#70Jeff133US #49
#71Brian132US #20
#72Roy131US #83
#73Andrew130US #52
#74Arthur126US #85
#75Russell120US #55
#76Gerald119US #62
#77Rodney119US #72
#78Tim115US #65
#79Calvin114US #127
#80Frederick109US #117
#81Melvin103US #128
#82Victor100US #99
#83Raymond99US #48
#84Albert98US #97
#85Wayne97US #61
#86Marvin96US #120
#87Roderick96
#88Glenn95US #64
#89Chris93US #57
#90Clarence92US #155
#91Patrick92US #39
#92Alvin91US #168
#93Allen87US #96
#94Greg87US #77
#95Jack87US #90
#96Lee86US #122
#97Darrell85US #101
#98Ray83US #126
#99Jerome82US #136
#100Howard80US #109

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑43Lori#51
↑32Jacqueline#25
↑23Andrew#73
↑21Darryl#47
↑20Christopher#32
↑16Connie#38
↑16Robin#47
↑16Jennifer#53

Falling

↓20Raymond#83
↓18Loretta#96
↓17Joyce#73
↓16Vanessa#67
↓16Diane#76
↓16Annette#82
↓15Lee#96
↓14Randall#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.