State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,734 Alabama births in 1962 across 1,161 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#49Shelia#173 nationally
#82Annieoutside the national top 200
#85Cassandraoutside the national top 200
#87Roderickoutside the national top 200
#93Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#94Feliciaoutside the national top 200
#99Charlieoutside the national top 200
#62Gwendolyn#161 nationally
#83Vanessa#175 nationally
#80Rickey#169 nationally
#81Glenda#166 nationally
#49Reginald#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary820US #2
#2Lisa780US #1
#3Cynthia689US #8
#4Donna612US #7
#5Linda548US #5
#6Teresa533US #18
#7Brenda510US #12
#8Sandra506US #10
#9Sharon498US #17
#10Pamela497US #13
#11Karen487US #4
#12Susan463US #3
#13Debra439US #15
#14Patricia438US #6
#15Angela432US #36
#16Deborah413US #9
#17Barbara378US #14
#18Tammy345US #23
#19Kathy311US #27
#20Tina310US #33
#21Wanda300US #77
#22Jacqueline297US #44
#23Rhonda280US #45
#24Sherry276US #48
#25Elizabeth275US #20
#26Kimberly269US #16
#27Janice262US #58
#28Sheila252US #52
#29Carol248US #28
#30Janet246US #35
#31Carolyn244US #46
#32Melissa244US #68
#33Shirley238US #96
#34Beverly236US #69
#35Robin232US #25
#36Cheryl230US #24
#37Connie226US #51
#38Laura224US #21
#39Anita220US #81
#40Jennifer220US #41
#41Rebecca217US #47
#42Debbie203US #32
#43Cindy198US #34
#44Cathy194US #62
#45Betty193US #97
#46Regina188US #91
#47Nancy185US #19
#48Terri184US #54
#49Shelia182US #173
#50Gloria179US #90
#51Margaret167US #43
#52Judy163US #63
#53Vickie153US #107
#54Melanie146US #106
#55Lori142US #11
#56Phyllis140US #129
#57Kim138US #37
#58Tracy135US #55
#59Paula134US #60
#60Theresa130US #40
#61Valerie128US #67
#62Gwendolyn127US #161
#63Marilyn127US #127
#64Dorothy125US #111
#65Martha125US #87
#66Sarah124US #98
#67Julie122US #22
#68Belinda121US #149
#69Kelly121US #38
#70Denise118US #30
#71Rita118US #110
#72Melinda117US #118
#73Vicki116US #85
#74Charlotte114US #154
#75Carla112US #78
#76Michelle112US #31
#77Catherine110US #53
#78Joyce110US #74
#79Sherri110US #82
#80Diane109US #26
#81Glenda108US #166
#82Annie107
#83Vanessa107US #175
#84Annette104US #75
#85Cassandra104
#86Stephanie101US #70
#87Virginia98US #105
#88Doris95US #171
#89Amy94US #61
#90Jackie90US #126
#91Alice87US #133
#92Julia87US #120
#93Sonya87
#94Felicia85
#95Peggy85US #93
#96Penny85US #92
#97Leslie84US #80
#98Veronica84US #144
#99Darlene81US #88
#100Dana75US #117

Boys

#1James1,646US #4
#2Michael1,224US #1
#3John1,156US #3
#4David1,126US #2
#5William975US #7
#6Robert935US #5
#7Charles751US #15
#8Mark635US #6
#9Kenneth576US #18
#10Timothy533US #16
#11Gregory513US #21
#12Terry496US #34
#13Thomas477US #9
#14Jeffrey455US #10
#15Richard454US #8
#16Willie451US #89
#17Anthony445US #24
#18Donald410US #23
#19Joseph410US #13
#20Gary354US #22
#21Larry345US #31
#22Jeffery340US #45
#23Jerry338US #38
#24Steven331US #12
#25Ronald330US #25
#26Jimmy325US #75
#27Bobby315US #78
#28Johnny313US #69
#29Tony279US #52
#30Ricky274US #50
#31Barry270US #61
#32Christopher266US #26
#33Phillip265US #68
#34Randy263US #35
#35Billy257US #71
#36George253US #32
#37Paul251US #19
#38Danny225US #54
#39Roger217US #47
#40Scott209US #11
#41Edward198US #29
#42Stephen197US #28
#43Eric188US #33
#44Tommy187US #109
#45Douglas186US #27
#46Darryl185US #83
#47Keith179US #36
#48Eddie178US #105
#49Reginald172US #133
#50Curtis170US #73
#51Joe169US #59
#52Stanley169US #106
#53Carl165US #58
#54Dennis164US #37
#55Randall164US #64
#56Samuel161US #88
#57Steve161US #46
#58Walter160US #79
#59Daniel159US #17
#60Kevin157US #14
#61Brian155US #20
#62Henry154US #92
#63Ronnie148US #100
#64Jeff146US #44
#65Bruce143US #41
#66Mike134US #39
#67Micheal130US #104
#68Raymond126US #48
#69Frank124US #42
#70Rodney122US #76
#71Roy122US #90
#72Arthur121US #91
#73Gerald118US #65
#74Melvin117US #137
#75Glenn116US #55
#76Vincent111US #66
#77Patrick109US #40
#78Alan108US #53
#79Harold108US #95
#80Rickey108US #169
#81Calvin105US #144
#82Russell104US #57
#83Wayne103US #63
#84Jerome102US #131
#85Joel101US #113
#86Albert100US #101
#87Roderick99
#88Tim98US #72
#89Ray92US #132
#90Clarence91US #163
#91Victor91US #96
#92Greg90US #77
#93Tracy90US #111
#94Lee89US #115
#95Jonathan88US #94
#96Andrew85US #49
#97Frederick85US #116
#98Marvin85US #118
#99Charlie84
#100Darrell80US #102

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑26Scott#40
↑25Eric#43
↑24Kelly#69
↑23Melanie#54
↑23Melinda#72
↑22Melissa#32
↑20Tina#20
↑17Kimberly#26

Falling

↓23Annie#82
↓23Rickey#80
↓23Andrew#96
↓20Martha#65
↓18Vicki#73
↓17Ronnie#63
↓17Frederick#97
↓16Vanessa#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.