State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,100 Alabama births in 1963 across 1,169 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#51Shelia#185 nationally
#76Annieoutside the national top 200
#84Cassandraoutside the national top 200
#86Cedricoutside the national top 200
#80Sonya#194 nationally
#89Roderickoutside the national top 200
#90Feliciaoutside the national top 200
#66Rickey#175 nationally
#81Glenda#187 nationally
#77Gwendolyn#171 nationally
#95Vanessa#188 nationally
#92Doris#181 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa852US #1
#2Mary780US #2
#3Cynthia630US #10
#4Donna602US #6
#5Tammy550US #12
#6Teresa525US #18
#7Sandra524US #9
#8Pamela518US #14
#9Angela486US #30
#10Sharon457US #19
#11Linda456US #5
#12Karen452US #4
#13Susan441US #3
#14Brenda424US #15
#15Patricia419US #7
#16Deborah365US #13
#17Barbara351US #17
#18Debra324US #21
#19Kimberly312US #11
#20Jacqueline287US #51
#21Wanda287US #76
#22Rhonda276US #45
#23Sherry275US #49
#24Kathy274US #34
#25Elizabeth271US #20
#26Janice250US #63
#27Melissa240US #61
#28Tina238US #35
#29Lori223US #8
#30Carolyn214US #56
#31Sheila212US #50
#32Janet211US #40
#33Laura211US #16
#34Rebecca206US #44
#35Anita205US #77
#36Cheryl204US #24
#37Jennifer203US #36
#38Beverly198US #81
#39Robin194US #25
#40Paula190US #42
#41Connie183US #55
#42Carol182US #33
#43Regina178US #92
#44Nancy177US #23
#45Cathy176US #67
#46Cindy175US #37
#47Shirley172US #99
#48Terri162US #58
#49Gloria155US #96
#50Martha153US #90
#51Shelia153US #185
#52Margaret151US #46
#53Betty149US #104
#54Debbie149US #41
#55Tracy147US #48
#56Phyllis146US #131
#57Vickie142US #120
#58Sarah137US #94
#59Judy131US #70
#60Kim131US #39
#61Melanie131US #101
#62Dorothy130US #116
#63Stephanie126US #64
#64Dana124US #88
#65Charlotte120US #153
#66Denise118US #27
#67Kelly118US #32
#68Belinda117US #150
#69Marilyn117US #125
#70Rita116US #115
#71Darlene115US #85
#72Carla114US #82
#73Julie111US #22
#74Theresa111US #38
#75Annette110US #71
#76Annie110
#77Gwendolyn110US #171
#78Joyce110US #84
#79Valerie110US #69
#80Sonya109US #194
#81Glenda106US #187
#82Michelle106US #26
#83Catherine105US #53
#84Cassandra103
#85Melinda103US #121
#86Amy101US #54
#87Vicki93US #100
#88Monica91US #110
#89Diane86US #31
#90Felicia84
#91Penny84US #86
#92Doris83US #181
#93Sherri83US #78
#94Veronica83US #139
#95Vanessa82US #188
#96Suzanne81US #65
#97Tammie81US #172
#98Peggy79US #106
#99Julia77US #122
#100Virginia77US #103

Boys

#1James1,737US #4
#2Michael1,209US #1
#3John1,182US #2
#4David1,074US #3
#5Robert970US #5
#6William965US #7
#7Charles672US #16
#8Kenneth643US #18
#9Timothy552US #15
#10Mark508US #6
#11Gregory504US #21
#12Anthony469US #22
#13Richard465US #8
#14Thomas444US #9
#15Jeffrey438US #10
#16Terry437US #32
#17Joseph397US #13
#18Willie387US #93
#19Jeffery344US #46
#20Donald328US #25
#21Gary328US #24
#22Larry310US #36
#23Steven304US #14
#24Jerry301US #38
#25Ronald292US #23
#26Johnny289US #71
#27Bobby273US #75
#28Christopher271US #26
#29Jimmy261US #78
#30Paul251US #17
#31Ricky250US #47
#32George245US #34
#33Tony244US #52
#34Barry239US #67
#35Billy229US #74
#36Phillip227US #70
#37Randy227US #37
#38Danny225US #55
#39Edward212US #27
#40Darryl211US #80
#41Scott205US #12
#42Stephen205US #29
#43Kevin199US #11
#44Tommy195US #107
#45Keith194US #33
#46Dennis174US #39
#47Joe174US #58
#48Daniel172US #19
#49Douglas170US #28
#50Roger168US #53
#51Brian167US #20
#52Randall160US #65
#53Stanley160US #105
#54Eric158US #31
#55Carl157US #54
#56Curtis156US #72
#57Patrick152US #35
#58Ronnie152US #101
#59Jeff140US #48
#60Reginald140US #132
#61Samuel140US #87
#62Walter136US #77
#63Henry135US #94
#64Micheal135US #106
#65Steve133US #49
#66Rickey126US #175
#67Rodney125US #76
#68Bruce123US #43
#69Marvin121US #120
#70Harold119US #96
#71Arthur117US #91
#72Eddie117US #109
#73Andrew115US #42
#74Frederick113US #117
#75Gerald112US #60
#76Melvin109US #133
#77Alan108US #56
#78Vincent108US #61
#79Frank107US #41
#80Roy106US #89
#81Raymond102US #45
#82Russell101US #57
#83Greg100US #81
#84Glenn97US #64
#85Allen95US #90
#86Cedric94
#87Mike93US #44
#88Victor93US #97
#89Roderick90
#90Jonathan86US #88
#91Todd86US #30
#92Wayne86US #63
#93Calvin85US #140
#94Ralph85US #99
#95Chris81US #59
#96Howard80US #114
#97Albert78US #100
#98Derrick76US #164
#99Tim75US #79
#100Jerome74US #128

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑36Dana#64
↑29Marvin#69
↑28Darlene#71
↑26Lori#29
↑23Stephanie#63
↑23Andrew#73
↑23Frederick#74
↑20Patrick#57

Falling

↓24Eddie#72
↓21Mike#87
↓18Valerie#79
↓16Jerome#100
↓15Gwendolyn#77
↓14Shirley#47
↓14Theresa#74
↓14Vicki#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.