State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,644 Alabama births in 1969 across 1,097 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#78Roderickoutside the national top 200
#82Leighoutside the national top 200
#83Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#77Belinda#193 nationally
#91Cedricoutside the national top 200
#92Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#30Sonya#123 nationally
#51Beverly#141 nationally
#74Charlotte#160 nationally
#66Cassandra#151 nationally
#45Wanda#126 nationally
#93Vickie#174 nationally

Girls

#1Kimberly657US #4
#2Angela611US #7
#3Lisa524US #1
#4Tammy514US #9
#5Mary465US #8
#6Jennifer407US #3
#7Pamela396US #24
#8Cynthia380US #23
#9Melissa365US #5
#10Tracy358US #17
#11Donna334US #26
#12Amy329US #6
#13Stephanie325US #19
#14Michelle313US #2
#15Sharon305US #36
#16Teresa304US #32
#17Karen289US #13
#18Tina280US #22
#19Patricia260US #18
#20Susan259US #11
#21Sandra243US #25
#22Laura228US #10
#23Linda226US #33
#24Elizabeth225US #16
#25Shannon218US #31
#26Rhonda207US #44
#27Kelly204US #15
#28Wendy195US #29
#29Rebecca182US #28
#30Sonya178US #123
#31Tonya175US #54
#32Barbara168US #39
#33Regina168US #86
#34Lori167US #20
#35Sherry162US #55
#36Brenda161US #38
#37Julie159US #12
#38Dana158US #60
#39Deborah154US #27
#40Paula154US #50
#41Monica141US #59
#42Carolyn136US #71
#43Carol135US #56
#44Carla131US #90
#45Wanda129US #126
#46Amanda125US #122
#47Stacey124US #52
#48Cheryl123US #41
#49Leslie122US #64
#50Tracey119US #65
#51Beverly117US #141
#52Jacqueline115US #62
#53Melanie115US #92
#54Robin115US #46
#55Yolanda112US #98
#56Debra111US #43
#57Kathy111US #77
#58Connie109US #105
#59Nancy109US #45
#60Terri104US #93
#61Valerie103US #85
#62Andrea102US #48
#63Christy100US #116
#64Stacy97US #53
#65Sheila96US #68
#66Cassandra94US #151
#67Cindy94US #74
#68Felicia90US #146
#69Catherine87US #58
#70Veronica87US #108
#71Janice86US #131
#72Julia86US #100
#73Tara86US #107
#74Charlotte85US #160
#75Kelli85US #115
#76Traci84US #112
#77Belinda83US #193
#78Sarah83US #72
#79Janet82US #84
#80Heather81US #34
#81Katherine81US #70
#82Leigh81
#83Shelia81
#84Rachel79US #69
#85Betty78US #154
#86Victoria78US #83
#87Dawn76US #21
#88Anita75US #120
#89Margaret75US #73
#90Vanessa75US #147
#91Michele73US #30
#92Tanya73US #91
#93Vickie73US #174
#94Melinda72US #89
#95Christine70US #14
#96Kim70US #66
#97Shirley70US #173
#98Tracie70US #171
#99Gina69US #63
#100Virginia69US #138

Boys

#1James1,390US #3
#2Michael1,323US #1
#3John935US #4
#4David923US #2
#5William902US #6
#6Robert783US #5
#7Christopher693US #7
#8Charles538US #19
#9Timothy501US #17
#10Anthony453US #20
#11Jeffrey423US #11
#12Mark416US #8
#13Richard394US #10
#14Kenneth382US #23
#15Gregory376US #26
#16Joseph375US #15
#17Thomas365US #13
#18Steven327US #14
#19Brian326US #9
#20Donald283US #30
#21Jeffery275US #48
#22Stephen271US #27
#23Ronald269US #29
#24Eric267US #21
#25Kevin260US #16
#26Jason249US #25
#27Terry245US #52
#28Rodney237US #49
#29Scott229US #12
#30Johnny223US #67
#31Larry221US #40
#32Patrick221US #31
#33Paul219US #22
#34Jerry218US #45
#35Willie210US #101
#36Gary205US #35
#37Jimmy204US #79
#38Daniel191US #18
#39Jonathan184US #46
#40Phillip179US #74
#41Edward165US #32
#42George158US #38
#43Tony157US #54
#44Bobby149US #82
#45Billy146US #77
#46Keith145US #36
#47Douglas141US #34
#48Barry134US #99
#49Reginald125US #125
#50Bryan123US #51
#51Matthew123US #24
#52Randall118US #85
#53Curtis117US #81
#54Derrick117US #107
#55Ricky117US #90
#56Roger116US #59
#57Dennis111US #44
#58Danny107US #73
#59Samuel107US #64
#60Darrell106US #93
#61Randy106US #55
#62Craig105US #39
#63Tommy105US #134
#64Bradley103US #53
#65Walter103US #84
#66Ronnie101US #127
#67Marcus100US #138
#68Joe97US #83
#69Eddie95US #146
#70Tyrone95US #137
#71Frank93US #47
#72Gerald93US #65
#73Micheal93US #120
#74Raymond92US #50
#75Andrew91US #33
#76Russell91US #57
#77Carl90US #62
#78Roderick88
#79Tracy85US #141
#80Frederick82US #116
#81Chris81US #66
#82Bruce80US #72
#83Joel80US #80
#84Marvin80US #139
#85Henry76US #100
#86Stanley76US #155
#87Corey75US #58
#88Darren73US #60
#89Lee72US #118
#90Roy71US #105
#91Cedric68
#92Kelvin68
#93Todd68US #28
#94Shannon67US #129
#95Troy65US #42
#96Harold64US #117
#97Benjamin61US #91
#98Vincent61US #70
#99Travis60US #113
#100Alan58US #76

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑35Jason#26
↑29Bradley#64
↑27Monica#41
↑27Craig#62
↑27Marcus#67
↑25Curtis#53
↑21Bryan#50
↑20Veronica#70

Falling

↓40Gina#99
↓32Margaret#89
↓28Anita#88
↓25Janet#79
↓21Melinda#94
↓21Todd#93
↓20Stanley#86
↓18Debra#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.