State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,975 Alabama births in 1970 across 1,127 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#69Roderickoutside the national top 200
#71Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#84Leighoutside the national top 200
#87Cedricoutside the national top 200
#93Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#94Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#93Clarence#193 nationally
#52Beverly#150 nationally
#51Tommy#148 nationally
#45Felicia#139 nationally
#38Sonya#131 nationally
#61Eddie#151 nationally

Girls

#1Kimberly735US #3
#2Angela711US #6
#3Jennifer603US #1
#4Tammy544US #8
#5Lisa460US #2
#6Mary455US #9
#7Tracy425US #10
#8Pamela407US #26
#9Amy399US #5
#10Stephanie374US #17
#11Melissa348US #7
#12Cynthia316US #25
#13Michelle281US #4
#14Donna279US #32
#15Karen277US #12
#16Sharon275US #37
#17Tina273US #21
#18Shannon266US #22
#19Wendy259US #28
#20Teresa254US #34
#21Susan253US #15
#22Elizabeth220US #18
#23Sandra207US #27
#24Rhonda199US #46
#25Laura198US #13
#26Dana194US #54
#27Tonya187US #49
#28Kelly183US #20
#29Rebecca175US #29
#30Sherry175US #60
#31Patricia173US #24
#32Linda170US #38
#33Christy167US #105
#34Amanda160US #108
#35Lori157US #23
#36Regina154US #86
#37Julie150US #11
#38Sonya147US #131
#39Carla146US #94
#40Tara142US #69
#41Paula140US #57
#42Stacy139US #42
#43Heather137US #19
#44Monica137US #56
#45Felicia136US #139
#46Brenda135US #40
#47Sabrina134US #107
#48Wanda133US #132
#49Tracey132US #55
#50Carol130US #71
#51Barbara122US #41
#52Beverly119US #150
#53Deborah119US #33
#54Jacqueline117US #66
#55Leslie117US #64
#56Nancy117US #50
#57Cindy116US #72
#58Andrea115US #43
#59Carolyn114US #84
#60Melinda113US #93
#61Stacey111US #48
#62Tanya110US #76
#63Kathy106US #77
#64Melanie106US #91
#65Margaret105US #80
#66Rachel105US #58
#67Sheila105US #75
#68Dawn103US #16
#69Cassandra102US #135
#70Valerie99US #97
#71Shelia97
#72Debra96US #47
#73April94US #82
#74Tracie93US #147
#75Robin92US #51
#76Gina89US #61
#77Anita88US #127
#78Yolanda88US #106
#79Connie87US #116
#80Katrina87US #151
#81Terri87US #113
#82Traci87US #100
#83Kelli86US #115
#84Leigh86
#85Cheryl83US #44
#86Kristi82US #123
#87Janet81US #96
#88Michele79US #31
#89Theresa79US #53
#90Alicia78US #118
#91Vanessa78US #138
#92Deanna77US #90
#93Ashley76
#94Cathy76US #137
#95Veronica76US #110
#96Catherine75US #59
#97Denise75US #36
#98Kristie75US #181
#99Charlotte74US #166
#100Tiffany74US #99

Boys

#1James1,451US #2
#2Michael1,414US #1
#3John1,049US #4
#4William890US #7
#5David875US #3
#6Robert845US #5
#7Christopher827US #6
#8Charles598US #21
#9Timothy477US #20
#10Anthony442US #22
#11Thomas435US #17
#12Richard418US #10
#13Jeffrey413US #11
#14Jason406US #13
#15Steven396US #15
#16Kenneth386US #25
#17Joseph370US #16
#18Gregory369US #26
#19Kevin362US #14
#20Mark359US #9
#21Brian312US #8
#22Eric311US #18
#23Stephen284US #27
#24Jeffery282US #50
#25Ronald277US #29
#26Jerry262US #45
#27Terry260US #54
#28Larry248US #43
#29Donald246US #30
#30Scott241US #12
#31Willie236US #103
#32Rodney232US #55
#33Patrick225US #33
#34Paul212US #23
#35Daniel207US #19
#36Gary202US #35
#37Johnny197US #65
#38Marcus188US #71
#39Jonathan186US #42
#40Bobby185US #87
#41Phillip180US #73
#42Jimmy176US #86
#43Tony176US #57
#44Billy175US #78
#45Keith175US #38
#46George155US #40
#47Matthew155US #24
#48Edward145US #31
#49Samuel143US #62
#50Derrick141US #96
#51Tommy120US #148
#52Douglas119US #36
#53Barry118US #117
#54Bradley114US #47
#55Reginald110US #142
#56Dennis109US #46
#57Andrew107US #32
#58Gerald99US #67
#59Bryan98US #53
#60Roger98US #61
#61Eddie97US #151
#62Randall97US #100
#63Shawn96US #34
#64Jeremy95US #70
#65Curtis94US #88
#66Walter94US #89
#67Danny93US #85
#68Micheal92US #126
#69Roderick92
#70Randy91US #59
#71Craig89US #39
#72Henry89US #104
#73Darrell88US #102
#74Ricky87US #105
#75Stanley87US #157
#76Tyrone87US #132
#77Shannon86US #128
#78Russell84US #58
#79Frederick83US #115
#80Joel83US #82
#81Todd83US #28
#82Benjamin82US #81
#83Frank81US #48
#84Joe81US #90
#85Ronnie78US #133
#86Tracy78US #162
#87Cedric76
#88Carl75US #66
#89Raymond74US #49
#90Chris72US #63
#91Arthur69US #111
#92Carlos69US #98
#93Clarence68US #193
#94Kelvin68
#95Sean68US #37
#96Roy67US #108
#97Darren66US #75
#98Troy66US #41
#99Allen65US #113
#100Travis64US #69

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑37Heather#43
↑34Melinda#60
↑33Tara#40
↑30Christy#33
↑30Tanya#62
↑29Marcus#38
↑24Margaret#65
↑24Tracie#74

Falling

↓37Cheryl#85
↓27Catherine#96
↓25Veronica#95
↓25Charlotte#99
↓23Yolanda#78
↓21Robin#75
↓21Connie#79
↓21Terri#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.