State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,636 Alabama births in 1976 across 1,102 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#47Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#66Cedricoutside the national top 200
#73Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#74Gingeroutside the national top 200
#80Roderickoutside the national top 200
#88Demetriusoutside the national top 200
#82Latasha#185 nationally
#98Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#86Cassandra#188 nationally
#99Leighoutside the national top 200
#76Tommy#170 nationally
#23Ashley#115 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer904US #1
#2Amy579US #2
#3Kimberly483US #7
#4Amanda462US #10
#5Angela422US #5
#6Heather363US #4
#7Stephanie341US #11
#8Melissa321US #3
#9Mary290US #22
#10Shannon244US #17
#11Jamie227US #18
#12April225US #30
#13Misty219US #46
#14Christy214US #60
#15Elizabeth204US #16
#16Lisa186US #9
#17Wendy182US #39
#18Christina180US #14
#19Jessica180US #8
#20Laura178US #20
#21Tonya176US #58
#22Brandy172US #55
#23Ashley171US #115
#24Rebecca168US #12
#25Tammy165US #41
#26Julie164US #21
#27Kelly158US #19
#28Tracy154US #37
#29Michelle139US #6
#30Andrea134US #25
#31Brandi133US #79
#32Cynthia132US #44
#33Rachel126US #23
#34Crystal125US #36
#35Karen124US #31
#36Leslie123US #65
#37Tiffany116US #32
#38Lori115US #47
#39Emily114US #50
#40Stacy113US #38
#41Tanya113US #61
#42Susan112US #40
#43Tina110US #48
#44Pamela109US #84
#45Melanie108US #53
#46Dana103US #64
#47Latonya102
#48Stacey100US #51
#49Jaime98US #29
#50Monica98US #45
#51Felicia95US #130
#52Sarah93US #15
#53Kristy91US #113
#54Carrie89US #28
#55Erica88US #54
#56Sharon88US #81
#57Teresa88US #66
#58Holly85US #56
#59Christie84US #139
#60Allison80US #67
#61Donna79US #93
#62Sherry79US #111
#63Sandra78US #59
#64Rhonda77US #107
#65Patricia76US #43
#66Tamika75US #144
#67Valerie75US #83
#68Nicole74US #13
#69Linda73US #90
#70Tara73US #42
#71Carla71US #122
#72Amber70US #49
#73Katherine70US #57
#74Ginger69
#75Katrina68US #110
#76Sonya68US #166
#77Kristi67US #104
#78Robin67US #75
#79Natalie66US #80
#80Kristie65US #158
#81Cindy63US #120
#82Latasha62US #185
#83Mandy61US #100
#84Samantha60US #85
#85Catherine59US #72
#86Cassandra57US #188
#87Melinda57US #95
#88Natasha57US #131
#89Regina57US #116
#90Alicia56US #71
#91Tamara56US #91
#92Jacqueline55US #99
#93Anna54US #78
#94Brenda54US #77
#95Courtney53US #76
#96Latoya53US #135
#97Kelli51US #147
#98Lakisha50
#99Leigh50
#100Paula50US #121

Boys

#1Michael1,055US #1
#2Christopher1,048US #3
#3James942US #5
#4Jason909US #2
#5John655US #6
#6William612US #11
#7David589US #4
#8Robert524US #7
#9Jeremy513US #14
#10Brian439US #8
#11Charles388US #26
#12Joseph372US #12
#13Kevin346US #15
#14Timothy339US #21
#15Eric322US #13
#16Jonathan309US #31
#17Anthony306US #22
#18Matthew296US #9
#19Daniel271US #10
#20Thomas257US #23
#21Kenneth253US #38
#22Richard240US #19
#23Joshua235US #18
#24Steven218US #20
#25Marcus202US #74
#26Stephen202US #37
#27Brandon191US #40
#28Jeffrey185US #17
#29Gregory179US #35
#30Mark179US #25
#31Larry173US #60
#32Derrick162US #91
#33Patrick162US #41
#34Chad151US #29
#35Jerry146US #67
#36Adam145US #36
#37Benjamin142US #32
#38Andrew140US #27
#39Rodney140US #88
#40Billy134US #85
#41Bradley130US #51
#42Donald126US #47
#43Antonio125US #71
#44Paul125US #28
#45Willie121US #121
#46Ronald118US #49
#47Phillip117US #69
#48Terry117US #75
#49Johnny115US #92
#50Gary114US #52
#51Samuel114US #59
#52Edward113US #45
#53Scott112US #24
#54Carlos110US #70
#55Tony107US #86
#56Jamie106US #62
#57Jeffery105US #76
#58Jimmy104US #101
#59Bobby100US #96
#60Ryan100US #16
#61Shannon100US #98
#62Justin93US #33
#63Walter91US #127
#64Keith89US #48
#65Corey86US #64
#66Cedric83
#67George83US #53
#68Shawn81US #34
#69Travis81US #46
#70Bryan80US #43
#71Reginald80US #163
#72Nathan79US #39
#73Kelvin75
#74Wesley75US #119
#75Randall69US #133
#76Tommy66US #170
#77Douglas63US #56
#78Frederick62US #145
#79Randy62US #79
#80Roderick61
#81Tyrone60US #146
#82Danny58US #102
#83Raymond58US #65
#84Arthur57US #137
#85Barry57US #165
#86Henry56US #122
#87Aaron55US #30
#88Demetrius55
#89Eddie55US #169
#90Ronnie55US #155
#91Shane55US #57
#92Calvin54US #184
#93Curtis54US #105
#94Joe54US #117
#95Darrell53US #150
#96Dennis53US #66
#97Jermaine53US #164
#98Dustin52US #82
#99Roger52US #103
#100Terrance52US #185

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑82Jamie#11
↑37Jessica#19
↑35Kristy#53
↑33Carlos#54
↑23Latonya#47
↑21Crystal#34
↑21Andrew#38
↑20Adam#36

Falling

↓32Alicia#90
↓30Regina#89
↓24Tamika#66
↓23Pamela#44
↓23Donna#61
↓23Melinda#87
↓22Dennis#96
↓20Paula#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.