State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,437 Alabama births in 1980 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.

#62Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#78Roderickoutside the national top 200
#82Courtneyoutside the national top 200
#85Cedricoutside the national top 200
#88Demetriusoutside the national top 200
#96Chasityoutside the national top 200
#98Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#73Reginald#166 nationally
#86Eddie#177 nationally
#53Latasha#141 nationally
#43Willie#130 nationally
#91Johnathan#174 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer923US #1
#2Amanda875US #2
#3Kimberly507US #11
#4April466US #26
#5Jessica464US #3
#6Melissa381US #4
#7Tiffany362US #14
#8Stephanie339US #13
#9Amy335US #8
#10Mary321US #25
#11Heather306US #6
#12Ashley304US #40
#13Crystal298US #18
#14Angela291US #12
#15Elizabeth259US #9
#16Misty237US #49
#17Brandy214US #42
#18Jamie193US #24
#19Christina189US #15
#20Laura188US #21
#21Sarah182US #5
#22Christy169US #83
#23Kelly168US #19
#24Rachel167US #23
#25Lisa164US #16
#26Rebecca163US #17
#27Andrea161US #28
#28Brandi161US #63
#29Amber160US #22
#30Shannon145US #29
#31Emily142US #31
#32Leslie141US #61
#33Michelle136US #10
#34Erica133US #34
#35Pamela133US #86
#36Kristy131US #78
#37Natasha121US #89
#38Monica112US #45
#39Julie109US #32
#40Courtney108US #48
#41Erin108US #20
#42Wendy105US #75
#43Nicole102US #7
#44Tonya101US #97
#45Allison100US #59
#46Katherine100US #35
#47Alicia98US #47
#48Dana98US #68
#49Kristen98US #39
#50Katrina97US #90
#51Latoya97US #123
#52Tracy97US #56
#53Latasha94US #141
#54Anna93US #55
#55Tina92US #72
#56Melanie91US #60
#57Miranda91US #128
#58Samantha91US #58
#59Susan91US #62
#60Stacy87US #53
#61Cynthia86US #64
#62Latonya85
#63Lori85US #76
#64Lindsey82US #91
#65Karen81US #54
#66Kristin81US #37
#67Tara81US #43
#68Tammy78US #96
#69Carrie77US #46
#70Lauren77US #38
#71Candace76US #134
#72Stacey73US #74
#73Natalie72US #65
#74Holly71US #52
#75Leah71US #84
#76Candice70US #99
#77Patricia69US #51
#78Sara69US #27
#79Catherine68US #77
#80Valerie68US #85
#81Sharon67US #129
#82Tasha67US #130
#83Brooke66US #57
#84Sabrina65US #113
#85Kathryn63US #50
#86Katie62US #44
#87Margaret60US #105
#88Robin60US #109
#89Tabitha59US #155
#90Kelli58US #125
#91Melinda57US #92
#92Casey55US #135
#93Donna54US #144
#94Megan54US #30
#95Cassandra53US #138
#96Chasity53
#97Kristi53US #122
#98Virginia53US #160
#99Felicia52US #164
#100Meredith52US #140

Boys

#1Christopher949US #2
#2Michael932US #1
#3James923US #5
#4Jason822US #3
#5Joshua707US #7
#6William691US #14
#7John672US #8
#8David616US #4
#9Jeremy583US #18
#10Robert575US #9
#11Jonathan541US #21
#12Joseph455US #10
#13Matthew436US #6
#14Daniel390US #11
#15Brian375US #12
#16Timothy368US #20
#17Charles343US #29
#18Justin336US #13
#19Kevin329US #23
#20Brandon319US #31
#21Eric314US #16
#22Thomas306US #25
#23Anthony279US #24
#24Adam275US #22
#25Steven252US #28
#26Richard250US #26
#27Nicholas245US #17
#28Kenneth216US #41
#29Derrick209US #74
#30Patrick193US #38
#31Andrew189US #19
#32Benjamin184US #32
#33Jeffrey183US #27
#34Stephen183US #40
#35Bradley176US #51
#36Marcus165US #71
#37Ryan150US #15
#38Travis141US #37
#39Samuel140US #54
#40Paul138US #35
#41Antonio135US #77
#42Mark135US #30
#43Willie135US #130
#44Larry133US #70
#45Wesley130US #95
#46Chad129US #39
#47Donald124US #53
#48Phillip121US #65
#49Nathan118US #36
#50Dustin116US #44
#51Keith112US #56
#52Ronald112US #58
#53Corey111US #68
#54Gregory111US #42
#55Terry109US #101
#56Gary108US #63
#57Derek105US #50
#58Jeffery104US #90
#59Edward103US #52
#60Jerry101US #94
#61Billy100US #100
#62Rodney96US #121
#63Bobby95US #109
#64Jacob95US #43
#65Johnny94US #113
#66Aaron93US #34
#67Bryan89US #49
#68Curtis88US #89
#69Jamie88US #105
#70Tony86US #108
#71George85US #60
#72Scott84US #33
#73Reginald82US #166
#74Jimmy80US #126
#75Jared73US #61
#76Shawn71US #47
#77Randall69US #136
#78Roderick69
#79Jesse66US #45
#80Walter66US #137
#81Carlos64US #78
#82Courtney63
#83Russell63US #92
#84Jeremiah62US #76
#85Cedric61
#86Eddie61US #177
#87Henry61US #135
#88Demetrius60
#89Randy60US #87
#90Raymond60US #66
#91Johnathan58US #174
#92Micheal58US #132
#93Carl57US #103
#94Shaun57US #79
#95Lee55US #125
#96Clinton54US #131
#97Douglas54US #62
#98Kelvin54
#99Zachary54US #72
#100Casey53US #93

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑28Erin#41
↑26Natasha#37
↑25Candace#71
↑24Dustin#50
↑23Derek#57
↑22Lindsey#64
↑19Latoya#51
↑18Latasha#53

Falling

↓26Kelvin#98
↓24Felicia#99
↓22Tara#67
↓20Carrie#69
↓19Sabrina#84
↓18Holly#74
↓18Gregory#54
↓16Dana#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.