State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,345 Alabama births in 1983 across 1,099 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#73Demetriusoutside the national top 200
#77Roderickoutside the national top 200
#86Haleyoutside the national top 200
#86Cedricoutside the national top 200
#79Reginald#193 nationally
#53Latasha#166 nationally
#89Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#92Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#49Willie#155 nationally
#75Calvin#180 nationally
#98Courtneyoutside the national top 200
#87Felicia#181 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer897US #1
#2Ashley750US #4
#3Jessica736US #2
#4Amanda647US #3
#5Crystal417US #11
#6Tiffany409US #14
#7Stephanie368US #8
#8Heather349US #9
#9Kimberly325US #15
#10Amy297US #12
#11April288US #39
#12Mary281US #32
#13Melissa254US #6
#14Amber248US #17
#15Elizabeth247US #10
#16Sarah226US #5
#17Rachel223US #20
#18Laura213US #23
#19Angela212US #22
#20Emily212US #25
#21Erica191US #33
#22Lindsey187US #35
#23Rebecca179US #19
#24Brandy177US #57
#25Lauren169US #24
#26Andrea162US #30
#27Jamie160US #28
#28Alicia157US #41
#29Erin155US #18
#30Brandi148US #56
#31Marquita145US #112
#32Christina143US #16
#33Kelly141US #26
#34Kristen136US #37
#35Katherine128US #34
#36Anna121US #55
#37Michelle121US #13
#38Leslie120US #67
#39Lisa118US #27
#40Megan118US #21
#41Holly116US #48
#42Samantha115US #40
#43Courtney113US #44
#44Lindsay96US #36
#45Misty96US #87
#46Nicole95US #7
#47Latoya94US #90
#48Monica91US #54
#49Shannon90US #38
#50Allison88US #59
#51Carrie88US #65
#52Julie86US #46
#53Latasha86US #166
#54Christy85US #146
#55Natasha85US #71
#56Natalie83US #52
#57Candace81US #104
#58Krystal81US #78
#59Cynthia79US #62
#60Candice77US #84
#61Tara75US #51
#62Kayla74US #81
#63Sara73US #31
#64Brittany71US #64
#65Tonya71US #147
#66Katie70US #45
#67Kristin70US #42
#68Kathryn69US #50
#69Miranda69US #118
#70Stacy69US #61
#71Victoria69US #58
#72Catherine68US #66
#73Karen66US #77
#74Margaret66US #92
#75Melanie65US #79
#76Stacey65US #76
#77Danielle64US #29
#78Pamela64US #91
#79Tracy63US #89
#80Valerie63US #74
#81Leah60US #82
#82Robin59US #127
#83Dana58US #72
#84Kristy58US #133
#85Patricia58US #60
#86Haley57
#87Felicia55US #181
#88Tabitha54US #137
#89Brooke52US #96
#90Tammy52US #159
#91Wendy52US #125
#92Latonya51
#93Tina51US #100
#94Alexis50US #83
#95Hannah50US #124
#96Meredith50US #148
#97Sabrina50US #111
#98Adrienne49US #140
#99Casey49US #110
#100Cassandra49US #70

Boys

#1Christopher1,061US #2
#2Michael859US #1
#3James790US #6
#4Joshua707US #5
#5Matthew653US #3
#6William632US #16
#7John620US #9
#8Brandon549US #17
#9Jason534US #7
#10Robert529US #10
#11Jonathan522US #19
#12David507US #4
#13Justin483US #12
#14Joseph455US #11
#15Daniel419US #8
#16Jeremy355US #30
#17Adam344US #18
#18Charles325US #33
#19Eric315US #20
#20Anthony309US #22
#21Thomas305US #24
#22Timothy289US #26
#23Brian283US #14
#24Steven279US #23
#25Kevin255US #25
#26Marcus239US #58
#27Andrew238US #15
#28Richard224US #27
#29Benjamin210US #32
#30Stephen203US #35
#31Jeffrey187US #28
#32Nicholas186US #21
#33Ryan182US #13
#34Patrick176US #37
#35Dustin162US #43
#36Kenneth161US #45
#37Gregory154US #42
#38Mark140US #31
#39Jacob133US #36
#40Aaron129US #29
#41Bradley128US #52
#42Antonio124US #76
#43Nathan123US #40
#44Jeffery120US #91
#45Derrick119US #78
#46Paul118US #39
#47Samuel117US #54
#48Phillip113US #66
#49Willie113US #155
#50Travis104US #41
#51Larry102US #85
#52Zachary102US #50
#53Chad99US #49
#54Bryan96US #47
#55Donald95US #60
#56Wesley95US #101
#57Terry93US #110
#58Kyle88US #34
#59Jared87US #56
#60Derek82US #51
#61George82US #65
#62Bobby78US #118
#63Ronald78US #64
#64Edward77US #55
#65Jesse77US #46
#66Corey75US #74
#67Gary74US #68
#68Tyler74US #57
#69Johnny72US #116
#70Billy71US #124
#71Curtis69US #100
#72Jerry69US #103
#73Demetrius68
#74Randy68US #96
#75Calvin67US #180
#76Tony65US #119
#77Roderick64
#78Douglas62US #69
#79Reginald62US #193
#80Jimmy60US #127
#81Scott59US #38
#82Alan58US #102
#83Micheal58US #140
#84Keith57US #61
#85Blake56US #109
#86Cedric56
#87Jamie56US #153
#88Johnathan56US #137
#89Kelvin56
#90Nathaniel55US #79
#91Allen52US #120
#92Jonathon52US #160
#93Shawn52US #53
#94Jermaine51US #165
#95Sean50US #44
#96Russell49US #104
#97Brett47US #73
#98Courtney47
#99Henry47US #136
#100Carlos46US #75

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑45Megan#40
↑37Kyle#58
↑32Monica#48
↑32Brittany#64
↑32Tyler#68
↑28Holly#41
↑23Carrie#51
↑23Krystal#58

Falling

↓41Cassandra#100
↓29Pamela#78
↓23Dana#83
↓23Kristy#84
↓23Wendy#91
↓22Melanie#75
↓19Candice#60
↓19Jimmy#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.