State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,892 Alabama births in 1984 across 1,082 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#72Cedricoutside the national top 200
#71Marquita#195 nationally
#54Latasha#175 nationally
#81Courtneyoutside the national top 200
#91Eddieoutside the national top 200
#68Brittney#176 nationally
#94Roderickoutside the national top 200
#62Willie#166 nationally
#97Haleyoutside the national top 200
#86Reginald#186 nationally
#92Felicia#185 nationally
#95Mallory#186 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley816US #3
#2Jessica755US #2
#3Jennifer742US #1
#4Amanda595US #4
#5Crystal386US #12
#6Tiffany383US #14
#7Heather359US #9
#8Kimberly347US #22
#9Stephanie313US #6
#10Elizabeth279US #10
#11April269US #42
#12Mary266US #33
#13Amy255US #13
#14Amber250US #18
#15Rachel243US #15
#16Emily222US #24
#17Sarah221US #5
#18Laura220US #19
#19Melissa215US #8
#20Lauren212US #21
#21Latoya197US #60
#22Lindsey185US #35
#23Erica184US #34
#24Rebecca167US #23
#25Angela166US #26
#26Brittany158US #41
#27Megan157US #11
#28Brandy152US #64
#29Andrea147US #28
#30Brandi147US #61
#31Christina146US #20
#32Kristen136US #38
#33Alicia134US #40
#34Katherine132US #30
#35Courtney131US #46
#36Erin128US #25
#37Holly126US #53
#38Shannon126US #37
#39Anna118US #57
#40Kelly118US #27
#41Jamie112US #31
#42Leslie105US #75
#43Danielle103US #16
#44Samantha100US #39
#45Michelle99US #17
#46Candace96US #102
#47Lindsay96US #36
#48Nicole93US #7
#49Victoria93US #59
#50Candice92US #86
#51Misty92US #98
#52Kristin84US #47
#53Katie82US #44
#54Latasha82US #175
#55Melanie82US #85
#56Sara82US #32
#57Allison81US #51
#58Sheena79US #80
#59Christy78US #145
#60Natalie77US #55
#61Monica75US #58
#62Julie74US #52
#63Krystal73US #74
#64Tara72US #49
#65Miranda71US #114
#66Carrie70US #78
#67Lisa70US #29
#68Brittney68US #176
#69Natasha68US #77
#70Whitney68US #125
#71Marquita66US #195
#72Pamela66US #104
#73Stacey66US #79
#74Kristy63US #135
#75Stacy63US #67
#76Cassandra61US #63
#77Kathryn61US #48
#78Tabitha61US #141
#79Alexis59US #89
#80Jenna59US #54
#81Leah58US #83
#82Tonya58US #153
#83Alisha56US #123
#84Dana56US #73
#85Lori56US #143
#86Susan56US #90
#87Casey53US #107
#88Ebony53US #137
#89Bethany52US #93
#90Kayla52US #100
#91Patricia52US #66
#92Felicia50US #185
#93Catherine49US #69
#94Cynthia49US #62
#95Mallory49US #186
#96Cassie48US #158
#97Haley48
#98Jacqueline48US #56
#99Margaret48US #92
#100Karen47US #82

Boys

#1Christopher1,097US #2
#2Michael842US #1
#3James802US #7
#4Joshua787US #4
#5Matthew661US #3
#6William617US #16
#7Brandon587US #15
#8John579US #8
#9Robert494US #9
#10David488US #5
#11Justin487US #13
#12Jonathan479US #19
#13Joseph467US #10
#14Daniel451US #6
#15Jason446US #11
#16Adam350US #18
#17Jeremy350US #31
#18Charles328US #33
#19Timothy309US #26
#20Eric287US #22
#21Brian285US #17
#22Steven269US #23
#23Thomas265US #25
#24Andrew258US #14
#25Kevin256US #24
#26Anthony254US #21
#27Marcus238US #57
#28Stephen227US #35
#29Benjamin203US #30
#30Patrick194US #36
#31Richard192US #27
#32Nicholas178US #20
#33Ryan178US #12
#34Dustin177US #41
#35Kenneth173US #46
#36Jeffrey167US #28
#37Bradley149US #53
#38Jacob149US #37
#39Gregory146US #44
#40Aaron141US #29
#41Mark132US #32
#42Zachary129US #45
#43Nathan124US #38
#44Paul122US #40
#45Samuel122US #55
#46Travis116US #42
#47Larry115US #91
#48Antonio112US #77
#49Derrick109US #79
#50Phillip106US #70
#51Jeffery105US #94
#52Wesley104US #101
#53Tyler101US #47
#54Bryan99US #48
#55Chad97US #51
#56Donald91US #63
#57Bobby88US #129
#58Corey87US #69
#59Jesse84US #50
#60Terry84US #118
#61Jared83US #59
#62Willie83US #166
#63Gary78US #76
#64Tony77US #112
#65George76US #68
#66Jimmy76US #134
#67Billy75US #140
#68Ronald74US #67
#69Curtis73US #96
#70Derek73US #52
#71Kyle73US #34
#72Cedric71
#73Johnathan71US #132
#74Scott64US #39
#75Edward62US #58
#76Jerry61US #111
#77Russell61US #106
#78Johnny60US #120
#79Keith60US #61
#80Randy60US #100
#81Courtney58
#82Blake55US #103
#83Randall55US #148
#84Sean55US #43
#85Cody52US #62
#86Reginald52US #186
#87Nathaniel51US #80
#88Allen50US #128
#89Jermaine50US #170
#90Dennis48US #97
#91Eddie48
#92Calvin47US #177
#93Ricky47US #138
#94Roderick47
#95Rodney47US #165
#96Cory46US #83
#97Jonathon46US #142
#98Jordan46US #65
#99Shawn46US #56
#100Brett45US #72

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑38Brittany#26
↑34Danielle#43
↑26Latoya#21
↑24Cassandra#76
↑22Victoria#49
↑20Melanie#55
↑19Russell#77
↑17Courtney#81

Falling

↓40Marquita#71
↓35Cynthia#94
↓28Lisa#67
↓28Kayla#90
↓27Karen#100
↓25Margaret#99
↓21Catherine#93
↓17Tonya#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.