State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,344 Alabama births in 1985 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.

#70Haley#195 nationally
#77Cedricoutside the national top 200
#77Latasha#200 nationally
#80Roderickoutside the national top 200
#52Willie#171 nationally
#79Reginald#192 nationally
#89Britneyoutside the national top 200
#93Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#74Tonya#172 nationally
#55Christy#151 nationally
#68Randall#146 nationally
#90Rodney#168 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley979US #2
#2Jessica834US #1
#3Jennifer609US #3
#4Amanda606US #4
#5Kimberly378US #19
#6Brittany351US #17
#7Tiffany351US #23
#8Crystal333US #21
#9Heather324US #8
#10Stephanie313US #6
#11Elizabeth301US #9
#12Mary274US #35
#13Amber267US #16
#14Amy262US #20
#15Lauren260US #15
#16Laura248US #14
#17Rachel233US #13
#18April222US #47
#19Emily217US #24
#20Megan212US #10
#21Sarah212US #5
#22Melissa204US #11
#23Christina182US #12
#24Jamie181US #27
#25Erica159US #34
#26Andrea156US #33
#27Courtney156US #43
#28Angela154US #31
#29Rebecca152US #25
#30Lindsey149US #37
#31Katherine145US #32
#32Whitney140US #73
#33Anna138US #54
#34Latoya133US #81
#35Brandy131US #70
#36Holly129US #56
#37Brandi125US #69
#38Alicia124US #45
#39Erin121US #26
#40Brittney118US #84
#41Kelly117US #28
#42Danielle114US #18
#43Katie114US #39
#44Kristen114US #38
#45Allison112US #46
#46Shannon108US #41
#47Samantha107US #29
#48Krystal103US #53
#49Michelle97US #22
#50Leslie96US #76
#51Tara96US #51
#52Kathryn95US #48
#53Nicole93US #7
#54Lindsay91US #40
#55Christy88US #151
#56Kristin86US #49
#57Sara86US #30
#58Candace81US #104
#59Victoria79US #59
#60Candice78US #86
#61Julie76US #55
#62Natalie76US #58
#63Lisa70US #36
#64Leah68US #78
#65Pamela68US #116
#66Catherine67US #65
#67Felicia67US #101
#68Kristina67US #57
#69Kristy67US #145
#70Haley64US #195
#71Misty63US #121
#72Monica62US #61
#73Sheena62US #91
#74Tonya62US #172
#75Stacy60US #67
#76Hannah59US #117
#77Latasha59US #200
#78Melanie59US #88
#79Miranda59US #128
#80Natasha57US #79
#81Kayla56US #109
#82Cynthia55US #66
#83Casey54US #114
#84Margaret54US #90
#85Cassandra53US #62
#86Tabitha53US #135
#87Dana52US #82
#88Meagan52US #133
#89Britney51
#90Jasmine51US #103
#91Mallory51US #144
#92Tamara51US #148
#93Jenna50US #50
#94Meghan49US #63
#95Alisha48US #131
#96Carrie48US #96
#97Tina48US #110
#98Valerie48US #71
#99Dominique47US #83
#100Bethany46US #94

Boys

#1Christopher1,104US #2
#2Joshua828US #4
#3Michael807US #1
#4James766US #7
#5Brandon651US #13
#6William611US #16
#7Matthew568US #3
#8Jonathan538US #17
#9David528US #6
#10John508US #9
#11Justin475US #15
#12Robert467US #8
#13Daniel441US #5
#14Joseph408US #10
#15Jason378US #14
#16Jeremy365US #30
#17Andrew304US #11
#18Charles304US #34
#19Timothy300US #26
#20Adam284US #22
#21Anthony266US #20
#22Steven265US #24
#23Thomas260US #25
#24Brian258US #18
#25Eric252US #21
#26Kevin243US #23
#27Nicholas227US #19
#28Richard215US #28
#29Stephen214US #36
#30Dustin199US #41
#31Kenneth194US #47
#32Ryan194US #12
#33Marcus189US #61
#34Jacob187US #35
#35Benjamin183US #31
#36Patrick176US #37
#37Bradley161US #53
#38Zachary151US #39
#39Gregory148US #45
#40Jeffrey146US #29
#41Derrick140US #83
#42Aaron129US #33
#43Tyler125US #43
#44Samuel124US #54
#45Travis121US #46
#46Mark117US #32
#47Corey116US #63
#48Nathan116US #40
#49Kyle110US #27
#50Phillip108US #69
#51Antonio107US #73
#52Willie98US #171
#53Jesse96US #51
#54Bryan94US #48
#55Wesley93US #94
#56Cody92US #52
#57Paul91US #42
#58George90US #72
#59Terry89US #119
#60Jeffery87US #96
#61Chad85US #57
#62Donald85US #66
#63Johnathan85US #118
#64Bobby80US #135
#65Jared76US #58
#66Larry76US #97
#67Edward73US #59
#68Randall73US #146
#69Ronald72US #71
#70Johnny70US #127
#71Jerry69US #116
#72Sean67US #38
#73Keith65US #64
#74Jimmy64US #149
#75Scott64US #44
#76Shawn63US #55
#77Cedric61
#78Derek61US #56
#79Reginald58US #192
#80Roderick58
#81Billy57US #150
#82Tony57US #114
#83Carl56US #112
#84Brett55US #70
#85Gary55US #82
#86Jordan55US #62
#87Alan54US #109
#88Blake54US #100
#89Chase52US #133
#90Rodney52US #168
#91Allen51US #128
#92Carlos51US #74
#93Kelvin51
#94Randy51US #102
#95Curtis50US #98
#96Danny49US #141
#97Joel49US #67
#98Nathaniel49US #77
#99Jamie48US #167
#100Philip47US #84

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑38Whitney#32
↑29Cody#56
↑28Brittney#40
↑27Catherine#66
↑27Haley#70
↑25Kathryn#52
↑25Felicia#67
↑23Shawn#76

Falling

↓30Carrie#96
↓26Curtis#95
↓23Latasha#77
↓23Melanie#78
↓22Gary#85
↓20Misty#71
↓19Larry#66
↓18Tony#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.