State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,622 Alabama births in 1986 across 1,126 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#53Britney#189 nationally
#67Haleyoutside the national top 200
#83Courtneyoutside the national top 200
#85Roderickoutside the national top 200
#87Latashaoutside the national top 200
#65Willie#178 nationally
#96Demetriusoutside the national top 200
#82Christy#174 nationally
#78Billy#159 nationally
#89Rodney#166 nationally
#83Kristy#158 nationally
#38Latoya#111 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley929US #2
#2Jessica911US #1
#3Amanda567US #3
#4Jennifer479US #4
#5Brittany478US #8
#6Tiffany386US #17
#7Heather372US #9
#8Kimberly325US #18
#9Amber318US #13
#10Whitney294US #32
#11Stephanie283US #6
#12Elizabeth273US #10
#13Lauren264US #14
#14Sarah244US #5
#15Mary241US #37
#16Crystal231US #25
#17Amy228US #22
#18Rachel216US #15
#19Emily215US #24
#20Laura205US #20
#21Courtney195US #35
#22Megan188US #11
#23Brittney185US #65
#24Erica180US #31
#25Samantha176US #21
#26April175US #53
#27Melissa168US #12
#28Rebecca152US #26
#29Anna151US #51
#30Lindsey144US #39
#31Katherine137US #28
#32Christina133US #19
#33Jamie125US #34
#34Andrea121US #36
#35Erin118US #30
#36Kelly116US #29
#37Angela114US #33
#38Latoya104US #111
#39Brandi102US #79
#40Sara102US #27
#41Allison101US #42
#42Kristen101US #41
#43Nicole101US #7
#44Kayla100US #64
#45Alicia99US #45
#46Candace99US #114
#47Katie99US #38
#48Mallory96US #83
#49Shannon96US #44
#50Brandy95US #84
#51Holly93US #63
#52Felicia92US #89
#53Britney89US #189
#54Danielle87US #16
#55Krystal82US #61
#56Victoria82US #54
#57Kendra80US #101
#58Hannah79US #82
#59Kristin79US #50
#60Leslie78US #86
#61Michelle78US #23
#62Lindsay76US #46
#63Lisa76US #40
#64Candice72US #108
#65Natalie72US #52
#66Tara71US #56
#67Haley67
#68Kathryn67US #48
#69Julie65US #58
#70Morgan63US #113
#71Casey61US #80
#72Meagan61US #123
#73Tabitha57US #140
#74Carrie56US #109
#75Leah56US #78
#76Monica54US #59
#77Bethany53US #91
#78Jasmine53US #95
#79Kristina52US #62
#80Rachael52US #103
#81Catherine51US #67
#82Christy51US #174
#83Kristy51US #158
#84Savannah51US #155
#85Dominique50US #98
#86Misty50US #145
#87Latasha49
#88Jacqueline48US #57
#89Margaret48US #90
#90Natasha47US #70
#91Stacy47US #87
#92Robin46US #122
#93Tamara46US #134
#94Melanie45US #97
#95Miranda45US #137
#96Cassie44US #156
#97Sabrina44US #120
#98Katrina43US #99
#99Pamela43US #138
#100Susan43US #118

Boys

#1Christopher957US #2
#2James843US #7
#3Michael813US #1
#4Joshua736US #4
#5Brandon653US #13
#6William642US #15
#7Matthew577US #3
#8John554US #10
#9Justin547US #14
#10Jonathan508US #16
#11Robert503US #9
#12Jeremy466US #28
#13David462US #5
#14Daniel430US #6
#15Joseph383US #12
#16Timothy306US #27
#17Andrew305US #8
#18Charles305US #34
#19Jason294US #18
#20Anthony289US #19
#21Kevin276US #21
#22Adam251US #24
#23Thomas250US #26
#24Eric238US #22
#25Steven231US #25
#26Richard217US #29
#27Benjamin213US #30
#28Nicholas212US #17
#29Brian211US #20
#30Ryan204US #11
#31Stephen204US #36
#32Patrick193US #39
#33Jacob187US #31
#34Dustin176US #42
#35Kenneth174US #50
#36Marcus169US #63
#37Zachary169US #38
#38Corey150US #62
#39Bradley139US #54
#40Mark138US #35
#41Tyler130US #40
#42Samuel126US #52
#43Kyle125US #23
#44Gregory124US #46
#45Jeffrey124US #32
#46Antonio121US #73
#47Phillip117US #70
#48Jeffery107US #102
#49Nathan107US #43
#50Wesley104US #96
#51Cody102US #56
#52Derrick102US #87
#53Aaron101US #33
#54Jesse100US #48
#55Bryan95US #47
#56Jared91US #58
#57Donald88US #71
#58Alexander86US #41
#59Travis85US #49
#60Bobby84US #130
#61Cory83US #68
#62Johnathan82US #115
#63Chad81US #59
#64Paul80US #45
#65Willie78US #178
#66Larry76US #108
#67Derek74US #57
#68Edward73US #61
#69Ronald71US #75
#70Terry71US #122
#71Jordan68US #53
#72Brett67US #69
#73Casey65US #83
#74Gary65US #84
#75Curtis64US #100
#76Jerry64US #121
#77Shawn64US #55
#78Billy62US #159
#79Scott62US #44
#80Jimmy61US #150
#81Sean61US #37
#82Blake60US #101
#83Courtney60
#84Keith59US #66
#85Roderick59
#86Walter59US #156
#87Randall58US #148
#88Randy58US #103
#89Rodney58US #166
#90Austin57US #90
#91Johnny57US #125
#92Douglas54US #82
#93George53US #74
#94Nathaniel53US #78
#95Micheal51US #153
#96Demetrius50
#97Brent48US #94
#98Joel48US #72
#99Adrian47US #99
#100Allen47US #128

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑43Mallory#48
↑37Kayla#44
↑36Britney#53
↑23Bethany#77
↑22Whitney#10
↑22Samantha#25
↑22Carrie#74
↑20Curtis#75

Falling

↓35George#93
↓34Pamela#99
↓27Christy#82
↓21Johnny#91
↓19Randall#87
↓16Kathryn#68
↓16Stacy#91
↓16Melanie#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.