State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,857 Alabama births in 1987 across 1,143 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#42Haley#178 nationally
#68Reginald#197 nationally
#67Willie#186 nationally
#82Latashaoutside the national top 200
#59Britney#177 nationally
#84Courtneyoutside the national top 200
#85Roderickoutside the national top 200
#91Dariusoutside the national top 200
#92Christyoutside the national top 200
#96Demetriusoutside the national top 200
#85Savannah#187 nationally
#100Cedricoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley1,011US #2
#2Jessica998US #1
#3Amanda556US #3
#4Brittany528US #7
#5Jennifer423US #4
#6Tiffany404US #18
#7Amber370US #15
#8Heather345US #9
#9Kimberly312US #23
#10Whitney307US #32
#11Kayla285US #27
#12Lauren271US #16
#13Sarah264US #5
#14Emily246US #19
#15Mary245US #37
#16Stephanie244US #6
#17Brittney232US #61
#18Elizabeth226US #10
#19Rachel226US #17
#20Megan217US #12
#21Laura207US #22
#22Courtney203US #33
#23Crystal192US #26
#24Erica190US #31
#25Anna183US #52
#26Samantha171US #11
#27April169US #58
#28Lindsey169US #41
#29Amy164US #24
#30Melissa158US #13
#31Christina156US #20
#32Rebecca150US #25
#33Katherine140US #28
#34Jamie126US #39
#35Allison121US #44
#36Angela121US #35
#37Andrea120US #36
#38Erin116US #34
#39Katie105US #38
#40Shannon104US #45
#41Kendra100US #77
#42Haley99US #178
#43Kelly99US #30
#44Kristen97US #42
#45Victoria97US #50
#46Danielle96US #14
#47Brandy93US #92
#48Hannah93US #66
#49Brandi90US #88
#50Michelle89US #21
#51Sara89US #29
#52Alicia86US #46
#53Morgan86US #95
#54Mallory82US #91
#55Casey80US #81
#56Latoya80US #128
#57Kathryn77US #51
#58Nicole76US #8
#59Britney73US #177
#60Holly73US #71
#61Candace71US #120
#62Kristin71US #55
#63Catherine69US #74
#64Lindsay69US #49
#65Lisa68US #40
#66Leslie65US #89
#67Jasmine64US #79
#68Leah64US #82
#69Natasha63US #73
#70Tara63US #69
#71Candice61US #121
#72Krystal60US #70
#73Natalie60US #56
#74Bethany59US #87
#75Lacey57US #117
#76Monica56US #64
#77Meagan55US #136
#78Miranda55US #140
#79Felicia52US #96
#80Julie52US #65
#81Dana51US #83
#82Latasha51
#83Christine49US #48
#84Jordan49US #146
#85Savannah49US #187
#86Valerie49US #93
#87Karen48US #107
#88Melanie48US #102
#89Misty48US #162
#90Ebony47US #157
#91Chelsea46US #47
#92Christy46
#93Robin46US #145
#94Pamela45US #153
#95Adrienne44US #188
#96Alexis44US #113
#97Kristina44US #62
#98Julia43US #86
#99Margaret43US #90
#100Tamara43US #160

Boys

#1Christopher913US #2
#2Joshua795US #4
#3James743US #8
#4Justin733US #9
#5Michael713US #1
#6William668US #15
#7Matthew625US #3
#8Brandon570US #14
#9John548US #11
#10David476US #5
#11Robert452US #10
#12Jonathan429US #18
#13Jeremy407US #29
#14Joseph391US #12
#15Andrew386US #6
#16Daniel375US #7
#17Timothy305US #26
#18Charles288US #35
#19Thomas265US #24
#20Anthony260US #17
#21Jason256US #23
#22Steven253US #25
#23Kevin248US #19
#24Jacob235US #31
#25Adam227US #27
#26Nicholas225US #16
#27Eric218US #21
#28Brian212US #20
#29Stephen210US #38
#30Richard209US #30
#31Zachary203US #33
#32Ryan196US #13
#33Benjamin184US #28
#34Kenneth179US #53
#35Tyler168US #39
#36Patrick166US #41
#37Cody163US #49
#38Dustin160US #44
#39Jeffrey151US #32
#40Marcus149US #67
#41Gregory147US #47
#42Bradley141US #56
#43Corey139US #57
#44Aaron124US #34
#45Phillip123US #68
#46Kyle121US #22
#47Wesley119US #92
#48Jeffery118US #109
#49Samuel118US #50
#50Mark117US #36
#51Nathan117US #45
#52Antonio109US #72
#53Cory105US #62
#54Derrick105US #86
#55Bryan99US #51
#56Jordan97US #52
#57Donald96US #70
#58Travis96US #42
#59Derek92US #54
#60Jared91US #58
#61Paul88US #46
#62Edward83US #61
#63Alexander82US #37
#64Jesse82US #55
#65Chad78US #63
#66Larry77US #114
#67Willie77US #186
#68Reginald74US #197
#69Alex73US #60
#70Johnathan70US #116
#71Casey69US #80
#72Ronald68US #73
#73Bobby67US #147
#74Terry67US #133
#75George65US #77
#76Billy64US #168
#77Blake64US #106
#78Gary64US #87
#79Jimmy64US #155
#80Sean64US #40
#81Johnny61US #127
#82Austin60US #76
#83Brent57US #103
#84Courtney57
#85Roderick57
#86Nathaniel56US #78
#87Caleb55US #115
#88Douglas55US #85
#89Curtis54US #100
#90Jerry54US #125
#91Darius53
#92Scott52US #43
#93Tony52US #123
#94Russell51US #119
#95Brett50US #71
#96Demetrius50
#97Shawn50US #59
#98Keith49US #69
#99Calvin48US #157
#100Cedric48

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑33Kayla#11
↑25Haley#42
↑21Natasha#69
↑18Catherine#63
↑18George#75
↑17Morgan#53
↑17Miranda#78
↑16Kendra#41

Falling

↓27Felicia#79
↓23Brett#95
↓20Shawn#97
↓18Latoya#56
↓18Kristina#97
↓17Krystal#72
↓15Nicole#58
↓15Candace#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.