State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,442 Alabama births in 1988 across 1,154 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#66Latashaoutside the national top 200
#76Courtneyoutside the national top 200
#73Willie#191 nationally
#78Terrance#193 nationally
#35Haley#143 nationally
#90Misty#194 nationally
#97Virginiaoutside the national top 200
#98Dariusoutside the national top 200
#100Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#98Adrienne#193 nationally
#92Billy#185 nationally
#46Britney#138 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica954US #1
#2Ashley901US #2
#3Brittany585US #6
#4Amanda506US #3
#5Tiffany502US #13
#6Heather335US #14
#7Amber324US #15
#8Kayla320US #20
#9Jennifer318US #5
#10Sarah314US #4
#11Lauren297US #11
#12Whitney292US #39
#13Kimberly276US #25
#14Mary275US #34
#15Elizabeth260US #10
#16Courtney258US #24
#17Stephanie250US #7
#18Emily242US #18
#19Brittney220US #52
#20Rachel206US #19
#21Laura204US #23
#22Megan204US #12
#23Crystal176US #28
#24Jasmine173US #53
#25Samantha168US #8
#26Rebecca166US #26
#27Amy159US #29
#28Katherine158US #27
#29Melissa158US #16
#30Erica157US #31
#31April145US #65
#32Anna139US #54
#33Katie134US #40
#34Lindsey132US #48
#35Haley128US #143
#36Kristen126US #36
#37Christina116US #22
#38Hannah110US #61
#39Andrea105US #35
#40Victoria104US #42
#41Kendra99US #80
#42Allison98US #46
#43Angela98US #38
#44Kristin98US #58
#45Danielle95US #17
#46Britney94US #138
#47Jamie94US #45
#48Candace93US #117
#49Erin93US #37
#50Chelsea92US #33
#51Morgan92US #78
#52Sara92US #30
#53Brandi91US #91
#54Kelly90US #32
#55Alicia88US #50
#56Mallory88US #120
#57Holly87US #72
#58Kathryn84US #55
#59Shannon84US #56
#60Caitlin83US #44
#61Nicole80US #9
#62Brandy77US #107
#63Leah74US #82
#64Catherine71US #69
#65Bethany70US #89
#66Latasha70
#67Michelle69US #21
#68Lindsay66US #57
#69Margaret63US #93
#70Krystal62US #74
#71Julie60US #71
#72Leslie59US #94
#73Lisa59US #43
#74Casey58US #92
#75Latoya56US #157
#76Candice55US #130
#77Miranda55US #144
#78Monica55US #70
#79Natalie55US #63
#80Tabitha55US #154
#81Tara55US #67
#82Rachael54US #100
#83Jacqueline53US #62
#84Meagan53US #141
#85Ebony52US #164
#86Melanie52US #99
#87Natasha52US #73
#88Jordan51US #136
#89Cassandra50US #59
#90Misty50US #194
#91Felicia49US #105
#92Lacey47US #129
#93Kristina46US #68
#94Patricia46US #77
#95Angel45US #166
#96Cassie44US #176
#97Virginia43
#98Adrienne42US #193
#99Carrie42US #132
#100Alexis41US #97

Boys

#1Justin930US #7
#2Christopher921US #2
#3Joshua849US #4
#4Michael741US #1
#5James729US #9
#6William631US #16
#7Matthew604US #3
#8Brandon545US #17
#9John494US #11
#10Robert468US #10
#11Jonathan456US #15
#12David450US #6
#13Joseph386US #12
#14Andrew360US #5
#15Jeremy357US #35
#16Daniel350US #8
#17Charles298US #37
#18Timothy296US #25
#19Nicholas286US #14
#20Anthony260US #18
#21Thomas253US #23
#22Jacob244US #28
#23Steven231US #24
#24Zachary230US #29
#25Adam228US #26
#26Eric216US #19
#27Ryan216US #13
#28Cody211US #43
#29Jason210US #27
#30Richard210US #32
#31Kevin208US #20
#32Benjamin207US #30
#33Stephen201US #40
#34Kenneth196US #51
#35Corey192US #56
#36Tyler190US #33
#37Dustin185US #48
#38Brian178US #22
#39Patrick171US #42
#40Aaron152US #31
#41Kyle150US #21
#42Samuel142US #45
#43Bradley136US #57
#44Marcus135US #66
#45Travis134US #41
#46Gregory131US #50
#47Nathan126US #44
#48Jeffrey124US #36
#49Mark122US #39
#50Antonio120US #72
#51Wesley117US #93
#52Jesse109US #55
#53Cory105US #59
#54Derek102US #53
#55Phillip102US #71
#56Jeffery95US #120
#57Alexander92US #34
#58Bryan91US #54
#59Jordan89US #52
#60Ronald89US #79
#61Jared87US #60
#62Austin84US #63
#63Chad80US #65
#64Terry80US #141
#65Caleb79US #108
#66Cameron77US #69
#67Derrick77US #97
#68Paul76US #46
#69Blake75US #103
#70Johnathan74US #115
#71Taylor74US #91
#72Donald72US #76
#73Willie72US #191
#74Edward71US #62
#75Bobby70US #163
#76Courtney69
#77Jonathon69US #125
#78Terrance68US #193
#79Scott66US #47
#80Jerry63US #130
#81Sean63US #38
#82Alex62US #58
#83Casey62US #83
#84Gary62US #100
#85Nathaniel62US #81
#86Rodney62US #162
#87Johnny60US #129
#88Larry59US #123
#89George58US #78
#90Seth58US #90
#91Keith57US #70
#92Billy55US #185
#93Chase55US #127
#94Randy55US #113
#95Brett54US #73
#96Curtis54US #105
#97Shawn53US #61
#98Darius49
#99Jamie49US #188
#100Jarvis48

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑43Jasmine#24
↑41Chelsea#50
↑30Margaret#69
↑22Caleb#65
↑20Austin#62
↑18Kristin#44
↑16Latasha#66
↑13Britney#46

Falling

↓22Larry#88
↓19Shannon#59
↓19Casey#74
↓19Latoya#75
↓18Natasha#87
↓17Michelle#67
↓17Lacey#92
↓16Billy#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.