State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,590 Alabama births in 1990 across 1,233 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#76Hunteroutside the national top 200
#85Willieoutside the national top 200
#89Summeroutside the national top 200
#56Raven#166 nationally
#96Billyoutside the national top 200
#97Savannahoutside the national top 200
#64Terry#164 nationally
#93Bobby#185 nationally
#66Darius#152 nationally
#92Angel#174 nationally
#94Ricky#176 nationally
#61Candace#142 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley823US #2
#2Brittany788US #3
#3Jessica772US #1
#4Kayla479US #14
#5Amanda405US #4
#6Jasmine369US #28
#7Amber367US #15
#8Tiffany352US #23
#9Courtney330US #17
#10Lauren313US #10
#11Elizabeth310US #9
#12Sarah307US #6
#13Emily294US #12
#14Mary294US #35
#15Heather287US #19
#16Stephanie260US #7
#17Jennifer257US #8
#18Megan245US #11
#19Brittney242US #44
#20Samantha229US #5
#21Hannah223US #30
#22Kimberly219US #31
#23Whitney218US #60
#24Rachel211US #16
#25Chelsea184US #24
#26Anna183US #45
#27Katherine166US #26
#28Erica162US #36
#29Haley155US #108
#30Rebecca155US #21
#31Morgan145US #58
#32Kristen144US #42
#33Crystal138US #39
#34Laura138US #29
#35Lindsey132US #51
#36Victoria131US #33
#37Jordan124US #59
#38Christina121US #25
#39Sara118US #34
#40April116US #73
#41Melissa115US #20
#42Amy108US #38
#43Erin105US #43
#44Andrea103US #40
#45Taylor100US #46
#46Allison99US #48
#47Jamie97US #55
#48Danielle95US #18
#49Katie94US #53
#50Kelsey93US #32
#51Michelle92US #22
#52Catherine88US #71
#53Brandi87US #103
#54Kathryn85US #57
#55Angela83US #52
#56Raven81US #166
#57Brianna78US #61
#58Caitlin77US #50
#59Leah77US #82
#60Alexandria74US #95
#61Candace74US #142
#62Kristin74US #65
#63Nicole73US #13
#64Casey71US #106
#65Alicia68US #54
#66Kelly68US #41
#67Meagan67US #126
#68Olivia67US #72
#69Kendra63US #117
#70Brandy61US #137
#71Breanna61US #113
#72Bethany60US #107
#73Tara60US #85
#74Holly59US #89
#75Britney58US #136
#76Katelyn58US #75
#77Shelby58US #100
#78Caroline57US #116
#79Kristina57US #77
#80Lindsay56US #69
#81Rachael56US #111
#82Brooke55US #70
#83Erika55US #74
#84Leslie53US #115
#85Shannon53US #68
#86Alyssa52US #27
#87Alexis51US #66
#88Miranda51US #112
#89Summer49
#90Tabitha49US #164
#91Ariel48US #94
#92Angel47US #174
#93Margaret47US #102
#94Patricia47US #97
#95Cassandra46US #49
#96Mallory46US #162
#97Savannah46
#98Julie45US #93
#99Kiara45US #171
#100Felicia44US #121

Boys

#1Christopher939US #2
#2Joshua843US #4
#3Justin763US #9
#4Michael742US #1
#5James729US #8
#6William698US #16
#7Matthew609US #3
#8John580US #12
#9Robert478US #13
#10Brandon446US #19
#11David446US #6
#12Andrew390US #7
#13Jonathan386US #17
#14Joseph385US #10
#15Jacob357US #20
#16Daniel342US #5
#17Jeremy326US #40
#18Cody321US #31
#19Charles312US #38
#20Timothy292US #30
#21Nicholas290US #14
#22Steven285US #25
#23Tyler270US #21
#24Thomas257US #26
#25Zachary255US #22
#26Benjamin230US #33
#27Anthony225US #15
#28Eric217US #24
#29Ryan206US #11
#30Patrick202US #36
#31Jordan201US #29
#32Stephen197US #39
#33Richard188US #35
#34Corey183US #56
#35Adam182US #32
#36Dustin173US #50
#37Kevin159US #23
#38Brian155US #27
#39Aaron154US #34
#40Marcus154US #72
#41Jason151US #46
#42Kenneth150US #52
#43Kyle150US #18
#44Samuel144US #45
#45Bradley138US #65
#46Ethan132US #58
#47Gregory132US #51
#48Caleb131US #88
#49Nathan131US #44
#50Alexander127US #28
#51Taylor127US #64
#52Jeffrey124US #43
#53Travis124US #42
#54Jesse123US #48
#55Cameron112US #62
#56Wesley112US #107
#57Austin110US #55
#58Jared110US #63
#59Mark109US #47
#60Phillip106US #81
#61Derrick103US #106
#62Paul103US #49
#63Antonio94US #77
#64Terry90US #164
#65Donald87US #87
#66Darius82US #152
#67Derek82US #54
#68Blake81US #91
#69Jeffery81US #136
#70Chase80US #110
#71Cory78US #67
#72Jonathon78US #124
#73Bryan77US #57
#74Alex74US #59
#75George72US #79
#76Hunter71
#77Sean68US #37
#78Edward67US #68
#79Johnathan67US #108
#80Casey65US #89
#81Larry64US #144
#82Chad63US #85
#83Gary63US #114
#84Logan62US #104
#85Willie61
#86Devin59US #98
#87Nathaniel59US #86
#88Ronald58US #97
#89Jerry57US #146
#90Keith56US #80
#91Mitchell56US #93
#92Christian55US #60
#93Bobby54US #185
#94Ricky54US #176
#95Shawn53US #69
#96Billy52
#97Curtis52US #121
#98Garrett51US #99
#99Joel51US #95
#100Adrian50US #94

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑35Taylor#45
↑24Alexandria#60
↑23Ethan#46
↑22Jordan#37
↑22Jordan#31
↑18Caroline#78
↑16Alex#74
↑16Logan#84

Falling

↓50Kiara#99
↓21Ronald#88
↓20Cory#71
↓19Holly#74
↓18Kendra#69
↓18Margaret#93
↓16Leslie#84
↓16Curtis#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.