State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,453 Alabama births in 1991 across 1,234 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#82Willieoutside the national top 200
#90Randalloutside the national top 200
#59Britney#167 nationally
#74Savannah#181 nationally
#95Terranceoutside the national top 200
#62Hunter#167 nationally
#47Raven#150 nationally
#79Terry#180 nationally
#63Mallory#163 nationally
#99Rodney#198 nationally
#100Tabitha#190 nationally
#63Jeffery#151 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley776US #1
#2Jessica698US #2
#3Brittany585US #3
#4Kayla524US #12
#5Jasmine370US #24
#6Amber357US #16
#7Amanda336US #4
#8Lauren326US #13
#9Emily318US #10
#10Tiffany306US #27
#11Courtney304US #19
#12Sarah287US #6
#13Elizabeth284US #9
#14Mary266US #38
#15Megan264US #11
#16Heather241US #23
#17Hannah240US #29
#18Rachel229US #14
#19Jennifer227US #8
#20Samantha227US #5
#21Stephanie227US #7
#22Anna211US #46
#23Whitney205US #68
#24Shelby196US #33
#25Kimberly194US #34
#26Victoria193US #28
#27Brittney180US #58
#28Haley178US #79
#29Chelsea172US #18
#30Kelsey162US #26
#31Morgan161US #49
#32Katherine157US #25
#33Rebecca153US #21
#34Taylor148US #32
#35Kristen139US #48
#36Lindsey128US #52
#37Erica125US #40
#38Crystal124US #41
#39Danielle124US #17
#40Laura122US #35
#41Christina120US #31
#42Jordan120US #62
#43Allison111US #50
#44Amy111US #43
#45April110US #88
#46Katie110US #53
#47Raven103US #150
#48Melissa102US #20
#49Olivia102US #61
#50Alexandria97US #78
#51Jamie95US #60
#52Sara94US #37
#53Meagan92US #130
#54Andrea91US #39
#55Erin84US #44
#56Kathryn84US #57
#57Angela82US #59
#58Alicia78US #63
#59Britney78US #167
#60Kristin78US #86
#61Ariel77US #66
#62Caitlin77US #55
#63Mallory77US #163
#64Brianna76US #51
#65Casey76US #111
#66Candace75US #153
#67Catherine75US #72
#68Holly75US #105
#69Michelle73US #22
#70Iesha68US #157
#71Brandi67US #110
#72Kelly66US #42
#73Margaret65US #108
#74Savannah65US #181
#75Miranda63US #90
#76Bethany61US #109
#77Leah61US #91
#78Alexandra60US #36
#79Katelyn60US #75
#80Lacey58US #145
#81Nicole57US #15
#82Alexis56US #47
#83Briana56US #95
#84Cassandra56US #54
#85Caroline55US #116
#86Julia55US #67
#87Kendra55US #118
#88Alyssa54US #30
#89Brooke53US #65
#90Rachael53US #114
#91Angel52US #159
#92Brandy51US #148
#93Kiara51US #174
#94Madison49US #128
#95Molly49US #74
#96Gabrielle48US #97
#97Kristina48US #87
#98Shannon48US #71
#99Breanna47US #107
#100Tabitha47US #190

Boys

#1Christopher844US #2
#2Joshua780US #4
#3Michael755US #1
#4James675US #7
#5William637US #19
#6Justin625US #14
#7Brandon519US #15
#8John518US #10
#9Matthew490US #3
#10Robert445US #13
#11Jacob431US #17
#12David407US #8
#13Andrew398US #5
#14Joseph396US #9
#15Tyler353US #16
#16Jonathan346US #20
#17Cody339US #24
#18Daniel311US #6
#19Zachary295US #22
#20Jeremy293US #43
#21Charles271US #38
#22Nicholas268US #12
#23Steven253US #27
#24Timothy237US #32
#25Jordan234US #29
#26Anthony226US #18
#27Ryan221US #11
#28Thomas218US #28
#29Stephen205US #41
#30Patrick204US #35
#31Eric201US #25
#32Kevin199US #23
#33Benjamin192US #33
#34Richard180US #34
#35Corey173US #58
#36Kenneth168US #54
#37Kyle164US #21
#38Aaron157US #31
#39Taylor156US #52
#40Dustin150US #56
#41Austin145US #50
#42Adam143US #36
#43Samuel143US #39
#44Caleb137US #78
#45Marcus136US #76
#46Brian135US #30
#47Phillip122US #98
#48Cameron121US #62
#49Alexander120US #26
#50Wesley120US #106
#51Jason119US #49
#52Christian118US #48
#53Gregory118US #55
#54Travis117US #44
#55Jeffrey115US #45
#56Nathan113US #42
#57Jesse104US #51
#58Dylan103US #46
#59Jared102US #64
#60Bradley101US #67
#61Ethan101US #65
#62Hunter95US #167
#63Jeffery92US #151
#64Mark91US #47
#65Derrick85US #111
#66Paul82US #53
#67Antonio81US #79
#68Blake81US #86
#69Cory79US #74
#70Darius75US #152
#71Chase73US #108
#72Johnathan73US #110
#73Jonathon71US #125
#74Edward68US #68
#75Logan68US #94
#76Alex67US #63
#77Sean67US #40
#78Bryan64US #61
#79Terry64US #180
#80Larry63US #157
#81Spencer63US #105
#82Willie62
#83Seth60US #99
#84Shawn59US #71
#85Casey58US #90
#86Douglas58US #109
#87Derek57US #59
#88George57US #87
#89Garrett56US #91
#90Randall56
#91Ronald56US #101
#92Dakota55US #121
#93Devin55US #83
#94Donald54US #102
#95Terrance53
#96Evan52US #70
#97Gary52US #124
#98Trevor52US #69
#99Rodney51US #198
#100Brett50US #88

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑53Shelby#24
↑40Christian#52
↑33Mallory#63
↑30Ariel#61
↑23Savannah#74
↑20Kelsey#30
↑20Margaret#73
↑19Olivia#49

Falling

↓29Donald#94
↓28Breanna#99
↓22Brandy#92
↓20Derek#87
↓18Michelle#69
↓18Brandi#71
↓18Leah#77
↓18Nicole#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.