State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,166 Alabama births in 1994 across 1,261 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#79Colby#200 nationally
#84Aaliyahoutside the national top 200
#84Jefferyoutside the national top 200
#72Mallory#187 nationally
#71Khadijah#184 nationally
#92Ashleighoutside the national top 200
#92Bobbyoutside the national top 200
#94Candaceoutside the national top 200
#95Deandreoutside the national top 200
#96Demarcusoutside the national top 200
#91Preston#193 nationally
#58Raven#156 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley508US #2
#2Jessica477US #1
#3Brittany422US #7
#4Kayla363US #12
#5Emily352US #3
#6Hannah332US #16
#7Amber319US #21
#8Sarah316US #5
#9Jasmine309US #23
#10Taylor306US #6
#11Lauren299US #14
#12Mary284US #37
#13Courtney262US #22
#14Elizabeth260US #9
#15Morgan251US #25
#16Haley242US #36
#17Anna231US #41
#18Alexis218US #18
#19Victoria215US #19
#20Rachel206US #13
#21Samantha200US #4
#22Megan188US #10
#23Tiffany183US #35
#24Amanda177US #8
#25Brianna172US #27
#26Heather167US #44
#27Jordan159US #52
#28Kelsey155US #29
#29Savannah153US #82
#30Shelby153US #40
#31Kimberly144US #32
#32Madison143US #51
#33Kristen140US #55
#34Stephanie127US #15
#35Whitney125US #91
#36Chelsea123US #38
#37Brittney119US #89
#38Allison118US #34
#39Jennifer115US #17
#40Katherine115US #30
#41Laura115US #46
#42Erin112US #45
#43Danielle110US #20
#44Rebecca109US #24
#45Kaitlyn107US #48
#46Alexandria103US #73
#47Lindsey103US #69
#48Caroline102US #94
#49Katelyn101US #58
#50Katie97US #70
#51Breanna96US #85
#52Erica95US #57
#53Olivia95US #50
#54Sara95US #43
#55Kathryn93US #79
#56Sydney93US #76
#57Abigail90US #42
#58Raven87US #156
#59Crystal85US #64
#60Caitlin81US #78
#61Christina79US #39
#62Destiny74US #86
#63Brandi72US #122
#64Alexandra69US #28
#65Alyssa69US #26
#66Brooke69US #54
#67Autumn66US #117
#68Kaitlin65US #93
#69Summer65US #141
#70Briana64US #68
#71Khadijah64US #184
#72Mallory64US #187
#73Gabrielle63US #67
#74Natalie63US #56
#75Bethany62US #116
#76Miranda62US #61
#77Andrea61US #49
#78Alicia59US #83
#79Jamie59US #87
#80Margaret58US #106
#81Nicole58US #11
#82Kristin57US #114
#83Sierra57US #71
#84Aaliyah56
#85Amy56US #77
#86Melissa56US #31
#87Meagan54US #169
#88Bailey52US #137
#89Julia52US #72
#90Catherine51US #84
#91April50US #127
#92Ashleigh50
#93Emma50US #74
#94Candace49
#95Holly49US #112
#96Shannon49US #60
#97Angel48US #176
#98Angela47US #81
#99Kelly47US #62
#100Leah47US #101

Boys

#1Christopher673US #2
#2William628US #19
#3James608US #14
#4Joshua604US #4
#5Michael581US #1
#6John510US #15
#7Justin498US #20
#8Brandon490US #6
#9Austin460US #17
#10Matthew442US #3
#11Jacob438US #7
#12Tyler411US #5
#13Zachary380US #12
#14Andrew352US #10
#15David333US #13
#16Robert331US #21
#17Joseph318US #11
#18Cody306US #25
#19Nicholas303US #9
#20Daniel284US #8
#21Jonathan283US #23
#22Jordan246US #29
#23Thomas243US #27
#24Charles237US #43
#25Ryan237US #16
#26Timothy230US #39
#27Steven206US #34
#28Hunter198US #67
#29Anthony195US #18
#30Aaron192US #28
#31Dustin185US #56
#32Benjamin174US #31
#33Samuel173US #33
#34Dylan165US #32
#35Alexander159US #22
#36Jeremy154US #47
#37Richard150US #41
#38Eric146US #30
#39Caleb144US #60
#40Jesse144US #45
#41Cameron139US #52
#42Taylor137US #54
#43Stephen134US #49
#44Kyle132US #24
#45Adam131US #38
#46Christian130US #35
#47Kevin130US #26
#48Patrick130US #42
#49Nathan126US #40
#50Brian117US #37
#51Marcus114US #75
#52Devin112US #61
#53Jared112US #63
#54Kenneth110US #65
#55Corey106US #73
#56Dalton99US #85
#57Jason98US #46
#58Alex97US #50
#59Dakota95US #69
#60Logan94US #70
#61Wesley93US #118
#62Jeffrey88US #55
#63Bradley86US #83
#64Travis82US #53
#65Blake80US #81
#66Mark79US #48
#67Seth78US #90
#68Mason77US #125
#69Phillip77US #131
#70Trevor76US #58
#71Antonio74US #88
#72Derrick72US #136
#73Garrett71US #82
#74Gregory70US #76
#75Edward68US #84
#76Chase67US #114
#77Ethan66US #89
#78Johnathan63US #134
#79Colby61US #200
#80Paul60US #64
#81Dillon59US #101
#82Jackson59US #166
#83Sean59US #44
#84Jeffery58
#85Xavier58US #139
#86Bryan57US #66
#87Cory57US #102
#88Mitchell57US #71
#89Casey55US #116
#90Darius55US #155
#91Preston55US #193
#92Bobby54
#93Donald53US #132
#94Nathaniel53US #78
#95Deandre52
#96Demarcus50
#97Evan50US #62
#98Jalen49US #183
#99Ronald49US #137
#100Jerry48US #192

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑32Autumn#67
↑29Madison#32
↑25Caroline#48
↑25Sydney#56
↑24Brandi#63
↑24Natalie#74
↑22Alexandra#64
↑20Brianna#25

Falling

↓28Meagan#87
↓28Catherine#90
↓27Shannon#96
↓23Andrea#77
↓23Melissa#86
↓23Kelly#99
↓21Corey#55
↓20Darius#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.