State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,622 Alabama births in 1996 across 1,328 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#83Peytonoutside the national top 200
#67Mallory#183 nationally
#77Meagan#193 nationally
#74Raven#184 nationally
#91Landonoutside the national top 200
#93Jefferyoutside the national top 200
#87Jerry#194 nationally
#96Kiaraoutside the national top 200
#97Colbyoutside the national top 200
#98Abbyoutside the national top 200
#99Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#71Chandler#157 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah394US #7
#2Emily384US #1
#3Ashley356US #3
#4Jessica354US #2
#5Brittany318US #14
#6Taylor305US #6
#7Kayla301US #11
#8Alexis289US #8
#9Sarah279US #4
#10Mary276US #44
#11Anna263US #33
#12Haley260US #30
#13Courtney257US #21
#14Madison247US #15
#15Elizabeth246US #10
#16Amber241US #27
#17Morgan235US #25
#18Savannah225US #43
#19Victoria219US #18
#20Lauren218US #16
#21Jasmine215US #28
#22Samantha210US #5
#23Shelby194US #35
#24Brianna192US #17
#25Rachel187US #9
#26Megan178US #12
#27Destiny159US #56
#28Kelsey146US #36
#29Jordan137US #49
#30Rebecca137US #24
#31Tiffany135US #52
#32Amanda130US #13
#33Kaitlyn129US #40
#34Heather126US #71
#35Kristen123US #70
#36Kimberly113US #41
#37Breanna112US #74
#38Chelsea109US #55
#39Sydney108US #39
#40Alexandria107US #77
#41Olivia106US #34
#42Katherine105US #31
#43Erin104US #51
#44Allison103US #38
#45Erica97US #79
#46Stephanie97US #20
#47Caroline96US #78
#48Laura95US #66
#49Abigail93US #32
#50Alyssa88US #23
#51Jennifer88US #19
#52Brittney86US #115
#53Katie86US #81
#54Alexandra84US #26
#55Bailey84US #85
#56Autumn83US #104
#57Katelyn81US #64
#58Sara80US #50
#59Catherine78US #95
#60Lindsey77US #86
#61Caitlin76US #84
#62Whitney75US #140
#63Danielle72US #29
#64Emma71US #53
#65Gabrielle71US #54
#66Brooke70US #45
#67Mallory70US #183
#68Kathryn69US #87
#69Rebekah67US #146
#70Bethany65US #117
#71Briana64US #72
#72Summer64US #137
#73Christina63US #57
#74Raven61US #184
#75Miranda60US #76
#76Julia59US #48
#77Meagan56US #193
#78Molly56US #99
#79Angel55US #162
#80Andrea54US #61
#81Melissa54US #42
#82Natalie54US #46
#83Peyton53
#84Amy52US #88
#85Brandi52US #161
#86Kaitlin51US #103
#87Alicia50US #91
#88Cheyenne50US #68
#89Holly49US #130
#90Kristin49US #147
#91Nicole48US #22
#92Crystal47US #92
#93Sierra47US #62
#94Jamie46US #96
#95Casey45US #121
#96Kiara45
#97Alexus44US #178
#98Abby43
#99Ashton43
#100Madeline43US #67

Boys

#1William628US #18
#2Michael581US #1
#3Austin556US #9
#4Christopher548US #4
#5James536US #17
#6Joshua520US #5
#7Jacob496US #3
#8John477US #15
#9Matthew453US #2
#10Justin417US #20
#11Brandon414US #8
#12Tyler403US #7
#13Joseph365US #12
#14Zachary328US #14
#15Andrew317US #10
#16Robert317US #23
#17David315US #13
#18Nicholas295US #6
#19Jonathan280US #21
#20Hunter272US #47
#21Daniel249US #11
#22Thomas249US #28
#23Jordan244US #27
#24Charles227US #43
#25Christian211US #24
#26Ryan209US #16
#27Samuel203US #30
#28Cody197US #31
#29Timothy193US #40
#30Anthony190US #19
#31Dylan187US #33
#32Caleb185US #48
#33Benjamin179US #29
#34Alexander167US #22
#35Logan155US #42
#36Aaron154US #34
#37Steven145US #38
#38Cameron142US #49
#39Dustin132US #79
#40Eric132US #35
#41Patrick128US #44
#42Kyle126US #25
#43Stephen126US #59
#44Richard125US #45
#45Dakota123US #58
#46Jason123US #41
#47Jeremy123US #56
#48Kevin121US #26
#49Devin120US #60
#50Ethan115US #62
#51Tristan113US #68
#52Kenneth111US #77
#53Adam109US #39
#54Jesse105US #51
#55Marcus105US #87
#56Taylor103US #82
#57Brian99US #36
#58Dalton98US #99
#59Noah95US #50
#60Corey94US #94
#61Nathan94US #37
#62Wesley92US #137
#63Bradley90US #83
#64Chase86US #76
#65Malik86US #97
#66Jeffrey84US #72
#67Jackson77US #136
#68Jared77US #64
#69Mason77US #104
#70Blake75US #84
#71Chandler75US #157
#72Trevor75US #63
#73Alex74US #53
#74Gregory73US #98
#75Antonio71US #80
#76Johnathan71US #138
#77Mark71US #55
#78Colton70US #105
#79Tanner64US #90
#80Edward62US #96
#81Garrett62US #85
#82Seth57US #103
#83Connor56US #54
#84Nathaniel56US #69
#85Phillip56US #150
#86Travis56US #73
#87Jerry55US #194
#88Clayton54US #149
#89George53US #118
#90Hayden53US #168
#91Landon53
#92Bryan52US #66
#93Jeffery52
#94Gabriel51US #61
#95Ian51US #70
#96Lucas51US #93
#97Colby50
#98Evan50US #65
#99Isaiah50US #71
#100Darius49US #182

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑37Noah#59
↑20Julia#76
↑19Emma#64
↑18Mallory#67
↑18Bethany#70
↑16Caroline#47
↑16Chandler#71
↑15Catherine#59

Falling

↓28Evan#98
↓25Kristin#90
↓19Christina#73
↓19Colby#97
↓18Brandi#85
↓18Kaitlin#86
↓18Taylor#56
↓18Gregory#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.