State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,319 Alabama births in 1997 across 1,301 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#75Brooklynoutside the national top 200
#57Raven#170 nationally
#90Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#90Jefferyoutside the national top 200
#76Alexus#183 nationally
#94Ashlynoutside the national top 200
#94Braxtonoutside the national top 200
#91Asia#195 nationally
#85Derrick#188 nationally
#74Aaliyah#176 nationally
#99Kiaraoutside the national top 200
#99Peytonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Hannah426US #5
#2Emily383US #1
#3Ashley355US #3
#4Sarah346US #4
#5Taylor330US #7
#6Madison327US #10
#7Jessica324US #2
#8Alexis321US #8
#9Anna316US #33
#10Kayla278US #12
#11Mary264US #46
#12Elizabeth254US #9
#13Brittany253US #20
#14Lauren253US #14
#15Courtney243US #28
#16Haley237US #31
#17Jasmine233US #24
#18Amber230US #29
#19Savannah214US #47
#20Morgan211US #22
#21Destiny201US #42
#22Victoria197US #19
#23Brianna191US #17
#24Rachel189US #13
#25Jordan176US #40
#26Shelby162US #43
#27Samantha158US #6
#28Kaitlyn148US #41
#29Megan145US #11
#30Katelyn142US #63
#31Olivia136US #27
#32Sydney133US #35
#33Abigail127US #26
#34Katherine125US #32
#35Allison121US #39
#36Kelsey116US #57
#37Rebecca114US #25
#38Erin110US #52
#39Amanda106US #16
#40Breanna106US #74
#41Alexandria105US #78
#42Tiffany103US #61
#43Autumn101US #91
#44Alyssa98US #15
#45Bailey97US #65
#46Brooke96US #45
#47Kimberly95US #49
#48Sara95US #50
#49Katie94US #87
#50Kristen93US #82
#51Caroline92US #75
#52Lindsey92US #95
#53Chelsea90US #73
#54Heather89US #90
#55Laura87US #66
#56Emma81US #36
#57Raven81US #170
#58Jennifer80US #18
#59Danielle75US #34
#60Briana74US #72
#61Christina73US #62
#62Caitlin71US #88
#63Kathryn71US #86
#64Gabrielle70US #51
#65Stephanie69US #23
#66Summer69US #131
#67Natalie68US #48
#68Alexandra67US #30
#69Whitney65US #158
#70Angel63US #144
#71Erica63US #84
#72Sierra63US #56
#73Kaitlin62US #119
#74Aaliyah61US #176
#75Brooklyn60
#76Alexus59US #183
#77Brittney58US #130
#78Catherine57US #96
#79Makayla57US #102
#80Margaret57US #110
#81Bethany56US #121
#82Jada56US #165
#83Molly56US #98
#84Julia55US #37
#85Leah55US #104
#86Miranda55US #70
#87Kaylee54US #107
#88Cheyenne53US #68
#89Cassidy51US #105
#90Ashton49
#91Asia49US #195
#92Kendall49US #193
#93Abby48US #192
#94Ashlyn48
#95Mallory48US #190
#96Andrea47US #58
#97Adrianna46US #155
#98Alicia46US #89
#99Kiara46
#100Sabrina46US #53

Boys

#1William594US #19
#2Christopher560US #4
#3James541US #17
#4Jacob530US #2
#5Joshua525US #5
#6Austin498US #9
#7Michael493US #1
#8John442US #15
#9Matthew442US #3
#10Brandon426US #8
#11Justin386US #20
#12Tyler368US #10
#13Zachary352US #13
#14Andrew334US #7
#15Robert320US #23
#16Jonathan304US #21
#17David290US #14
#18Joseph290US #12
#19Jordan273US #26
#20Nicholas272US #6
#21Hunter253US #44
#22Daniel252US #11
#23Christian249US #25
#24Caleb223US #47
#25Samuel221US #27
#26Anthony218US #18
#27Cody214US #36
#28Ryan203US #16
#29Timothy196US #43
#30Thomas192US #31
#31Dylan180US #30
#32Benjamin178US #29
#33Charles169US #49
#34Logan152US #42
#35Cameron144US #45
#36Alexander141US #22
#37Aaron139US #33
#38Noah133US #38
#39Nathan131US #34
#40Ethan130US #46
#41Dakota128US #66
#42Steven128US #40
#43Dustin125US #88
#44Kyle125US #24
#45Jeremy120US #64
#46Devin117US #59
#47Kevin117US #28
#48Eric116US #35
#49Patrick116US #50
#50Dalton113US #90
#51Jackson113US #124
#52Taylor109US #87
#53Jason107US #41
#54Richard106US #51
#55Adam105US #39
#56Kenneth105US #83
#57Stephen102US #68
#58Bradley101US #94
#59Mason92US #89
#60Chase91US #77
#61Tanner90US #82
#62Blake87US #80
#63Jesse87US #63
#64Jared84US #56
#65Brian83US #37
#66Marcus82US #93
#67Corey81US #110
#68Alex80US #55
#69Tristan80US #92
#70Wesley78US #144
#71Evan76US #61
#72Antonio75US #75
#73Garrett73US #85
#74Gregory72US #103
#75Trevor72US #62
#76Malik71US #111
#77Colton70US #108
#78Jeremiah68US #128
#79Phillip68US #165
#80Seth68US #97
#81Trenton66US #182
#82Sean65US #48
#83Hayden63US #167
#84Travis63US #81
#85Derrick61US #188
#86Chandler60US #184
#87Luke58US #78
#88Nathaniel58US #65
#89Jeffrey57US #84
#90Jeffery56
#91Lucas56US #98
#92Elijah55US #74
#93Gabriel55US #57
#94Braxton54
#95Preston54US #178
#96Connor53US #52
#97Clayton52US #147
#98Johnathan52US #142
#99Peyton52
#100Colby50

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑27Katelyn#30
↑27Evan#71
↑22Nathan#39
↑21Sierra#72
↑21Alexus#76
↑21Noah#38
↑20Brooke#46
↑18Tanner#61

Falling

↓28Mallory#95
↓26Erica#71
↓25Brittney#77
↓23Jeffrey#89
↓22Johnathan#98
↓20Heather#54
↓19Stephanie#65
↓19Catherine#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.