State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,068 Alabama births in 1998 across 1,374 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#70Ashlynoutside the national top 200
#55Raven#185 nationally
#73Colbyoutside the national top 200
#66Whitney#193 nationally
#76Landonoutside the national top 200
#81Peytonoutside the national top 200
#91Malloryoutside the national top 200
#92Jalenoutside the national top 200
#93Meaganoutside the national top 200
#89Abby#194 nationally
#100Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#98Derrick#194 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah458US #2
#2Alexis389US #6
#3Emily378US #1
#4Madison343US #9
#5Taylor340US #7
#6Sarah326US #4
#7Ashley304US #5
#8Anna303US #31
#9Lauren261US #14
#10Jessica255US #8
#11Mary243US #44
#12Elizabeth231US #10
#13Kayla223US #12
#14Haley213US #36
#15Jasmine212US #26
#16Morgan209US #23
#17Victoria201US #16
#18Brittany190US #25
#19Destiny188US #34
#20Courtney187US #39
#21Savannah187US #45
#22Amber186US #37
#23Brianna180US #17
#24Jordan164US #42
#25Samantha162US #3
#26Megan157US #13
#27Kaitlyn152US #35
#28Allison148US #38
#29Rachel143US #15
#30Abigail141US #18
#31Olivia136US #21
#32Sydney134US #28
#33Alyssa130US #11
#34Shelby127US #49
#35Katherine125US #33
#36Breanna124US #76
#37Katelyn124US #58
#38Kelsey123US #56
#39Emma121US #22
#40Rebecca119US #30
#41Caroline116US #75
#42Bailey113US #60
#43Jada106US #119
#44Caitlin102US #78
#45Alexandria97US #81
#46Autumn94US #77
#47Makayla94US #71
#48Katie88US #88
#49Tiffany85US #67
#50Christina84US #69
#51Sara83US #48
#52Heather82US #99
#53Lindsey80US #97
#54Erin79US #57
#55Raven79US #185
#56Amanda78US #19
#57Summer77US #131
#58Angel74US #138
#59Brooke74US #46
#60Kathryn72US #89
#61Madeline72US #50
#62Kimberly71US #54
#63Julia70US #32
#64Laura69US #74
#65Gabrielle67US #47
#66Whitney67US #193
#67Briana66US #79
#68Jennifer66US #20
#69Stephanie66US #29
#70Ashlyn65
#71Kristen65US #102
#72Margaret65US #114
#73Chelsea64US #94
#74Kaitlin63US #120
#75Alexandra62US #27
#76Brittney62US #143
#77Catherine61US #101
#78Cassidy60US #113
#79Cheyenne58US #72
#80Chloe58US #87
#81Natalie58US #40
#82Caitlyn57US #115
#83Faith57US #107
#84Erica56US #92
#85Ariel55US #147
#86Mackenzie55US #64
#87Kiara54US #172
#88Leah54US #106
#89Abby53US #194
#90Danielle51US #41
#91Mallory51
#92Mikayla51US #82
#93Meagan49
#94Molly49US #108
#95Sierra49US #51
#96Kaylee48US #86
#97Bethany47US #132
#98Hailey47US #70
#99Alexus46US #184
#100Ashton46

Boys

#1William702US #14
#2Jacob597US #2
#3Austin594US #10
#4Christopher524US #5
#5Joshua521US #4
#6James496US #18
#7Michael442US #1
#8John428US #15
#9Brandon384US #7
#10Matthew383US #3
#11Tyler373US #8
#12Andrew335US #9
#13Joseph333US #11
#14David323US #13
#15Justin321US #20
#16Nicholas308US #6
#17Zachary305US #16
#18Hunter288US #36
#19Robert287US #23
#20Jordan253US #27
#21Jonathan244US #21
#22Christian231US #26
#23Thomas222US #31
#24Daniel221US #12
#25Caleb213US #42
#26Samuel212US #28
#27Noah206US #29
#28Cameron204US #35
#29Charles203US #48
#30Dylan202US #25
#31Benjamin194US #30
#32Ryan182US #17
#33Logan181US #44
#34Anthony174US #19
#35Timothy167US #49
#36Cody157US #43
#37Aaron149US #37
#38Nathan148US #34
#39Alexander146US #22
#40Ethan140US #38
#41Dalton129US #88
#42Kyle119US #24
#43Devin118US #62
#44Jason117US #40
#45Steven117US #46
#46Jackson116US #100
#47Eric115US #39
#48Adam107US #45
#49Dakota107US #72
#50Kevin106US #32
#51Patrick106US #57
#52Jeremy105US #68
#53Richard105US #56
#54Brian102US #41
#55Taylor98US #104
#56Dustin97US #108
#57Stephen97US #78
#58Alex96US #55
#59Jared94US #51
#60Kenneth93US #87
#61Garrett92US #80
#62Chase91US #67
#63Jesse89US #70
#64Mason84US #83
#65Trevor84US #58
#66Elijah82US #66
#67Nathaniel81US #60
#68Seth81US #86
#69Jeremiah78US #114
#70Tanner77US #82
#71Bradley75US #101
#72Marcus75US #96
#73Colby74
#74Corey74US #115
#75Sean74US #50
#76Landon73
#77Tristan73US #92
#78Blake72US #85
#79Gabriel72US #54
#80Evan70US #63
#81Peyton70
#82Connor68US #47
#83Gregory68US #109
#84Isaiah67US #59
#85Jeffrey67US #91
#86Colton66US #106
#87Antonio64US #79
#88Phillip64US #178
#89Trenton64US #183
#90Hayden63US #160
#91Preston63US #176
#92Jalen60
#93Parker60US #142
#94Gavin58US #116
#95Malik57US #138
#96Wesley57US #153
#97Xavier57US #131
#98Derrick56US #194
#99Bailey55US #154
#100Luke55US #75

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑39Jada#43
↑32Makayla#47
↑27Colby#73
↑26Elijah#66
↑24Ashlyn#70
↑21Julia#63
↑21Nathaniel#67
↑18Caitlin#44

Falling

↓31Danielle#90
↓26Wesley#96
↓23Sierra#95
↓23Alexus#99
↓21Kristen#71
↓20Chelsea#73
↓19Malik#95
↓17Amanda#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.