State roster

Top names in Alabama

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Alabama birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,420 Alabama births in 2000 across 1,429 distinct names.

Distinctively Alabama

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

#72Landon#200 nationally
#81Ravenoutside the national top 200
#85Jaylaoutside the national top 200
#88Abbyoutside the national top 200
#68Ashlyn#178 nationally
#91Colbyoutside the national top 200
#97Gracieoutside the national top 200
#83Micah#186 nationally
#99Malloryoutside the national top 200
#70Dawson#168 nationally
#80Wesley#171 nationally
#74Diamond#162 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah443US #2
#2Anna386US #22
#3Madison382US #3
#4Emily371US #1
#5Sarah305US #5
#6Alexis284US #6
#7Taylor280US #10
#8Mary261US #46
#9Elizabeth242US #9
#10Kayla239US #13
#11Destiny237US #24
#12Lauren231US #11
#13Ashley230US #4
#14Haley221US #28
#15Brianna216US #15
#16Savannah208US #37
#17Jessica191US #8
#18Abigail184US #14
#19Morgan181US #25
#20Olivia180US #16
#21Victoria176US #20
#22Emma172US #17
#23Sydney170US #23
#24Jasmine166US #27
#25Kaitlyn154US #30
#26Alyssa148US #12
#27Katherine145US #33
#28Amber142US #47
#29Samantha141US #7
#30Caroline135US #65
#31Makayla129US #67
#32Shelby128US #70
#33Rachel123US #21
#34Katelyn121US #54
#35Jordan114US #50
#36Megan113US #18
#37Brittany111US #60
#38Chloe108US #38
#39Breanna107US #80
#40Grace102US #19
#41Jada102US #84
#42Courtney97US #59
#43Kelsey96US #88
#44Sara96US #57
#45Bailey94US #68
#46Rebecca93US #39
#47Allison91US #44
#48Autumn91US #77
#49Kaylee90US #72
#50Natalie88US #34
#51Hailey87US #35
#52Mackenzie86US #43
#53Erin84US #61
#54Alexandria77US #91
#55Angel77US #119
#56Jennifer76US #26
#57Gabrielle75US #49
#58Caitlin73US #76
#59Danielle73US #48
#60Laura73US #85
#61Trinity73US #74
#62Amanda69US #32
#63Madeline68US #56
#64Caitlyn67US #118
#65Kristen66US #142
#66Julia65US #29
#67Sierra65US #53
#68Ashlyn64US #178
#69Brittney64US #148
#70Lindsey62US #103
#71Kathryn60US #89
#72Katie60US #95
#73Kennedy60US #139
#74Diamond59US #162
#75Lillian59US #129
#76Erica58US #102
#77Faith58US #66
#78Mckenzie58US #133
#79Summer57US #145
#80Margaret56US #110
#81Raven56
#82Brooke55US #51
#83Stephanie55US #40
#84Catherine54US #81
#85Jayla54
#86Kimberly54US #58
#87Madelyn54US #126
#88Abby53
#89Briana53US #83
#90Cassidy53US #107
#91Christina53US #73
#92Leah53US #97
#93Peyton53US #168
#94Isabella52US #45
#95Zoe52US #82
#96Bethany51US #151
#97Gracie51
#98Heather50US #125
#99Mallory50
#100Alexandra49US #36

Boys

#1William655US #11
#2Jacob613US #1
#3Joshua503US #4
#4Christopher452US #5
#5Michael452US #2
#6James443US #18
#7John425US #14
#8Matthew417US #3
#9Austin411US #23
#10Tyler391US #10
#11Andrew345US #7
#12Justin330US #19
#13Nicholas320US #6
#14Hunter307US #35
#15Caleb299US #38
#16Joseph298US #8
#17Brandon297US #12
#18David291US #16
#19Robert280US #29
#20Christian278US #22
#21Cameron249US #31
#22Jonathan248US #21
#23Zachary247US #15
#24Ethan245US #25
#25Jordan234US #36
#26Noah230US #27
#27Samuel227US #28
#28Daniel221US #9
#29Dylan207US #24
#30Thomas200US #33
#31Logan195US #40
#32Benjamin189US #26
#33Jackson185US #72
#34Charles182US #51
#35Nathan168US #30
#36Anthony163US #17
#37Alexander159US #20
#38Timothy158US #58
#39Dalton149US #91
#40Ryan140US #13
#41Cody135US #60
#42Jalen134US #106
#43Aaron129US #41
#44Jason119US #39
#45Dakota117US #88
#46Garrett116US #74
#47Patrick115US #68
#48Steven112US #54
#49Devin111US #69
#50Eric109US #42
#51Kevin105US #32
#52Mason105US #64
#53Elijah98US #52
#54Nathaniel98US #61
#55Seth97US #63
#56Jeremy91US #84
#57Stephen91US #95
#58Taylor90US #136
#59Richard89US #65
#60Carson87US #119
#61Gabriel85US #44
#62Evan83US #55
#63Tanner82US #93
#64Jared81US #56
#65Dustin80US #148
#66Gavin80US #85
#67Kaleb80US #141
#68Kyle80US #37
#69Luke79US #59
#70Dawson78US #168
#71Jeremiah78US #102
#72Landon78US #200
#73Isaiah77US #47
#74Kenneth76US #94
#75Connor75US #50
#76Jesse75US #90
#77Trevor74US #75
#78Brian72US #43
#79Hayden72US #129
#80Wesley72US #171
#81Antonio71US #82
#82Isaac71US #53
#83Micah71US #186
#84Alex69US #62
#85Marcus69US #99
#86Chase68US #77
#87Blake67US #80
#88Chandler67US #174
#89Colton67US #111
#90Sean66US #57
#91Colby63
#92Lucas63US #83
#93Adam62US #45
#94Gregory62US #138
#95Johnathan61US #157
#96Trenton61US #179
#97Tristan61US #105
#98Clayton58US #151
#99Peyton57US #183
#100Jeffrey56US #104

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑42Jalen#42
↑40Hailey#51
↑37Carson#60
↑27Kristen#65
↑27Brittney#69
↑26Diamond#74
↑22Jesse#76
↑20Mckenzie#78

Falling

↓34Heather#98
↓32Alexandra#100
↓31Kimberly#86
↓31Adam#93
↓28Kenneth#74
↓26Abby#88
↓26Tristan#97
↓24Connor#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.