NameCensus.

Top first names in Alabama

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Alabama since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Alabama account for 2,453,216 total births.

# Name Total in Alabama Trend
1 James 160,560
2 Mary 117,260
3 William 104,317
4 John 99,178
5 Robert 82,759
6 Willie 65,189
7 Charles 62,214
8 Michael 59,170
9 David 53,112
10 Thomas 40,684
11 Christopher 38,283
12 Joseph 36,295
13 Annie 34,860
14 Betty 33,241
15 George 30,535
16 Linda 30,332
17 Elizabeth 29,967
18 Richard 28,798
19 Dorothy 28,579
20 Barbara 27,257
21 Patricia 26,550
22 Kenneth 24,336
23 Sarah 24,111
24 Margaret 23,492
25 Jerry 23,203
26 Larry 22,879
27 Billy 22,839
28 Joshua 22,239
29 Henry 21,766
30 Martha 21,371
31 Donald 21,290
32 Jennifer 20,806
33 Timothy 20,401
34 Daniel 20,132
35 Edward 19,783
36 Matthew 19,646
37 Samuel 19,468
38 Brenda 19,173
39 Anthony 19,037
40 Bobby 18,896
41 Joe 18,794
42 Andrew 17,952
43 Shirley 17,586
44 Carolyn 17,504
45 Jimmy 17,334
46 Johnny 17,226
47 Sandra 16,835
48 Emma 16,716
49 Ruby 16,714
50 Ashley 16,237
51 Paul 16,083
52 Walter 16,073
53 Ronald 16,036
54 Kimberly 16,035
55 Jason 15,972
56 Jonathan 15,768
57 Jessica 15,728
58 Steven 15,322
59 Angela 15,048
60 Helen 14,999
61 Rebecca 14,796
62 Jessie 14,779
63 Terry 14,737
64 Brandon 14,721
65 Frances 14,607
66 Cynthia 14,600
67 Eddie 14,562
68 Jacob 14,421
69 Justin 14,266
70 Donna 14,257
71 Anna 14,227
72 Frank 14,200
73 Amanda 14,176
74 Doris 14,162
75 Deborah 13,769
76 Emily 13,611
77 Mark 13,600
78 Laura 13,506
79 Virginia 13,390
80 Johnnie 13,344
81 Charlie 13,098
82 Mildred 13,010
83 Gary 12,865
84 Lisa 12,844
85 Evelyn 12,735
86 Gregory 12,646
87 Sharon 12,569
88 Susan 12,556
89 Pamela 12,348
90 Benjamin 12,299
91 Jack 12,175
92 Ruth 12,147
93 Mattie 12,009
94 Stephen 11,980
95 Kevin 11,915
96 Nancy 11,914
97 Roy 11,651
98 Louise 11,614
99 Brian 11,573
100 Arthur 11,567