Popular baby names in Alabama, 1964

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1964 were Lisa for girls (826 babies) and James for boys (1,697). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,219 babies born in Alabama in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in Alabama that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Delois: 17 babies, 11× the national rate
Lula: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Minnie: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Hattie: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Felecia: 40 babies, 6× the national rate
Robbie: 38 babies, 6× the national rate
Annie: 95 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Angelia: 73 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Valeria: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mattie: 25 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Terrell: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Cedric: 82 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Mack: 37 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Roderick: 103 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Willie: 389 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Grady: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Winston: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Elbert: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Sammie: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cleveland: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	826	–	1
2	Mary	801	–	2
3	Cynthia	614	–	9
4	Angela	571	↑5	22
5	Donna	551	↓1	7
6	Pamela	534	↑2	11
7	Tammy	511	↓2	10
8	Sharon	482	↑3	20
9	Teresa	471	↓3	21
10	Karen	460	↑2	4
11	Patricia	458	↑4	5
12	Susan	435	↑1	3
13	Sandra	429	↓6	13
14	Kimberly	426	↑5	6
15	Linda	426	↓5	8
16	Brenda	387	↓2	18
17	Jacqueline	363	↑3	37
18	Deborah	327	↓2	12
19	Elizabeth	301	↑6	16
20	Barbara	297	↓3	19
21	Debra	294	↓3	24
22	Melissa	287	↑5	53
23	Sherry	274	–	50
24	Rhonda	272	↓2	43
25	Tina	265	↑3	34
26	Kathy	238	↓2	39
27	Wanda	238	↓6	81
28	Sheila	237	↑3	51
29	Jennifer	221	↑8	31
30	Rebecca	219	↑4	46
31	Carolyn	218	↓1	56
32	Regina	212	↑11	83
33	Robin	207	↑6	27
34	Laura	206	↓1	14
35	Paula	205	↑5	45
36	Janice	200	↓10	69
37	Janet	199	↓5	48
38	Connie	198	↑4	64
39	Carol	192	↑2	36
40	Cindy	191	↑6	47
41	Shirley	184	↑6	>100
42	Tracy	184	new	40
43	Cheryl	181	↓7	29
44	Valerie	179	new	66
45	Anita	173	↓10	85
46	Lori	173	↓17	15
47	Terri	168	↑1	62
48	Stephanie	165	new	57
49	Beverly	163	↓11	91
50	Nancy	155	↓6	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	James	1,697	–	4
2	John	1,273	↑1	2
3	Michael	1,151	↓1	1
4	David	1,099	–	3
5	Robert	981	–	5
6	William	934	–	7
7	Charles	678	–	17
8	Kenneth	632	–	18
9	Timothy	582	–	15
10	Mark	529	–	6
11	Richard	488	↑2	8
12	Gregory	486	↓1	22
13	Jeffrey	454	↑2	10
14	Thomas	438	–	9
15	Anthony	424	↓3	21
16	Joseph	416	↑1	11
17	Terry	415	↓1	35
18	Willie	389	–	90
19	Steven	377	↑4	12
20	Jeffery	367	↓1	45
21	Donald	354	↓1	25
22	Jerry	349	↑2	40
23	Gary	301	↓2	26
24	Ronald	300	↑1	24
25	Larry	296	↓3	36
26	Christopher	278	↑2	23
27	Paul	278	↑3	16
28	Bobby	268	↓1	73
29	Johnny	261	↓3	74
30	George	260	↑2	33
31	Jimmy	252	↓2	78
32	Billy	248	↑3	71
33	Barry	247	↑1	69
34	Kevin	242	↑9	13
35	Phillip	242	↑1	67
36	Tony	217	↓3	50
37	Ricky	215	↓6	54
38	Edward	214	↑1	27
39	Randy	214	↓2	38
40	Danny	204	↓2	56
41	Daniel	200	↑7	19
42	Scott	197	↓1	14
43	Patrick	193	new	30
44	Stephen	190	↓2	29
45	Darryl	186	↓5	87
46	Eric	186	new	32
47	Keith	184	↓2	34
48	Rodney	176	new	59
49	Dennis	172	↓3	42
50	Douglas	172	↓1	31

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