Popular baby names in Alabama, 1965

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1965 were Lisa for girls (930 babies) and James for boys (1,647). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 61,965 babies born in Alabama in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1965

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: 16 babies, 11× the national rate
Valeria: 28 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Reba: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Annie: 91 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Minnie: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Mattie: 28 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Mamie: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Johnnie: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Felecia: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Sharron: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Cedric: 88 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Roderick: 88 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Willie: 329 babies, 5× the national rate
Earnest: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Darron: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Demetrius: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Grady: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mack: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Terrell: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Winston: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	930	–	1
2	Mary	715	–	2
3	Angela	699	↑1	10
4	Cynthia	591	↓1	9
5	Kimberly	578	↑9	4
6	Donna	512	↓1	7
7	Tammy	497	–	11
8	Karen	490	↑2	3
9	Pamela	480	↓3	12
10	Sharon	459	↓2	22
11	Teresa	437	↓2	24
12	Patricia	432	↓1	6
13	Linda	375	↑2	8
14	Sandra	368	↓1	15
15	Susan	361	↓3	5
16	Brenda	342	–	23
17	Rhonda	331	↑7	37
18	Deborah	291	–	13
19	Tina	283	↑6	29
20	Melissa	269	↑2	38
21	Barbara	245	↓1	25
22	Jacqueline	236	↓5	47
23	Tracy	226	↑19	36
24	Jennifer	219	↑5	20
25	Rebecca	215	↑5	41
26	Sherry	215	↓3	56
27	Wanda	213	–	81
28	Elizabeth	212	↓9	16
29	Debra	211	↓8	27
30	Kathy	187	↓4	54
31	Laura	187	↑3	17
32	Stephanie	186	↑16	44
33	Sheila	182	↓5	50
34	Carolyn	181	↓3	58
35	Carol	179	↑4	42
36	Robin	174	↓3	33
37	Regina	169	↓5	82
38	Janet	160	↓1	55
39	Cheryl	159	↑4	31
40	Janice	158	↓4	73
41	Connie	156	↓3	61
42	Paula	155	↓7	49
43	Valerie	151	↑1	67
44	Wendy	150	new	39
45	Amy	149	new	35
46	Kim	142	new	43
47	Betty	138	new	>100
48	Anita	137	↓3	94
49	Kelly	137	new	30
50	Nancy	137	–	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	James	1,647	–	4
2	Michael	1,122	↑1	1
3	John	1,090	↓1	2
4	David	911	–	3
5	Robert	899	–	5
6	William	892	–	6
7	Charles	641	–	20
8	Timothy	579	↑1	12
9	Kenneth	546	↓1	21
10	Jeffrey	474	↑3	10
11	Mark	465	↓1	7
12	Gregory	434	–	23
13	Richard	429	↓2	8
14	Anthony	414	↑1	22
15	Thomas	413	↓1	9
16	Christopher	403	↑10	18
17	Rodney	388	↑31	33
18	Terry	358	↓1	40
19	Joseph	345	↓3	11
20	Steven	342	↓1	14
21	Willie	329	↓3	93
22	Jerry	320	–	41
23	Jeffery	302	↓3	47
24	Donald	296	↓3	26
25	Larry	266	–	38
26	Ronald	266	↓2	24
27	Paul	259	–	16
28	Bobby	258	–	80
29	Johnny	257	–	76
30	Gary	250	↓7	27
31	Kevin	250	↑3	13
32	Jimmy	245	↓1	81
33	Phillip	231	↑2	70
34	Darryl	226	↑11	68
35	Billy	225	↓3	77
36	Edward	214	↑2	29
37	Randy	213	↑2	42
38	Tony	213	↓2	48
39	George	208	↓9	34
40	Stephen	205	↑4	28
41	Barry	189	↓8	86
42	Ricky	189	↓5	57
43	Brian	184	new	19
44	Scott	182	↓2	15
45	Eric	178	↑1	25
46	Danny	174	↓6	56
47	Keith	171	–	35
48	Daniel	164	↓7	17
49	Patrick	164	↓6	31
50	Douglas	156	–	32

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