Popular baby names in Alabama, 1966

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1966 were Lisa for girls (795 babies) and James for boys (1,494). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,133 babies born in Alabama in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1966

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

Girls

Willie: 33 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Annie: 82 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Ashley: 29 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Mattie: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sharron: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Felecia: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ethel: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Valencia: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Angelia: 79 babies, 5× the national rate
Lesia: 18 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Toney: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Cedric: 83 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Roderick: 105 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Scottie: 42 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Terrell: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Stevie: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Willie: 302 babies, 5× the national rate
Sylvester: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tommie: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Darron: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	795	–	1
2	Mary	645	–	3
3	Kimberly	637	↑2	2
4	Angela	636	↓1	9
5	Tammy	542	↑2	8
6	Cynthia	475	↓2	11
7	Pamela	447	↑2	15
8	Donna	439	↓2	12
9	Sharon	390	↑1	28
10	Karen	355	↓2	5
11	Patricia	352	↑1	7
12	Teresa	349	↓1	29
13	Melissa	342	↑7	22
14	Sandra	333	–	17
15	Linda	331	↓2	18
16	Susan	309	↓1	6
17	Brenda	299	↓1	25
18	Jennifer	289	↑6	10
19	Tina	288	–	23
20	Deborah	266	↓2	14
21	Rhonda	263	↓4	39
22	Tracy	245	↑1	31
23	Elizabeth	244	↑5	16
24	Barbara	234	↓3	27
25	Debra	208	↑4	35
26	Stephanie	204	↑6	38
27	Paula	191	↑15	50
28	Wanda	191	↓1	84
29	Sherry	189	↓3	53
30	Jacqueline	185	↓8	47
31	Rebecca	185	↓6	40
32	Cheryl	184	↑7	34
33	Michelle	184	new	4
34	Amy	168	↑11	30
35	Carol	159	–	48
36	Laura	159	↓5	19
37	Sonya	159	new	>100
38	Wendy	157	↑6	41
39	Carolyn	154	↓5	60
40	Connie	154	↑1	70
41	Regina	154	↓4	82
42	Sheila	152	↓9	51
43	Kathy	149	↓13	59
44	Kelly	147	↑5	26
45	Nancy	146	↑5	33
46	Shelia	141	new	>100
47	Anita	139	↑1	88
48	Robin	139	↓12	42
49	Beverly	133	new	>100
50	Dana	131	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	James	1,494	–	3
2	Michael	1,049	–	1
3	John	989	–	4
4	David	916	–	2
5	William	893	↑1	6
6	Robert	891	↓1	5
7	Timothy	663	↑1	11
8	Charles	599	↓1	20
9	Kenneth	504	–	21
10	Christopher	472	↑6	12
11	Jeffrey	466	↓1	9
12	Richard	452	↑1	8
13	Mark	437	↓2	7
14	Anthony	413	–	22
15	Thomas	383	–	10
16	Gregory	370	↓4	23
17	Steven	368	↑3	13
18	Rodney	362	↓1	35
19	Terry	311	↓1	40
20	Joseph	310	↓1	15
21	Willie	302	–	93
22	Jeffery	301	↑1	42
23	Jerry	290	↓1	41
24	Donald	261	–	27
25	Paul	254	↑2	18
26	Kevin	249	↑5	17
27	Ronald	248	↓1	24
28	Larry	243	↓3	38
29	Brian	242	↑14	14
30	Tony	236	↑8	49
31	Gary	235	↓1	28
32	Johnny	235	↓3	73
33	Keith	225	↑14	32
34	Jimmy	220	↓2	77
35	Stephen	219	↑5	26
36	Bobby	206	↓8	82
37	Eric	203	↑8	25
38	Barry	199	↑3	87
39	George	187	–	37
40	Edward	183	↓4	30
41	Billy	179	↓6	80
42	Daniel	177	↑6	19
43	Scott	174	↑1	16
44	Randy	172	↓7	45
45	Darryl	166	↓11	88
46	Patrick	163	↑3	31
47	Phillip	160	↓14	71
48	Danny	156	↓2	62
49	Roger	148	new	51
50	Douglas	142	–	33

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