Popular baby names in Alabama, 1968

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1968 were Lisa for girls (695 babies) and James for boys (1,416). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,088 babies born in Alabama in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1968

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

Girls

Alfreda: 19 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Felecia: 26 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Annie: 65 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Mattie: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Willie: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Angelia: 77 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Aretha: 45 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ethel: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Valencia: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Valeria: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Cedric: 73 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Grady: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Scottie: 36 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Roderick: 90 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darron: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Percy: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Willie: 253 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Earnest: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Roosevelt: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kelvin: 79 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	695	–	1
2	Kimberly	647	–	3
3	Angela	621	–	7
4	Tammy	540	↑1	8
5	Mary	496	↓1	6
6	Melissa	403	↑3	5
7	Pamela	397	–	20
8	Jennifer	387	↑5	4
9	Cynthia	357	↓3	19
10	Donna	333	–	24
11	Sharon	313	↓3	32
12	Tracy	302	↑8	25
13	Karen	298	↑3	9
14	Michelle	296	↑13	2
15	Tina	294	↑2	18
16	Sandra	291	↑2	26
17	Stephanie	277	↓2	23
18	Susan	274	↓4	10
19	Teresa	272	↓8	30
20	Patricia	259	↓8	15
21	Amy	258	↑3	13
22	Laura	213	↑7	11
23	Linda	213	↓4	28
24	Rhonda	213	↓3	42
25	Kelly	206	↑11	12
26	Sherry	202	↓3	52
27	Elizabeth	201	↓5	17
28	Tonya	188	↑20	60
29	Brenda	185	↓3	34
30	Barbara	184	↓5	36
31	Wendy	183	–	31
32	Deborah	180	↓4	27
33	Carol	174	↑7	49
34	Rebecca	171	–	33
35	Paula	163	↑3	45
36	Jacqueline	162	↓6	50
37	Regina	161	–	81
38	Debra	158	↓5	38
39	Wanda	153	↓7	>100
40	Shannon	151	new	53
41	Sonya	151	–	>100
42	Carolyn	150	↓7	61
43	Cheryl	141	↓4	37
44	Dana	137	↑1	70
45	Lori	136	new	22
46	Nancy	136	↓2	39
47	Robin	134	new	43
48	Amanda	132	↓1	>100
49	Connie	132	new	87
50	Cassandra	130	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	James	1,416	–	4
2	Michael	1,124	–	1
3	John	965	–	3
4	David	902	–	2
5	Robert	816	↑1	5
6	William	813	↓1	6
7	Timothy	581	–	13
8	Charles	574	–	20
9	Christopher	573	–	9
10	Mark	477	–	7
11	Kenneth	465	–	23
12	Jeffrey	408	↑2	11
13	Richard	398	–	8
14	Thomas	386	↑2	12
15	Anthony	373	↓3	21
16	Gregory	367	↓1	26
17	Steven	346	↑1	15
18	Joseph	334	↓1	16
19	Brian	310	↑3	10
20	Jerry	288	↑7	44
21	Kevin	281	↑5	17
22	Donald	264	↑3	29
23	Rodney	257	↓2	42
24	Terry	257	↓4	48
25	Willie	253	↓2	96
26	Larry	250	↑13	38
27	Gary	242	↑5	32
28	Ronald	239	–	25
29	Paul	237	↓5	19
30	Jeffery	236	↓11	46
31	Stephen	232	↓1	27
32	Eric	221	↑1	22
33	Patrick	211	↑4	30
34	Tony	197	↑2	52
35	Jimmy	195	↓6	77
36	Billy	192	↑5	76
37	George	188	↓2	36
38	Edward	186	↑2	31
39	Bobby	182	↓5	81
40	Johnny	181	↓9	69
41	Keith	178	↓3	35
42	Phillip	178	–	71
43	Daniel	172	↑3	18
44	Scott	166	↑1	14
45	Roger	140	new	55
46	Douglas	139	↑2	33
47	Danny	138	–	72
48	Reginald	131	↑2	>100
49	Derrick	128	new	>100
50	Dennis	122	new	45

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