Popular baby names in Alabama, 1969

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1969 were Kimberly for girls (657 babies) and James for boys (1,390). Kimberly ranked #4 nationally for girls. James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,638 babies born in Alabama in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1969

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: 22 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Mattie: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Annie: 56 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Daphne: 55 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rosie: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Aretha: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Latricia: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angelia: 67 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Valencia: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lillie: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Cedric: 68 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Roderick: 88 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Scotty: 50 babies, 5× the national rate
Stevie: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rickey: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 68 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dewayne: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cornelius: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tommie: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darron: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Kimberly	657	↑1	4
2	Angela	611	↑1	7
3	Lisa	524	↓2	1
4	Tammy	514	–	9
5	Mary	465	–	8
6	Jennifer	407	↑2	3
7	Pamela	396	–	24
8	Cynthia	380	↑1	23
9	Melissa	365	↓3	5
10	Tracy	358	↑2	17
11	Donna	334	↓1	26
12	Amy	329	↑9	6
13	Stephanie	325	↑4	19
14	Michelle	313	–	2
15	Sharon	305	↓4	36
16	Teresa	304	↑3	32
17	Karen	289	↓4	13
18	Tina	280	↓3	22
19	Patricia	260	↑1	18
20	Susan	259	↓2	11
21	Sandra	243	↓5	25
22	Laura	228	–	10
23	Linda	226	–	33
24	Elizabeth	225	↑3	16
25	Shannon	218	↑15	31
26	Rhonda	207	↓2	44
27	Kelly	204	↓2	15
28	Wendy	195	↑3	29
29	Rebecca	182	↑5	28
30	Sonya	178	↑11	>100
31	Tonya	175	↓3	54
32	Barbara	168	↓2	39
33	Regina	168	↑4	86
34	Lori	167	↑11	20
35	Sherry	162	↓9	55
36	Brenda	161	↓7	38
37	Julie	159	new	12
38	Dana	158	↑6	60
39	Deborah	154	↓7	27
40	Paula	154	↓5	50
41	Monica	141	new	59
42	Carolyn	136	–	71
43	Carol	135	↓10	56
44	Carla	131	new	90
45	Wanda	129	↓6	>100
46	Amanda	125	↑2	>100
47	Stacey	124	new	52
48	Cheryl	123	↓5	41
49	Leslie	122	new	64
50	Tracey	119	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	James	1,390	–	3
2	Michael	1,323	–	1
3	John	935	–	4
4	David	923	–	2
5	William	902	↑1	6
6	Robert	783	↓1	5
7	Christopher	693	↑2	7
8	Charles	537	–	19
9	Timothy	501	↓2	17
10	Anthony	453	↑5	20
11	Jeffrey	423	↑1	11
12	Mark	416	↓2	8
13	Richard	394	–	10
14	Kenneth	383	↓3	23
15	Gregory	375	↑1	26
16	Joseph	375	↑2	15
17	Thomas	365	↓3	13
18	Steven	327	↓1	14
19	Brian	326	–	9
20	Donald	283	↑2	30
21	Jeffery	275	↑9	48
22	Stephen	271	↑9	27
23	Ronald	269	↑5	29
24	Eric	267	↑8	21
25	Kevin	260	↓4	16
26	Jason	249	new	25
27	Terry	245	↓3	52
28	Rodney	237	↓5	49
29	Scott	229	↑15	12
30	Johnny	223	↑10	67
31	Larry	221	↓5	40
32	Patrick	221	↑1	31
33	Paul	219	↓4	22
34	Jerry	218	↓14	45
35	Willie	210	↓10	>100
36	Gary	205	↓9	35
37	Jimmy	204	↓2	79
38	Daniel	191	↑5	18
39	Jonathan	184	new	46
40	Phillip	179	↑2	74
41	Edward	165	↓3	32
42	George	158	↓5	38
43	Tony	157	↓9	54
44	Bobby	149	↓5	82
45	Billy	146	↓9	77
46	Keith	145	↓5	36
47	Douglas	141	↓1	34
48	Barry	134	new	99
49	Reginald	125	↓1	>100
50	Bryan	123	new	51

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