Popular baby names in Alabama, 1970

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1970 were Kimberly for girls (735 babies) and James for boys (1,451). Kimberly ranked #3 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,970 babies born in Alabama in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1970

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

Girls

Valeria: 22 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Robbie: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Annie: 43 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Sharron: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ashley: 76 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Shelia: 97 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Daphne: 55 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Felecia: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Valencia: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Aretha: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Jarvis: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Scottie: 38 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Roderick: 92 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cedric: 76 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Stevie: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Earnest: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Willie: 235 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 68 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ashley: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tommie: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Kimberly	735	–	3
2	Angela	711	–	6
3	Jennifer	603	↑3	1
4	Tammy	544	–	8
5	Lisa	460	↓2	2
6	Mary	455	↓1	9
7	Tracy	425	↑3	10
8	Pamela	407	↓1	26
9	Amy	399	↑3	5
10	Stephanie	374	↑3	17
11	Melissa	348	↓2	7
12	Cynthia	316	↓4	25
13	Michelle	281	↑1	4
14	Donna	279	↓3	32
15	Karen	277	↑2	12
16	Sharon	275	↓1	37
17	Tina	273	↑1	21
18	Shannon	266	↑7	22
19	Wendy	259	↑9	28
20	Teresa	254	↓4	34
21	Susan	253	↓1	15
22	Elizabeth	220	↑2	18
23	Sandra	207	↓2	27
24	Rhonda	199	↑2	46
25	Laura	198	↓3	13
26	Dana	194	↑12	54
27	Tonya	187	↑4	49
28	Kelly	183	↓1	20
29	Rebecca	175	–	29
30	Sherry	175	↑5	60
31	Patricia	173	↓12	24
32	Linda	170	↓9	38
33	Christy	167	new	>100
34	Amanda	160	↑12	>100
35	Lori	157	↓1	23
36	Regina	154	↓3	86
37	Julie	150	–	11
38	Sonya	147	↓8	>100
39	Carla	146	↑5	94
40	Tara	142	new	69
41	Paula	140	↓1	57
42	Stacy	139	new	42
43	Heather	137	new	19
44	Monica	137	↓3	56
45	Felicia	136	new	>100
46	Brenda	135	↓10	40
47	Sabrina	134	new	>100
48	Wanda	133	↓3	>100
49	Tracey	132	↑1	55
50	Carol	130	↓7	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	James	1,451	–	2
2	Michael	1,414	–	1
3	John	1,049	–	4
4	William	890	↑1	7
5	David	876	↓1	3
6	Robert	845	–	5
7	Christopher	827	–	6
8	Charles	598	–	21
9	Timothy	477	–	20
10	Anthony	442	–	22
11	Thomas	434	↑6	17
12	Richard	418	↑1	10
13	Jeffrey	413	↓2	11
14	Jason	406	↑12	13
15	Steven	396	↑3	15
16	Kenneth	385	↓2	25
17	Joseph	370	↓1	16
18	Gregory	369	↓3	26
19	Kevin	362	↑6	14
20	Mark	359	↓8	9
21	Brian	312	↓2	8
22	Eric	310	↑2	18
23	Stephen	284	↓1	27
24	Jeffery	282	↓3	50
25	Ronald	277	↓2	29
26	Jerry	262	↑8	45
27	Terry	260	–	54
28	Larry	248	↑3	43
29	Donald	246	↓9	30
30	Scott	241	↓1	12
31	Willie	235	↑4	>100
32	Rodney	232	↓4	55
33	Patrick	225	↓1	33
34	Paul	212	↓1	23
35	Daniel	207	↑3	19
36	Gary	202	–	35
37	Johnny	197	↓7	65
38	Marcus	188	new	71
39	Jonathan	186	–	42
40	Bobby	185	↑4	87
41	Phillip	180	↓1	73
42	Jimmy	176	↓5	86
43	Tony	176	–	57
44	Billy	175	↑1	78
45	Keith	175	↑1	38
46	George	155	↓4	40
47	Matthew	155	new	24
48	Edward	145	↓7	31
49	Samuel	143	new	62
50	Derrick	141	new	96

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