Popular baby names in Alabama, 1971

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (727 babies) and Michael for boys (1,360). Social Security records list 56,744 babies born in Alabama in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1971

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: 19 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Valeria: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Miranda: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ashley: 100 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tamala: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Felecia: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Annie: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angelia: 72 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shelia: 75 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lawanda: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Cedric: 92 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Stevie: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Scottie: 61 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kelvin: 80 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Mack: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Aubrey: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Roderick: 84 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Willie: 205 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dewayne: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tommie: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	727	↑2	1
2	Angela	719	–	6
3	Kimberly	659	↓2	4
4	Tammy	475	–	8
5	Mary	444	↑1	9
6	Amy	421	↑3	5
7	Lisa	387	↓2	3
8	Stephanie	374	↑2	11
9	Melissa	365	↑2	7
10	Pamela	358	↓2	28
11	Tracy	340	↓4	13
12	Cynthia	321	–	24
13	Michelle	306	–	2
14	Tina	276	↑3	20
15	Karen	266	–	15
16	Sharon	263	–	40
17	Wendy	244	↑2	29
18	Shannon	240	–	21
19	Teresa	236	↑1	34
20	Susan	235	↑1	17
21	Donna	233	↓7	38
22	Elizabeth	224	–	19
23	Tonya	223	↑4	45
24	Dana	203	↑2	44
25	Patricia	201	↑6	26
26	Sandra	198	↓3	31
27	Rhonda	194	↓3	46
28	Christy	192	↑5	89
29	Rebecca	189	–	23
30	Amanda	183	↑4	84
31	Laura	177	↓6	16
32	Sherry	174	↓2	60
33	Stacy	172	↑9	32
34	Monica	171	↑10	48
35	Kelly	160	↓7	22
36	Julie	157	↑1	10
37	Sonya	154	↑1	>100
38	Heather	153	↑5	12
39	April	140	new	56
40	Felicia	140	↑5	>100
41	Stacey	139	new	41
42	Deborah	138	new	33
43	Regina	137	↓7	90
44	Tara	136	↓4	49
45	Barbara	133	new	47
46	Lori	129	↓11	25
47	Andrea	127	new	35
48	Cheryl	118	new	50
49	Linda	118	↓17	42
50	Tracey	117	↓1	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	1,360	↑1	1
2	James	1,327	↓1	2
3	Christopher	1,080	↑4	6
4	John	902	↓1	4
5	William	849	↓1	7
6	Robert	773	–	5
7	David	748	↓2	3
8	Jason	565	↑6	8
9	Charles	536	↓1	22
10	Anthony	480	–	23
11	Timothy	415	↓2	21
12	Brian	414	↑9	9
13	Thomas	391	↓2	17
14	Kevin	384	↑5	14
15	Joseph	379	↑2	15
16	Jeffrey	376	↓3	12
17	Kenneth	373	↓1	25
18	Steven	360	↓3	16
19	Mark	358	↑1	13
20	Gregory	347	↓2	26
21	Richard	347	↓9	11
22	Eric	345	–	18
23	Terry	265	↑4	56
24	Scott	260	↑6	10
25	Larry	247	↑3	44
26	Stephen	244	↓3	27
27	Jonathan	239	↑12	40
28	Ronald	237	↓3	31
29	Patrick	234	↑4	35
30	Jerry	233	↓4	50
31	Donald	224	↓2	34
32	Jeffery	224	↓8	53
33	Paul	211	↑1	24
34	Daniel	207	↑1	20
35	Johnny	207	↑2	74
36	Willie	205	↓5	>100
37	Rodney	199	↓5	59
38	Billy	184	↑6	75
39	Bobby	182	↑1	79
40	Tony	179	↑3	62
41	Gary	178	↓5	38
42	Jeremy	174	new	45
43	Marcus	174	↓5	65
44	Keith	171	↑1	37
45	Matthew	164	↑2	19
46	Jimmy	162	↓4	93
47	Phillip	162	↓6	76
48	Edward	154	–	32
49	George	151	↓3	42
50	Derrick	146	–	84

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