Popular baby names in Alabama, 1972

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (815 babies) and Michael for boys (1,226). Social Security records list 51,777 babies born in Alabama in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1972

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, 9.1× the national rate
Valeria: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Valencia: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Felecia: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shelia: 66 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Chiquita: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Annie: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ashley: 87 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Latonya: 86 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Leigh: 74 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Cedric: 89 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Roderick: 82 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Stevie: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kelvin: 69 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kendrick: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Demetrius: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Willie: 188 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cornelius: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Morris: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Scottie: 30 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	815	–	1
2	Angela	671	–	6
3	Kimberly	602	–	4
4	Stephanie	440	↑4	8
5	Amy	432	↑1	5
6	Tammy	367	↓2	11
7	Mary	360	↓2	13
8	Melissa	340	↑1	7
9	Lisa	331	↓2	3
10	Tracy	304	↑1	19
11	Tonya	281	↑12	37
12	Cynthia	266	–	25
13	Michelle	260	–	2
14	Pamela	243	↓4	34
15	Shannon	243	↑3	22
16	Tina	223	↓2	18
17	Sharon	220	↓1	50
18	Wendy	210	↓1	29
19	Julie	208	↑17	12
20	April	204	↑19	48
21	Elizabeth	203	↑1	15
22	Teresa	202	↓3	39
23	Rebecca	197	↑6	14
24	Christy	196	↑4	74
25	Karen	188	↓10	21
26	Susan	188	↓6	24
27	Laura	185	↑4	17
28	Donna	173	↓7	45
29	Tara	168	↑15	38
30	Patricia	166	↓5	27
31	Stacy	165	↑2	33
32	Heather	164	↑6	9
33	Sandra	161	↓7	31
34	Amanda	158	↓4	76
35	Monica	155	↓1	47
36	Dana	154	↓12	52
37	Rhonda	152	↓10	60
38	Andrea	148	↑9	30
39	Melanie	144	new	42
40	Sherry	144	↓8	70
41	Linda	128	↑8	51
42	Kelly	123	↓7	23
43	Lori	122	↑3	28
44	Sonya	117	↓7	>100
45	Stacey	115	↓4	41
46	Katina	113	new	>100
47	Tanya	111	new	54
48	Erica	108	new	87
49	Felicia	108	↓9	>100
50	Leslie	106	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	1,226	–	1
2	Christopher	1,214	↑1	2
3	James	1,144	↓1	3
4	John	770	–	5
5	William	706	–	9
6	David	678	↑1	4
7	Robert	669	↓1	6
8	Jason	644	–	7
9	Brian	517	↑3	8
10	Charles	452	↓1	23
11	Timothy	400	–	21
12	Eric	358	↑10	16
13	Anthony	353	↓3	22
14	Kevin	346	–	13
15	Richard	338	↑6	14
16	Kenneth	332	↑1	27
17	Joseph	319	↓2	12
18	Steven	315	–	19
19	Jeffrey	312	↓3	17
20	Thomas	300	↓7	20
21	Mark	292	↓2	18
22	Gregory	284	↓2	26
23	Jonathan	252	↑4	37
24	Daniel	242	↑10	15
25	Stephen	224	↑1	29
26	Patrick	219	↑3	35
27	Jerry	207	↑3	53
28	Ronald	203	–	32
29	Larry	199	↓4	47
30	Rodney	198	↑7	65
31	Paul	195	↑2	24
32	Terry	194	↓9	62
33	Jeffery	188	↓1	58
34	Willie	188	↑2	>100
35	Donald	182	↓4	36
36	Billy	180	↑2	81
37	Scott	175	↓13	11
38	Keith	171	↑6	38
39	Jeremy	167	↑3	42
40	Marcus	165	↑3	71
41	Matthew	162	↑4	10
42	Bobby	157	↓3	90
43	Jimmy	156	↑3	97
44	Johnny	151	↓9	74
45	Gary	142	↓4	41
46	Derrick	137	↑4	91
47	Tony	137	↓7	68
48	Phillip	130	↓1	75
49	Tracy	128	new	>100
50	Brandon	124	new	63

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