Popular baby names in Alabama, 1973

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (883 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,193). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,570 babies born in Alabama in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1973

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

Girls

Mattie: 16 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Willie: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Robbie: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Valeria: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tomeka: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Angelia: 55 babies, 5× the national rate
Felecia: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shelia: 51 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tawanda: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ashley: 90 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Roosevelt: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Roderick: 82 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jarvis: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cedric: 77 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kelvin: 71 babies, 5× the national rate
Cornelius: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Willie: 175 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Earnest: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sherman: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darius: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	883	–	1
2	Angela	548	–	7
3	Kimberly	546	–	4
4	Amy	469	↑1	2
5	Stephanie	458	↓1	9
6	Mary	320	↑1	14
7	Melissa	292	↑1	6
8	Tammy	287	↓2	15
9	Lisa	280	–	5
10	Tonya	269	↑1	36
11	Tracy	254	↓1	20
12	Michelle	235	↑1	3
13	April	231	↑7	33
14	Heather	228	↑18	8
15	Amanda	214	↑19	51
16	Cynthia	212	↓4	26
17	Christy	210	↑7	73
18	Pamela	201	↓4	47
19	Wendy	200	↓1	29
20	Rebecca	193	↑3	10
21	Tina	192	↓5	24
22	Elizabeth	184	↓1	13
23	Shannon	179	↓8	22
24	Julie	178	↓5	12
25	Sharon	162	↓8	57
26	Susan	161	–	25
27	Melanie	159	↑12	43
28	Dana	154	↑8	59
29	Teresa	152	↓7	45
30	Donna	150	↓2	55
31	Karen	150	↓6	23
32	Stacey	149	↑13	41
33	Laura	146	↓6	19
34	Patricia	142	↓4	27
35	Stacy	137	↓4	32
36	Andrea	134	↑2	30
37	Kelly	129	↑5	18
38	Lori	128	↑5	28
39	Misty	126	new	90
40	Rhonda	123	↓3	70
41	Sandra	123	↓8	39
42	Sherry	121	↓2	76
43	Sonya	121	↑1	>100
44	Tara	120	↓15	37
45	Regina	118	new	>100
46	Monica	117	↓11	40
47	Linda	116	↓6	61
48	Melinda	110	new	72
49	Robin	109	new	60
50	Felicia	107	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Christopher	1,193	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,175	↓1	1
3	James	1,056	–	4
4	Jason	791	↑4	3
5	William	732	–	9
6	John	727	↓2	6
7	Robert	664	–	7
8	David	604	↓2	5
9	Brian	493	–	8
10	Charles	444	–	23
11	Kevin	388	↑3	14
12	Anthony	367	↑1	21
13	Eric	336	↓1	13
14	Timothy	330	↓3	22
15	Joseph	325	↑2	12
16	Thomas	321	↑4	19
17	Jonathan	305	↑6	31
18	Richard	301	↓3	16
19	Steven	283	↓1	20
20	Kenneth	269	↓4	28
21	Daniel	264	↑3	11
22	Gregory	263	–	26
23	Mark	258	↓2	15
24	Jeffrey	255	↓5	17
25	Matthew	217	↑16	10
26	Jerry	210	↑1	57
27	Larry	210	↑2	50
28	Patrick	200	↓2	37
29	Jeremy	192	↑10	33
30	Derrick	181	↑16	87
31	Willie	175	↑3	>100
32	Donald	170	↑3	38
33	Jeffery	170	–	64
34	Ronald	170	↓6	40
35	Stephen	167	↓10	32
36	Marcus	166	↑4	72
37	Rodney	165	↓7	68
38	Phillip	161	↑10	71
39	Terry	160	↓7	65
40	Paul	152	↓9	24
41	Jimmy	147	↑2	95
42	Bobby	141	–	93
43	Keith	141	↓5	41
44	Gary	140	↑1	44
45	George	134	new	46
46	Johnny	128	↓2	82
47	Scott	127	↓10	18
48	Brandon	126	↑2	58
49	Edward	120	new	39
50	Bryan	119	new	43

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