Popular baby names in Alabama, 1974

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (989 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,184). Christopher ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,960 babies born in Alabama in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1974

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

Girls

Aretha: 21 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Lakeshia: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Renita: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tomeka: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ashley: 120 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tameka: 41 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Felecia: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tonja: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Windy: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lashonda: 28 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Percy: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 82 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Roderick: 81 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ashley: 38 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jarvis: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Scottie: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Earnest: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cedric: 70 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tommie: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Will: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	989	–	1
2	Angela	562	–	5
3	Kimberly	523	–	6
4	Amy	492	–	2
5	Stephanie	396	–	9
6	Mary	339	–	13
7	Amanda	317	↑8	34
8	Heather	307	↑6	4
9	Christy	288	↑8	57
10	Melissa	287	↓3	7
11	April	261	↑2	28
12	Tonya	255	↓2	37
13	Tammy	251	↓5	24
14	Michelle	230	↓2	3
15	Lisa	225	↓6	8
16	Tracy	212	↓5	23
17	Pamela	205	↑1	54
18	Cynthia	196	↓2	33
19	Wendy	195	–	32
20	Tina	185	↑1	25
21	Misty	184	↑18	66
22	Shannon	179	↑1	18
23	Karen	171	↑8	26
24	Rebecca	166	↓4	10
25	Susan	164	↑1	27
26	Elizabeth	160	↓4	12
27	Leslie	148	new	65
28	Stacey	147	↑4	48
29	Laura	139	↑4	21
30	Teresa	138	↓1	52
31	Dana	137	↓3	55
32	Monica	135	↑14	43
33	Donna	132	↓3	67
34	Julie	132	↓10	14
35	Patricia	130	↓1	29
36	Sharon	128	↓11	70
37	Christie	127	new	>100
38	Kelly	123	↓1	15
39	Stacy	122	↓4	38
40	Tara	122	↑4	39
41	Ashley	120	new	>100
42	Christina	120	new	16
43	Andrea	116	↓7	35
44	Melanie	116	↓17	51
45	Lori	115	↓7	30
46	Tiffany	115	new	41
47	Felicia	111	↑3	>100
48	Sherry	109	↓6	89
49	Sonya	109	↓6	>100
50	Kristi	107	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Christopher	1,184	–	3
2	Michael	1,146	–	1
3	James	1,071	–	5
4	Jason	954	–	2
5	John	701	↑1	6
6	William	658	↓1	10
7	David	623	↑1	4
8	Robert	579	↓1	7
9	Brian	470	–	8
10	Anthony	392	↑2	21
11	Charles	370	↓1	23
12	Joseph	364	↑3	12
13	Kevin	332	↓2	14
14	Timothy	314	–	22
15	Eric	310	↓2	13
16	Jeremy	310	↑13	24
17	Steven	303	↑2	19
18	Jeffrey	289	↑6	15
19	Kenneth	284	↑1	34
20	Thomas	282	↓4	20
21	Richard	277	↓3	17
22	Daniel	264	↓1	11
23	Jonathan	261	↓6	33
24	Mark	241	↓1	16
25	Matthew	233	–	9
26	Gregory	196	↓4	31
27	Patrick	195	↑1	38
28	Marcus	190	↑8	73
29	Jeffery	184	↑4	66
30	Jerry	171	↓4	61
31	Derrick	169	↓1	87
32	Johnny	169	↑14	83
33	Larry	168	↓6	55
34	Stephen	165	↑1	35
35	Billy	162	new	78
36	Bobby	162	↑6	92
37	Rodney	162	–	72
38	Donald	158	↓6	41
39	Brandon	155	↑9	51
40	Terry	151	↓1	69
41	Gary	142	↑3	48
42	Keith	139	↑1	44
43	Paul	139	↓3	27
44	Phillip	138	↓6	70
45	Willie	137	↓14	>100
46	Ronald	135	↓12	42
47	Joshua	133	new	29
48	Chad	128	new	26
49	George	126	↓4	49
50	Jimmy	126	↓9	99

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