Popular baby names in Alabama, 1975

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (879 babies) and Michael for boys (1,098). Social Security records list 47,334 babies born in Alabama in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1975

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

Girls

Starla: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Tamekia: 20 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Felecia: 31 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Tomeka: 32 babies, 6× the national rate
Daphne: 34 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lakeshia: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Lawanda: 39 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tameka: 64 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bridgett: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Latonia: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Sedrick: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Roderick: 81 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kelvin: 72 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Stevie: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tavares: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Scottie: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cedric: 67 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Demetrius: 48 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Earnest: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Scotty: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	879	–	1
2	Amy	546	↑2	2
3	Kimberly	516	–	7
4	Angela	501	↓2	5
5	Amanda	430	↑2	14
6	Heather	398	↑2	3
7	Stephanie	359	↓2	9
8	Melissa	311	↑2	4
9	April	263	↑2	25
10	Mary	254	↓4	19
11	Christy	250	↓2	53
12	Wendy	228	↑7	33
13	Lisa	226	↑2	8
14	Elizabeth	206	↑12	15
15	Tonya	192	↓3	45
16	Misty	191	↑5	47
17	Tammy	183	↓4	31
18	Tracy	180	↓2	24
19	Michelle	179	↓5	6
20	Rebecca	170	↑4	11
21	Pamela	156	↓4	70
22	Brandy	154	new	57
23	Julie	153	↑11	18
24	Karen	153	↓1	27
25	Shannon	151	↓3	21
26	Christina	147	↑16	12
27	Kelly	146	↑11	16
28	Tina	146	↓8	35
29	Laura	138	–	20
30	Rachel	135	new	26
31	Stacy	135	↑8	34
32	Dana	134	↓1	62
33	Felicia	132	↑14	>100
34	Ashley	131	↑7	>100
35	Andrea	126	↑8	28
36	Leslie	125	↓9	71
37	Brandi	124	new	88
38	Donna	124	↓5	85
39	Susan	123	↓14	32
40	Stacey	122	↓12	44
41	Tiffany	122	↑5	37
42	Tamika	119	new	>100
43	Melanie	117	↑1	52
44	Christie	116	↓7	96
45	Cynthia	116	↓27	40
46	Sharon	116	↓10	75
47	Emily	113	new	48
48	Tanya	110	new	50
49	Monica	109	↓17	49
50	Teresa	105	↓20	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	1,098	↑1	1
2	Christopher	1,070	↓1	3
3	James	1,005	–	4
4	Jason	861	–	2
5	William	671	↑1	10
6	John	669	↓1	7
7	Robert	546	↑1	6
8	David	538	↓1	5
9	Brian	403	–	8
10	Jeremy	389	↑6	24
11	Joseph	359	↑1	12
12	Charles	335	↓1	25
13	Kevin	332	–	15
14	Anthony	314	↓4	21
15	Eric	312	–	13
16	Timothy	302	↓2	22
17	Jonathan	294	↑6	30
18	Daniel	277	↑4	11
19	Richard	277	↑2	16
20	Matthew	256	↑5	9
21	Thomas	244	↓1	20
22	Steven	239	↓5	18
23	Jeffrey	231	↓5	14
24	Mark	214	–	19
25	Marcus	203	↑3	68
26	Kenneth	201	↓7	35
27	Gregory	190	↓1	33
28	Stephen	190	↑6	34
29	Patrick	183	↓2	39
30	Larry	173	↑3	56
31	Brandon	171	↑8	44
32	Joshua	170	↑15	26
33	Terry	164	↑7	67
34	Jerry	152	↓4	65
35	Ronald	147	↑11	46
36	Donald	145	↑2	42
37	Phillip	143	↑7	72
38	Johnny	142	↓6	86
39	Rodney	140	↓2	76
40	Chad	138	↑8	27
41	Jeffery	137	↓12	70
42	Bradley	136	new	52
43	Willie	136	↑2	>100
44	Derrick	132	↓13	90
45	Paul	132	↓2	29
46	Scott	132	new	17
47	Jimmy	123	↑3	>100
48	Gary	120	↓7	50
49	Benjamin	119	new	36
50	Jamie	119	new	62

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