Popular baby names in Alabama, 1976

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (903 babies) and Michael for boys (1,054). Social Security records list 46,637 babies born in Alabama in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1976

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

Girls

Laquita: 35 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Latonya: 102 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Chiquita: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Felecia: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shelia: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tawanda: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bridgett: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ashley: 171 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Angelia: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lashanda: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Kelvin: 75 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jarvis: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Cedric: 83 babies, 6× the national rate
Cornelius: 36 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Demetrius: 55 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Earnest: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Roderick: 61 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Fredrick: 50 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Darius: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dexter: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	903	–	1
2	Amy	579	–	2
3	Kimberly	483	–	7
4	Amanda	462	↑1	10
5	Angela	422	↓1	5
6	Heather	363	–	4
7	Stephanie	341	–	11
8	Melissa	321	–	3
9	Mary	290	↑1	22
10	Shannon	244	↑15	17
11	Jamie	227	new	18
12	April	225	↓3	30
13	Misty	219	↑3	46
14	Christy	214	↓3	60
15	Elizabeth	204	↓1	16
16	Lisa	186	↓3	9
17	Wendy	182	↓5	39
18	Christina	180	↑8	14
19	Jessica	180	new	8
20	Laura	178	↑9	20
21	Tonya	176	↓6	58
22	Brandy	172	–	55
23	Ashley	171	↑11	>100
24	Rebecca	168	↓4	12
25	Tammy	165	↓8	41
26	Julie	164	↓3	21
27	Kelly	158	–	19
28	Tracy	153	↓10	37
29	Michelle	139	↓10	6
30	Andrea	134	↑5	25
31	Brandi	133	↑6	79
32	Cynthia	132	↑13	44
33	Rachel	126	↓3	23
34	Crystal	125	new	36
35	Karen	124	↓11	31
36	Leslie	123	–	65
37	Tiffany	116	↑4	32
38	Lori	115	new	47
39	Emily	114	↑8	50
40	Stacy	113	↓9	38
41	Tanya	113	↑7	61
42	Susan	112	↓3	40
43	Tina	110	↓15	48
44	Pamela	109	↓23	84
45	Melanie	108	↓2	53
46	Dana	103	↓14	64
47	Latonya	102	new	>100
48	Stacey	100	↓8	51
49	Jaime	98	new	29
50	Monica	98	↓1	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	1,054	–	1
2	Christopher	1,048	–	3
3	James	942	–	5
4	Jason	909	–	2
5	John	655	↑1	6
6	William	612	↓1	11
7	David	589	↑1	4
8	Robert	524	↓1	7
9	Jeremy	513	↑1	14
10	Brian	439	↓1	8
11	Charles	388	↑1	26
12	Joseph	372	↓1	12
13	Kevin	345	–	15
14	Timothy	339	↑2	21
15	Eric	322	–	13
16	Jonathan	309	↑1	31
17	Anthony	306	↓3	22
18	Matthew	296	↑2	9
19	Daniel	271	↓1	10
20	Thomas	257	↑1	23
21	Kenneth	253	↑5	38
22	Richard	240	↓3	19
23	Joshua	235	↑9	18
24	Steven	218	↓2	20
25	Stephen	203	↑3	37
26	Marcus	202	↓1	74
27	Brandon	191	↑4	40
28	Jeffrey	185	↓5	17
29	Gregory	179	↓2	35
30	Mark	179	↓6	25
31	Larry	173	↓1	60
32	Derrick	162	↑12	91
33	Patrick	162	↓4	41
34	Chad	151	↑6	29
35	Jerry	146	↓1	67
36	Adam	145	new	36
37	Benjamin	143	↑12	32
38	Andrew	140	new	27
39	Rodney	140	–	88
40	Billy	134	new	85
41	Bradley	130	↑1	51
42	Antonio	125	new	71
43	Donald	125	↓7	47
44	Paul	125	↑1	28
45	Willie	121	↓2	>100
46	Ronald	118	↓11	49
47	Phillip	117	↓10	69
48	Terry	117	↓15	75
49	Johnny	115	↓11	92
50	Gary	114	↓2	52

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