Popular baby names in Alabama, 1977

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (965 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,017). Christopher ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,804 babies born in Alabama in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1977

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: 22 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Shawanda: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lakeshia: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Tawanda: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Latonya: 77 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lakesha: 48 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Chiquita: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lawanda: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tomika: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ashley: 179 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Tavares: 28 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Broderick: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kelvin: 95 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Roderick: 75 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Cornelius: 38 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Cedric: 78 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dexter: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Demetrius: 56 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kendrick: 36 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dewayne: 38 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	965	–	1
2	Amanda	584	↑2	9
3	Amy	539	↓1	3
4	Kimberly	441	↓1	8
5	Heather	409	↑1	5
6	Angela	396	↓1	6
7	Stephanie	367	–	14
8	Melissa	320	–	2
9	April	290	↑3	29
10	Jessica	276	↑9	4
11	Mary	268	↓2	21
12	Jamie	263	↓1	18
13	Kelly	258	↑14	10
14	Misty	237	↓1	40
15	Christy	229	↓1	59
16	Shannon	227	↓6	19
17	Brandy	226	↑5	51
18	Elizabeth	221	↓3	13
19	Lisa	209	↓3	12
20	Crystal	201	↑14	25
21	Rebecca	182	↑3	17
22	Ashley	179	↑1	>100
23	Michelle	178	↑6	7
24	Laura	168	↓4	20
25	Christina	165	↓7	16
26	Tonya	164	↓5	64
27	Andrea	156	↑3	24
28	Rachel	156	↑5	26
29	Tiffany	155	↑8	34
30	Wendy	146	↓13	49
31	Cynthia	142	↑1	48
32	Brandi	140	↓1	71
33	Julie	140	↓7	22
34	Karen	137	↑1	32
35	Tammy	134	↓10	55
36	Emily	129	↑3	37
37	Susan	129	↑5	45
38	Sarah	127	new	11
39	Carrie	125	new	28
40	Dana	125	↑6	62
41	Monica	125	↑9	39
42	Leslie	118	↓6	65
43	Erica	116	new	38
44	Tracy	114	↓16	50
45	Tara	112	new	35
46	Lori	111	↓8	57
47	Stacey	109	↑1	56
48	Sabrina	108	new	63
49	Amber	107	new	33
50	Melanie	101	↓5	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Christopher	1,017	↑1	3
2	James	999	↑1	5
3	Jason	970	↑1	2
4	Michael	961	↓3	1
5	William	652	↑1	12
6	John	649	↓1	7
7	David	620	–	4
8	Jeremy	590	↑1	15
9	Robert	566	↓1	6
10	Kevin	488	↑3	13
11	Joseph	413	↑1	10
12	Charles	410	↓1	26
13	Brian	405	↓3	8
14	Timothy	379	–	18
15	Joshua	337	↑8	14
16	Matthew	328	↑2	9
17	Jonathan	325	↓1	28
18	Daniel	314	↑1	11
19	Anthony	312	↓2	21
20	Thomas	306	–	22
21	Eric	298	↓6	17
22	Steven	268	↑2	23
23	Richard	265	↓1	20
24	Kenneth	236	↓3	39
25	Derrick	197	↑7	80
26	Brandon	194	↑1	41
27	Gregory	187	↑2	35
28	Mark	186	↑2	25
29	Jeffrey	185	↓1	19
30	Patrick	182	↑3	40
31	Marcus	177	↓5	72
32	Stephen	175	↓7	38
33	Benjamin	173	↑4	29
34	Adam	168	↑2	33
35	Bradley	159	↑6	49
36	Wesley	159	new	66
37	Donald	157	↑6	46
38	Terry	156	↑10	83
39	Andrew	153	↓1	24
40	Willie	147	↑5	>100
41	Antonio	135	↑1	77
42	Larry	135	↓11	62
43	Phillip	135	↑4	70
44	Jerry	134	↓9	75
45	Corey	133	new	52
46	Ryan	130	new	16
47	Billy	127	↓7	91
48	Ronald	127	↓2	53
49	Chad	125	↓15	34
50	Jeffery	121	new	78

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