Popular baby names in Alabama, 1978

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (800 babies) and James for boys (962). James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,548 babies born in Alabama in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1978

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

Girls

Lashunda: 20 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Chiquita: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Shelia: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Maranda: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tawanda: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Latonya: 74 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lakeshia: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Laquita: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Deidra: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Haley: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Demetrius: 74 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Cedric: 81 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 72 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tavares: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dewayne: 42 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Roderick: 59 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Cornelius: 34 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cedrick: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dexter: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ashley: 39 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	800	–	1
2	Amanda	523	–	6
3	Amy	419	–	4
4	Kimberly	418	–	13
5	Heather	383	–	5
6	April	374	↑3	27
7	Melissa	359	↑1	2
8	Angela	355	↓2	7
9	Stephanie	331	↓2	16
10	Jessica	291	–	3
11	Mary	291	–	24
12	Crystal	256	↑8	18
13	Kelly	237	–	12
14	Christy	233	↑1	59
15	Brandy	232	↑2	37
16	Misty	227	↓2	43
17	Elizabeth	225	↑1	14
18	Ashley	199	↑4	87
19	Lisa	193	–	11
20	Laura	184	↑4	19
21	Jamie	178	↓9	20
22	Christina	175	↑3	15
23	Shannon	170	↓7	22
24	Andrea	166	↑3	23
25	Rebecca	161	↓4	17
26	Tonya	160	–	77
27	Tiffany	154	↑2	32
28	Brandi	151	↑4	61
29	Kristy	142	new	51
30	Leslie	142	↑12	63
31	Wendy	134	↓1	56
32	Erica	132	↑11	34
33	Rachel	131	↓5	25
34	Michelle	130	↓11	9
35	Tina	129	new	45
36	Julie	128	↓3	26
37	Sarah	128	↑1	8
38	Emily	123	↓2	33
39	Cynthia	117	↓8	50
40	Karen	115	↓6	39
41	Dana	108	↓1	71
42	Lori	104	↑4	60
43	Carrie	103	↓4	35
44	Tracy	101	–	47
45	Alicia	98	new	58
46	Monica	97	↓5	42
47	Pamela	97	new	>100
48	Felicia	93	new	>100
49	Stacey	92	↓2	53
50	Melanie	90	–	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	James	962	↑1	5
2	Christopher	958	↓1	3
3	Michael	932	↑1	1
4	Jason	856	↓1	2
5	John	640	↑1	7
6	William	638	↓1	13
7	Robert	595	↑2	8
8	David	588	↓1	4
9	Jeremy	531	↓1	18
10	Joshua	416	↑5	12
11	Timothy	411	↑3	17
12	Joseph	401	↓1	10
13	Brian	397	–	9
14	Matthew	379	↑2	6
15	Kevin	373	↓5	15
16	Charles	359	↓4	27
17	Jonathan	343	–	31
18	Anthony	310	↑1	20
19	Daniel	302	↓1	11
20	Steven	281	↑2	24
21	Richard	261	↑2	21
22	Eric	257	↓1	16
23	Thomas	256	↓3	23
24	Brandon	249	↑2	40
25	Adam	213	↑9	29
26	Marcus	198	↑5	70
27	Kenneth	185	↓3	41
28	Jeffrey	182	↑1	19
29	Stephen	179	↑3	37
30	Derrick	178	↓5	76
31	Nicholas	178	new	25
32	Benjamin	167	↑1	34
33	Justin	167	new	28
34	Mark	165	↓6	26
35	Andrew	161	↑4	22
36	Patrick	160	↓6	42
37	Bradley	157	↓2	53
38	Willie	149	↑2	>100
39	Larry	145	↑3	64
40	Donald	138	↓3	48
41	Corey	136	↑4	61
42	Paul	135	new	33
43	Phillip	134	–	67
44	Gregory	132	↓17	38
45	Wesley	132	↓9	83
46	Ryan	129	–	14
47	Antonio	126	↓6	79
48	Chad	119	↑1	35
49	Ronald	119	↓1	55
50	Samuel	118	new	57

← Alabama 1977 Alabama: all years · US 1978 Alabama 1979 →