Popular baby names in Alabama, 1979

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (854 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,066). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,907 babies born in Alabama in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1979

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

Girls

Lashundra: 18 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Tamekia: 26 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Latonya: 92 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Sherita: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Shawanda: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tawanda: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Angelia: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Chiquita: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Laquita: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lakeshia: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Dedrick: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Tavares: 18 babies, 8× the national rate
Kelvin: 77 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Roderick: 84 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Cedric: 70 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Demetrius: 62 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darius: 39 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Cornelius: 34 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Carey: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Scottie: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	854	–	1
2	Amanda	823	–	3
3	Kimberly	463	↑1	12
4	April	461	↑2	23
5	Amy	404	↓2	5
6	Melissa	396	↑1	2
7	Stephanie	359	↑2	15
8	Angela	329	–	8
9	Jessica	321	↑1	4
10	Heather	320	↓5	7
11	Brandy	267	↑4	39
12	Crystal	264	–	18
13	Elizabeth	257	↑4	11
14	Mary	253	↓3	24
15	Misty	243	↑1	42
16	Ashley	216	↑2	67
17	Tiffany	211	↑10	28
18	Jamie	204	↑3	19
19	Christy	195	↓5	72
20	Lisa	189	↓1	13
21	Laura	187	↓1	20
22	Christina	186	–	14
23	Kelly	171	↓10	16
24	Rebecca	171	↑1	17
25	Amber	159	new	22
26	Rachel	156	↑7	27
27	Michelle	154	↑7	10
28	Erica	151	↑4	32
29	Brandi	148	↓1	61
30	Andrea	145	↓6	26
31	Shannon	145	↓8	25
32	Dana	143	↑9	54
33	Tonya	136	↓7	86
34	Emily	135	↑4	34
35	Julie	130	↑1	29
36	Leslie	130	↓6	65
37	Sarah	129	–	6
38	Kristy	125	↓9	56
39	Katherine	119	new	36
40	Tina	117	↓5	58
41	Tracy	114	↑3	49
42	Monica	113	↑4	40
43	Katrina	112	new	99
44	Pamela	112	↑3	90
45	Tara	112	new	38
46	Alicia	110	↓1	47
47	Lori	107	↓5	69
48	Wendy	104	↓17	64
49	Carrie	99	↓6	41
50	Stacy	99	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Christopher	1,066	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,009	↑1	1
3	James	979	↓2	5
4	Jason	889	–	3
5	John	642	–	7
6	Jeremy	622	↑3	16
7	William	610	↓1	13
8	David	593	–	4
9	Robert	567	↓2	8
10	Joshua	542	–	9
11	Joseph	453	↑1	11
12	Matthew	414	↑2	6
13	Brian	385	–	10
14	Charles	373	↑2	28
15	Jonathan	361	↑2	31
16	Timothy	361	↓5	18
17	Kevin	344	↓2	19
18	Daniel	342	↑1	12
19	Anthony	319	↓1	21
20	Eric	277	↑2	17
21	Adam	264	↑4	23
22	Brandon	256	↑2	35
23	Thomas	255	–	26
24	Nicholas	245	↑7	15
25	Richard	241	↓4	25
26	Steven	236	↓6	27
27	Patrick	216	↑9	39
28	Justin	215	↑5	22
29	Kenneth	212	↓2	41
30	Jeffrey	210	↓2	24
31	Marcus	198	↓5	76
32	Derrick	190	↓2	80
33	Bradley	188	↑4	47
34	Benjamin	180	↓2	33
35	Stephen	171	↓6	40
36	Gregory	161	↑8	42
37	Samuel	157	↑13	55
38	Travis	156	new	36
39	Larry	148	–	69
40	Mark	148	↓6	30
41	Antonio	142	↑6	79
42	Willie	142	↓4	>100
43	Andrew	141	↓8	20
44	Wesley	129	↑1	89
45	Phillip	128	↓2	68
46	Terry	126	new	96
47	Chad	125	↑1	38
48	Ryan	123	↓2	14
49	Donald	116	↓9	51
50	Corey	115	↓9	63

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