Popular baby names in Alabama, 1980

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (923 babies) and Christopher for boys (948). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,434 babies born in Alabama in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1980

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: 15 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Lashunda: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Laquita: 23 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Latonya: 85 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lashanda: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Renada: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Daphne: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Shelia: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Lawanda: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Chasity: 53 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Tavares: 21 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Horace: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Kendrick: 46 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Roderick: 69 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kelvin: 54 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Demetrius: 60 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rodrick: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Courtney: 63 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Scottie: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kerry: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	923	–	1
2	Amanda	875	–	2
3	Kimberly	507	–	11
4	April	466	–	26
5	Jessica	465	↑4	3
6	Melissa	380	–	4
7	Tiffany	362	↑10	14
8	Stephanie	339	↓1	13
9	Amy	335	↓4	8
10	Mary	321	↑4	25
11	Heather	306	↓1	6
12	Ashley	304	↑4	40
13	Crystal	298	↓1	18
14	Angela	291	↓6	12
15	Elizabeth	259	↓2	9
16	Misty	237	↓1	49
17	Brandy	214	↓6	42
18	Jamie	193	–	24
19	Christina	189	↑3	15
20	Laura	188	↑1	21
21	Sarah	182	↑16	5
22	Christy	169	↓3	83
23	Kelly	168	–	19
24	Rachel	167	↑2	23
25	Lisa	164	↓5	16
26	Rebecca	163	↓2	17
27	Andrea	161	↑3	28
28	Brandi	161	↑1	63
29	Amber	160	↓4	22
30	Shannon	145	↑1	29
31	Emily	142	↑3	31
32	Leslie	141	↑4	61
33	Michelle	136	↓6	10
34	Erica	133	↓6	34
35	Pamela	133	↑9	86
36	Kristy	131	↑2	78
37	Natasha	121	new	89
38	Monica	112	↑4	45
39	Julie	109	↓4	32
40	Courtney	108	new	48
41	Erin	108	new	20
42	Wendy	105	↑6	75
43	Nicole	102	new	7
44	Tonya	101	↓11	97
45	Allison	100	new	59
46	Katherine	100	↓7	35
47	Alicia	98	↓1	47
48	Dana	98	↓16	68
49	Kristen	98	new	39
50	Katrina	97	↓7	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Christopher	948	–	2
2	Michael	932	–	1
3	James	923	–	5
4	Jason	822	–	3
5	Joshua	707	↑5	7
6	William	691	↑1	14
7	John	672	↓2	8
8	David	616	–	4
9	Jeremy	583	↓3	18
10	Robert	575	↓1	9
11	Jonathan	541	↑4	21
12	Joseph	455	↓1	10
13	Matthew	436	↓1	6
14	Daniel	390	↑4	11
15	Brian	375	↓2	12
16	Timothy	368	–	20
17	Charles	343	↓3	29
18	Justin	336	↑10	13
19	Kevin	329	↓2	23
20	Brandon	318	↑2	31
21	Eric	314	↓1	16
22	Thomas	306	↑1	25
23	Anthony	279	↓4	24
24	Adam	275	↓3	22
25	Steven	252	↑1	28
26	Richard	250	↓1	26
27	Nicholas	245	↓3	17
28	Kenneth	216	↑1	41
29	Derrick	209	↑3	74
30	Patrick	193	↓3	38
31	Andrew	189	↑12	19
32	Benjamin	184	↑2	32
33	Jeffrey	183	↓3	27
34	Stephen	183	↑1	40
35	Bradley	176	↓2	51
36	Marcus	165	↓5	71
37	Ryan	150	↑11	15
38	Travis	141	–	37
39	Samuel	140	↓2	54
40	Paul	138	new	35
41	Antonio	135	–	77
42	Mark	135	↓2	30
43	Willie	135	↓1	>100
44	Larry	133	↓5	70
45	Wesley	130	↓1	95
46	Chad	129	↑1	39
47	Donald	124	↑2	53
48	Phillip	121	↓3	65
49	Nathan	118	new	36
50	Dustin	116	new	44

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