Popular baby names in Alabama, 1981
The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (949 babies) and Christopher for boys (977). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,064 babies born in Alabama in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Alabama in 1981
Names given at least 15 times in Alabama that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Chiquita: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
- Lawanda: 29 babies, 7.5× the national rate
- Lakeshia: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
- Toccara: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
- Latonya: 71 babies, 5.2× the national rate
- Shameka: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
- Sherita: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
- Lakesha: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Angelia: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Haley: 49 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Boys
- Kelvin: 62 babies, 6.5× the national rate
- Scottie: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
- Tommie: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
- Roderick: 59 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Cornelius: 36 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Kendrick: 37 babies, 5.3× the national rate
- Demetrius: 54 babies, 5.1× the national rate
- Chadwick: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
- Dewayne: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
- Cedric: 61 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1981
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1980 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 949 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Amanda | 694 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Jessica | 572 | ↑2 | 2 |
| 4 | Kimberly | 447 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 5 | Tiffany | 405 | ↑2 | 14 |
| 6 | Stephanie | 399 | ↑2 | 8 |
| 7 | April | 389 | ↓3 | 25 |
| 8 | Amy | 375 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 9 | Crystal | 335 | ↑4 | 16 |
| 10 | Melissa | 329 | ↓4 | 5 |
| 11 | Ashley | 325 | ↑1 | 34 |
| 12 | Mary | 297 | ↓2 | 27 |
| 13 | Heather | 276 | ↓2 | 10 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 269 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 15 | Angela | 266 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 16 | Brandy | 257 | ↑1 | 41 |
| 17 | Laura | 217 | ↑3 | 21 |
| 18 | Amber | 211 | ↑11 | 20 |
| 19 | Emily | 210 | ↑12 | 29 |
| 20 | Sarah | 204 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 21 | Andrea | 191 | ↑6 | 24 |
| 22 | Brandi | 181 | ↑6 | 50 |
| 23 | Rachel | 175 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 24 | Misty | 174 | ↓8 | 61 |
| 25 | Erica | 168 | ↑9 | 36 |
| 26 | Christina | 164 | ↓7 | 17 |
| 27 | Latoya | 157 | new | 69 |
| 28 | Rebecca | 156 | ↓2 | 12 |
| 29 | Courtney | 149 | ↑11 | 43 |
| 30 | Kelly | 146 | ↓7 | 23 |
| 31 | Lisa | 142 | ↓6 | 18 |
| 32 | Shannon | 141 | ↓2 | 32 |
| 33 | Leslie | 138 | ↓1 | 56 |
| 34 | Jamie | 135 | ↓16 | 28 |
| 35 | Pamela | 128 | – | 76 |
| 36 | Michelle | 125 | ↓3 | 11 |
| 37 | Katherine | 116 | ↑9 | 39 |
| 38 | Christy | 115 | ↓16 | 99 |
| 39 | Julie | 113 | – | 37 |
| 40 | Kristen | 111 | ↑9 | 38 |
| 41 | Lauren | 109 | new | 35 |
| 42 | Lindsey | 106 | new | 58 |
| 43 | Latasha | 105 | new | >100 |
| 44 | Erin | 102 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 45 | Allison | 101 | – | 57 |
| 46 | Kristin | 101 | new | 31 |
| 47 | Anna | 98 | new | 54 |
| 48 | Alicia | 97 | ↓1 | 46 |
| 49 | Kristy | 95 | ↓13 | 94 |
| 50 | Nicole | 94 | ↓7 | 7 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1980 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher | 977 | – | 2 |
| 2 | James | 897 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 3 | Michael | 857 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 4 | Joshua | 714 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 5 | Jason | 665 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 6 | John | 611 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 7 | David | 583 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 8 | Jonathan | 581 | ↑3 | 16 |
| 9 | Matthew | 567 | ↑4 | 3 |
| 10 | William | 559 | ↓4 | 15 |
| 11 | Jeremy | 548 | ↓2 | 22 |
| 12 | Robert | 537 | ↓2 | 9 |
| 13 | Brandon | 498 | ↑7 | 19 |
| 14 | Joseph | 482 | ↓2 | 11 |
| 15 | Daniel | 382 | ↓1 | 10 |
| 16 | Timothy | 361 | – | 24 |
| 17 | Justin | 345 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 18 | Charles | 343 | ↓1 | 31 |
| 19 | Anthony | 320 | ↑4 | 23 |
| 20 | Brian | 320 | ↓5 | 14 |
| 21 | Adam | 315 | ↑3 | 20 |
| 22 | Thomas | 290 | – | 26 |
| 23 | Eric | 271 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 24 | Richard | 266 | ↑2 | 27 |
| 25 | Kevin | 265 | ↓6 | 25 |
| 26 | Steven | 227 | ↓1 | 28 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 225 | ↑1 | 41 |
| 28 | Benjamin | 195 | ↑4 | 32 |
| 29 | Patrick | 190 | ↑1 | 38 |
| 30 | Nicholas | 186 | ↓3 | 21 |
| 31 | Andrew | 185 | – | 18 |
| 32 | Marcus | 178 | ↑4 | 67 |
| 33 | Stephen | 167 | ↑1 | 39 |
| 34 | Ryan | 164 | ↑3 | 13 |
| 35 | Jeffrey | 163 | ↓2 | 29 |
| 36 | Derrick | 152 | ↓7 | 78 |
| 37 | Travis | 150 | ↑1 | 40 |
| 38 | Bradley | 147 | ↓3 | 50 |
| 39 | Dustin | 146 | ↑11 | 42 |
| 40 | Gregory | 143 | new | 46 |
| 41 | Samuel | 138 | ↓2 | 54 |
| 42 | Larry | 126 | ↑2 | 73 |
| 43 | Paul | 126 | ↓3 | 35 |
| 44 | Mark | 125 | ↓2 | 33 |
| 45 | Phillip | 123 | ↑3 | 66 |
| 46 | Nathan | 122 | ↑3 | 36 |
| 47 | Antonio | 116 | ↓6 | 75 |
| 48 | Willie | 116 | ↓5 | >100 |
| 49 | Wesley | 115 | ↓4 | 99 |
| 50 | Donald | 112 | ↓3 | 56 |