Popular baby names in Alabama, 1982

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (871 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,076). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,916 babies born in Alabama in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1982

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

Girls

Shelia: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lakeshia: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Laquita: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lashanda: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lakesha: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Britney: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Daphne: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Sherita: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chasity: 45 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tammie: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Roderick: 90 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Earnest: 24 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kelvin: 65 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Scottie: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Rodrick: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cornelius: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dexter: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Darius: 35 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Courtney: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kendrick: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	871	–	1
2	Jessica	699	↑1	2
3	Amanda	660	↓1	3
4	Tiffany	451	↑1	13
5	Crystal	437	↑4	9
6	Ashley	436	↑5	17
7	Kimberly	354	↓3	14
8	April	339	↓1	32
9	Stephanie	326	↓3	7
10	Amy	323	↓2	10
11	Mary	315	↑1	30
12	Elizabeth	264	↑2	8
13	Melissa	245	↓3	5
14	Heather	241	↓1	12
15	Angela	227	–	16
16	Rachel	220	↑7	21
17	Emily	217	↑2	24
18	Sarah	216	↑2	4
19	Amber	214	↓1	18
20	Brandy	210	↓4	50
21	Laura	190	↓4	22
22	Erica	182	↑3	35
23	Rebecca	182	↑5	15
24	Brandi	181	↓2	55
25	Lauren	179	↑16	26
26	Lindsey	158	↑16	40
27	Christina	154	↓1	19
28	Andrea	147	↓7	27
29	Jamie	147	↑5	29
30	Leslie	147	↑3	60
31	Lisa	136	–	23
32	Kelly	134	↓2	25
33	Courtney	130	↓4	43
34	Erin	125	↑10	20
35	Kristen	125	↑5	33
36	Misty	125	↓12	74
37	Natasha	125	new	71
38	Christy	121	–	>100
39	Michelle	117	↓3	11
40	Katherine	114	↓3	36
41	Candice	112	new	78
42	Anna	108	↑5	56
43	Latoya	103	↓16	91
44	Allison	100	↑1	58
45	Julie	98	↓6	41
46	Lindsay	97	new	39
47	Alicia	96	↑1	53
48	Nicole	96	↑2	6
49	Pamela	94	↓14	82
50	Latasha	91	↓7	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	1,076	–	2
2	James	915	–	6
3	Michael	855	–	1
4	Joshua	765	–	7
5	Jason	647	–	4
6	William	629	↑4	15
7	John	592	↓1	8
8	Matthew	573	↑1	3
9	David	561	↓2	5
10	Jonathan	548	↓2	16
11	Robert	506	↑1	9
12	Justin	485	↑5	12
13	Brandon	461	–	18
14	Joseph	439	–	11
15	Jeremy	408	↓4	28
16	Daniel	384	↓1	10
17	Charles	368	↑1	31
18	Timothy	284	↓2	24
19	Adam	282	↑2	19
20	Anthony	280	↓1	21
21	Thomas	274	↑1	23
22	Brian	269	↓2	14
23	Kevin	268	↑2	25
24	Steven	252	↑2	26
25	Eric	249	↓2	20
26	Richard	232	↓2	27
27	Andrew	222	↑4	17
28	Nicholas	197	↑2	22
29	Kenneth	195	↓2	45
30	Patrick	195	↓1	37
31	Benjamin	187	↓3	33
32	Marcus	185	–	63
33	Stephen	184	–	38
34	Jeffrey	167	↑1	29
35	Bradley	161	↑3	51
36	Ryan	160	↓2	13
37	Dustin	153	↑2	42
38	Gregory	133	↑2	40
39	Derrick	132	↓3	78
40	Mark	124	↑4	32
41	Phillip	123	↑4	67
42	Aaron	122	new	30
43	Wesley	122	↑6	98
44	Samuel	120	↓3	56
45	Antonio	119	↑2	76
46	Paul	119	↓3	35
47	Jeffery	118	new	92
48	Larry	116	↓6	77
49	Travis	115	↓12	39
50	Willie	112	↓2	>100

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