Popular baby names in Alabama, 1983

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (897 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,061). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,344 babies born in Alabama in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1983

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

Girls

Lakeshia: 21 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Valencia: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Latonya: 51 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bridgett: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Haley: 57 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Alecia: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lashonda: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tanesha: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marquita: 145 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Selena: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Cornelius: 40 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Demetrius: 68 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Deangelo: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Roderick: 64 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Aubrey: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kelvin: 56 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kendrick: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Earnest: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Cedric: 56 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Courtney: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	897	–	1
2	Ashley	750	↑4	4
3	Jessica	736	↓1	2
4	Amanda	647	↓1	3
5	Crystal	417	–	11
6	Tiffany	409	↓2	14
7	Stephanie	368	↑2	8
8	Heather	349	↑6	9
9	Kimberly	325	↓2	15
10	Amy	297	–	12
11	April	288	↓3	39
12	Mary	281	↓1	32
13	Melissa	254	–	6
14	Amber	248	↑5	17
15	Elizabeth	247	↓3	10
16	Sarah	226	↑2	5
17	Rachel	223	↓1	20
18	Laura	213	↑3	23
19	Angela	212	↓4	22
20	Emily	212	↓3	25
21	Erica	191	↑1	33
22	Lindsey	187	↑4	35
23	Rebecca	179	–	19
24	Brandy	177	↓4	57
25	Lauren	169	–	24
26	Andrea	162	↑2	30
27	Jamie	160	↑2	28
28	Alicia	157	↑19	41
29	Erin	155	↑5	18
30	Brandi	148	↓6	56
31	Marquita	145	new	>100
32	Christina	143	↓5	16
33	Kelly	141	↓1	26
34	Kristen	136	↑1	37
35	Katherine	128	↑5	34
36	Anna	121	↑6	55
37	Michelle	121	↑2	13
38	Leslie	120	↓8	67
39	Lisa	118	↓8	27
40	Megan	118	new	21
41	Holly	116	new	48
42	Samantha	115	new	40
43	Courtney	113	↓10	44
44	Lindsay	96	↑2	36
45	Misty	96	↓9	87
46	Nicole	95	↑2	7
47	Latoya	94	↓4	90
48	Monica	91	new	54
49	Shannon	90	new	38
50	Allison	88	↓6	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	1,061	–	2
2	Michael	859	↑1	1
3	James	790	↓1	6
4	Joshua	707	–	5
5	Matthew	653	↑3	3
6	William	632	–	16
7	John	620	–	9
8	Brandon	549	↑5	17
9	Jason	534	↓4	7
10	Robert	529	↑1	10
11	Jonathan	522	↓1	19
12	David	507	↓3	4
13	Justin	483	↓1	12
14	Joseph	455	–	11
15	Daniel	419	↑1	8
16	Jeremy	355	↓1	30
17	Adam	344	↑2	18
18	Charles	325	↓1	33
19	Eric	315	↑6	20
20	Anthony	309	–	22
21	Thomas	305	–	24
22	Timothy	289	↓4	26
23	Brian	283	↓1	14
24	Steven	279	–	23
25	Kevin	255	↓2	25
26	Marcus	239	↑6	58
27	Andrew	238	–	15
28	Richard	224	↓2	27
29	Benjamin	209	↑2	32
30	Stephen	203	↑3	35
31	Jeffrey	187	↑3	28
32	Nicholas	186	↓4	21
33	Ryan	182	↑3	13
34	Patrick	176	↓4	37
35	Dustin	162	↑2	43
36	Kenneth	161	↓7	45
37	Gregory	154	↑1	42
38	Mark	140	↑2	31
39	Jacob	133	new	36
40	Aaron	129	↑2	29
41	Bradley	128	↓6	52
42	Antonio	124	↑3	76
43	Nathan	123	new	40
44	Derrick	119	↓5	78
45	Jeffery	119	↑2	91
46	Paul	118	–	39
47	Samuel	117	↓3	54
48	Phillip	113	↓7	66
49	Willie	113	↑1	>100
50	Travis	104	↓1	41

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