Popular baby names in Alabama, 1984

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1984 were Ashley for girls (816 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,097). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,887 babies born in Alabama in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1984

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: 18 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lakesha: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Laquita: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Latosha: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bridgett: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Latonya: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Devin: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Daphne: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alecia: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Chasity: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Cornelius: 37 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Cedric: 71 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Courtney: 58 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Roderick: 47 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jarvis: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Quintin: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Demarcus: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darius: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Quinton: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Jody: 18 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	816	↑1	3
2	Jessica	755	↑1	2
3	Jennifer	742	↓2	1
4	Amanda	595	–	4
5	Crystal	386	–	12
6	Tiffany	383	–	14
7	Heather	359	↑1	9
8	Kimberly	347	↑1	22
9	Stephanie	313	↓2	6
10	Elizabeth	279	↑5	10
11	April	269	–	42
12	Mary	266	–	33
13	Amy	255	↓3	13
14	Amber	250	–	18
15	Rachel	243	↑2	15
16	Emily	222	↑4	24
17	Sarah	221	↓1	5
18	Laura	220	–	19
19	Melissa	215	↓6	8
20	Lauren	212	↑5	21
21	Latoya	197	↑26	60
22	Lindsey	185	–	35
23	Erica	184	↓2	34
24	Rebecca	167	↓1	23
25	Angela	166	↓6	26
26	Brittany	158	new	41
27	Megan	157	↑13	11
28	Brandy	152	↓4	64
29	Andrea	147	↓3	28
30	Brandi	147	–	61
31	Christina	146	↑1	20
32	Kristen	136	↑2	38
33	Alicia	134	↓5	40
34	Katherine	132	↑1	30
35	Courtney	131	↑8	46
36	Erin	128	↓7	25
37	Shannon	126	↑12	37
38	Holly	125	↑3	53
39	Anna	118	↓3	57
40	Kelly	118	↓7	27
41	Jamie	112	↓14	31
42	Leslie	105	↓4	75
43	Danielle	103	new	16
44	Samantha	100	↓2	39
45	Michelle	99	↓8	17
46	Candace	96	new	>100
47	Lindsay	96	↓3	36
48	Nicole	93	↓2	7
49	Victoria	93	new	59
50	Candice	92	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	1,097	–	2
2	Michael	842	–	1
3	James	802	–	7
4	Joshua	787	–	4
5	Matthew	661	–	3
6	William	617	–	16
7	Brandon	587	↑1	15
8	John	579	↓1	8
9	Robert	494	↑1	9
10	David	488	↑2	5
11	Justin	487	↑2	13
12	Jonathan	479	↓1	19
13	Joseph	467	↑1	10
14	Daniel	451	↑1	6
15	Jason	446	↓6	11
16	Adam	350	↑1	18
17	Jeremy	350	↓1	31
18	Charles	328	–	33
19	Timothy	309	↑3	26
20	Eric	287	↓1	22
21	Brian	285	↑2	17
22	Steven	268	↑2	23
23	Thomas	265	↓2	25
24	Andrew	258	↑3	14
25	Kevin	256	–	24
26	Anthony	254	↓6	21
27	Marcus	238	↓1	57
28	Stephen	226	↑2	35
29	Benjamin	203	–	30
30	Patrick	194	↑4	36
31	Richard	192	↓3	27
32	Nicholas	178	–	20
33	Ryan	178	–	12
34	Dustin	177	↑1	41
35	Kenneth	173	↑1	46
36	Jeffrey	167	↓5	28
37	Bradley	149	↑4	53
38	Jacob	149	↑1	37
39	Gregory	146	↓2	44
40	Aaron	141	–	29
41	Mark	132	↓3	32
42	Zachary	129	new	45
43	Nathan	124	–	38
44	Paul	122	↑2	40
45	Samuel	122	↑2	55
46	Travis	116	↑4	42
47	Larry	115	new	91
48	Antonio	112	↓6	77
49	Derrick	109	↓5	79
50	Phillip	106	↓2	70

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