Popular baby names in Alabama, 1985

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1985 were Ashley for girls (979 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,104). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,343 babies born in Alabama in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1985

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

Girls

Laquita: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Santana: 33 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jada: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Deandra: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Shameka: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Valencia: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Bridgett: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Latonya: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Adrian: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Raven: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Jamarcus: 16 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Cortney: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Roderick: 58 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Cornelius: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Cedric: 61 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kelvin: 51 babies, 5× the national rate
Cecil: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Demetrius: 43 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kendrick: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hunter: 36 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	979	–	2
2	Jessica	834	–	1
3	Jennifer	609	–	3
4	Amanda	606	–	4
5	Kimberly	378	↑3	19
6	Brittany	351	↑20	17
7	Tiffany	351	↓1	23
8	Crystal	333	↓3	21
9	Heather	324	↓2	8
10	Stephanie	313	↓1	6
11	Elizabeth	301	↓1	9
12	Mary	274	–	35
13	Amber	267	↑1	16
14	Amy	262	↓1	20
15	Lauren	260	↑5	15
16	Laura	248	↑2	14
17	Rachel	233	↓2	13
18	April	222	↓7	47
19	Emily	217	↓3	24
20	Megan	212	↑7	10
21	Sarah	212	↓4	5
22	Melissa	204	↓3	11
23	Christina	182	↑8	12
24	Jamie	181	↑17	27
25	Erica	159	↓2	34
26	Andrea	156	↑3	33
27	Courtney	156	↑8	43
28	Angela	154	↓3	31
29	Rebecca	152	↓5	25
30	Lindsey	149	↓8	37
31	Katherine	145	↑3	32
32	Whitney	140	new	73
33	Anna	138	↑6	54
34	Latoya	133	↓13	81
35	Brandy	131	↓7	70
36	Holly	129	↑2	56
37	Brandi	125	↓7	69
38	Alicia	124	↓5	45
39	Erin	121	↓3	26
40	Brittney	118	new	84
41	Kelly	117	↓1	28
42	Danielle	114	↑1	18
43	Katie	114	new	39
44	Kristen	114	↓12	38
45	Allison	112	new	46
46	Shannon	108	↓9	41
47	Samantha	107	↓3	29
48	Krystal	103	new	53
49	Michelle	97	↓4	22
50	Leslie	96	↓8	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	1,104	–	2
2	Joshua	828	↑2	4
3	Michael	807	↓1	1
4	James	766	↓1	7
5	Brandon	651	↑2	13
6	William	611	–	16
7	Matthew	568	↓2	3
8	Jonathan	538	↑4	17
9	David	528	↑1	6
10	John	508	↓2	9
11	Justin	475	–	15
12	Robert	467	↓3	8
13	Daniel	441	↑1	5
14	Joseph	408	↓1	10
15	Jason	378	–	14
16	Jeremy	365	↑1	30
17	Andrew	304	↑7	11
18	Charles	304	–	34
19	Timothy	300	–	26
20	Adam	284	↓4	22
21	Anthony	266	↑5	20
22	Steven	265	–	24
23	Thomas	260	–	25
24	Brian	258	↓3	18
25	Eric	252	↓5	21
26	Kevin	243	↓1	23
27	Nicholas	227	↑5	19
28	Richard	215	↑3	28
29	Stephen	214	↓1	36
30	Dustin	199	↑4	41
31	Kenneth	194	↑4	47
32	Ryan	194	↑1	12
33	Marcus	189	↓6	61
34	Jacob	187	↑4	35
35	Benjamin	183	↓6	31
36	Patrick	176	↓6	37
37	Bradley	161	–	53
38	Zachary	151	↑4	39
39	Gregory	148	–	45
40	Jeffrey	146	↓4	29
41	Derrick	140	↑8	83
42	Aaron	129	↓2	33
43	Tyler	125	new	43
44	Samuel	124	↑1	54
45	Travis	121	↑1	46
46	Mark	117	↓5	32
47	Corey	116	new	63
48	Nathan	116	↓5	40
49	Kyle	110	new	27
50	Phillip	108	–	69

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