Popular baby names in Alabama, 1986

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1986 were Ashley for girls (929 babies) and Christopher for boys (957). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,620 babies born in Alabama in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1986

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: 27 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Magan: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Santana: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Laquita: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Felecia: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Sharonda: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Chiquita: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Valencia: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lashonda: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Britney: 89 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Roderick: 59 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Cornelius: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Deangelo: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Whitney: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Aubrey: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Courtney: 60 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jarvis: 41 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kendrick: 41 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Quinton: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Demetrius: 50 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	929	–	2
2	Jessica	911	–	1
3	Amanda	567	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	479	↓1	4
5	Brittany	478	↑1	8
6	Tiffany	386	↑1	17
7	Heather	372	↑2	9
8	Kimberly	325	↓3	18
9	Amber	318	↑4	13
10	Whitney	294	↑22	32
11	Stephanie	283	↓1	6
12	Elizabeth	273	↓1	10
13	Lauren	264	↑2	14
14	Sarah	244	↑7	5
15	Mary	241	↓3	37
16	Crystal	231	↓8	25
17	Amy	228	↓3	22
18	Rachel	216	↓1	15
19	Emily	215	–	24
20	Laura	205	↓4	20
21	Courtney	195	↑6	35
22	Megan	188	↓2	11
23	Brittney	185	↑17	65
24	Erica	180	↑1	31
25	Samantha	176	↑22	21
26	April	175	↓8	53
27	Melissa	168	↓5	12
28	Rebecca	152	↑1	26
29	Anna	151	↑4	51
30	Lindsey	144	–	39
31	Katherine	137	–	28
32	Christina	133	↓9	19
33	Jamie	125	↓9	34
34	Andrea	121	↓8	36
35	Erin	118	↑4	30
36	Kelly	116	↑5	29
37	Angela	114	↓9	33
38	Latoya	104	↓4	>100
39	Brandi	102	↓2	79
40	Sara	102	new	27
41	Allison	101	↑4	42
42	Kristen	101	↑2	41
43	Nicole	101	new	7
44	Kayla	100	new	64
45	Alicia	99	↓7	45
46	Candace	99	new	>100
47	Katie	99	↓4	38
48	Mallory	96	new	83
49	Shannon	96	↓3	44
50	Brandy	95	↓15	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	957	–	2
2	James	843	↑2	7
3	Michael	813	–	1
4	Joshua	736	↓2	4
5	Brandon	653	–	13
6	William	642	–	15
7	Matthew	577	–	3
8	John	554	↑2	10
9	Justin	547	↑2	14
10	Jonathan	508	↓2	16
11	Robert	503	↑1	9
12	Jeremy	466	↑4	28
13	David	462	↓4	5
14	Daniel	430	↓1	6
15	Joseph	383	↓1	12
16	Timothy	306	↑3	27
17	Andrew	305	–	8
18	Charles	305	–	34
19	Jason	294	↓4	18
20	Anthony	289	↑1	19
21	Kevin	276	↑5	21
22	Adam	251	↓2	24
23	Thomas	250	–	26
24	Eric	238	↑1	22
25	Steven	231	↓3	25
26	Richard	217	↑2	29
27	Benjamin	213	↑8	30
28	Nicholas	212	↓1	17
29	Brian	211	↓5	20
30	Ryan	204	↑2	11
31	Stephen	204	↓2	36
32	Patrick	193	↑4	39
33	Jacob	187	↑1	31
34	Dustin	176	↓4	42
35	Kenneth	174	↓4	50
36	Marcus	169	↓3	63
37	Zachary	169	↑1	38
38	Corey	150	↑9	62
39	Bradley	139	↓2	54
40	Mark	138	↑6	35
41	Tyler	130	↑2	40
42	Samuel	126	↑2	52
43	Kyle	125	↑6	23
44	Gregory	124	↓5	46
45	Jeffrey	124	↓5	32
46	Antonio	121	new	73
47	Phillip	117	↑3	70
48	Jeffery	107	new	>100
49	Nathan	107	↓1	43
50	Wesley	104	new	96

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