Popular baby names in Alabama, 1987

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1987 were Ashley for girls (1,011 babies) and Christopher for boys (913). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,856 babies born in Alabama in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1987

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

Girls

Latoria: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lakendra: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lakeshia: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Santana: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Maegan: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Haley: 99 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chiquita: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Kala: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lashonda: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ashton: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 15 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Jamarcus: 18 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Darrius: 21 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Cortney: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Roderick: 57 babies, 7× the national rate
Cornelius: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Demario: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Scotty: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Courtney: 57 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cedric: 48 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	1,011	–	2
2	Jessica	998	–	1
3	Amanda	556	–	3
4	Brittany	528	↑1	7
5	Jennifer	423	↓1	4
6	Tiffany	404	–	18
7	Amber	370	↑2	15
8	Heather	345	↓1	9
9	Kimberly	312	↓1	23
10	Whitney	307	–	32
11	Kayla	285	↑33	27
12	Lauren	271	↑1	16
13	Sarah	264	↑1	5
14	Emily	246	↑5	19
15	Mary	245	–	37
16	Stephanie	244	↓5	6
17	Brittney	232	↑6	61
18	Elizabeth	226	↓6	10
19	Rachel	226	↓1	17
20	Megan	217	↑2	12
21	Laura	207	↓1	22
22	Courtney	203	↓1	33
23	Crystal	192	↓7	26
24	Erica	190	–	31
25	Anna	183	↑4	52
26	Samantha	171	↓1	11
27	April	169	↓1	58
28	Lindsey	169	↑2	41
29	Amy	164	↓12	24
30	Melissa	158	↓3	13
31	Christina	156	↑1	20
32	Rebecca	150	↓4	25
33	Katherine	140	↓2	28
34	Jamie	126	↓1	39
35	Allison	121	↑6	44
36	Angela	121	↑1	35
37	Andrea	120	↓3	36
38	Erin	116	↓3	34
39	Katie	105	↑8	38
40	Shannon	104	↑9	45
41	Kendra	100	new	77
42	Haley	99	new	>100
43	Kelly	99	↓7	30
44	Kristen	97	↓2	42
45	Victoria	97	new	50
46	Danielle	96	new	14
47	Brandy	93	↑3	92
48	Hannah	93	new	66
49	Brandi	90	↓10	88
50	Michelle	89	new	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	913	–	2
2	Joshua	795	↑2	4
3	James	743	↓1	8
4	Justin	733	↑5	9
5	Michael	712	↓2	1
6	William	668	–	15
7	Matthew	624	–	3
8	Brandon	570	↓3	14
9	John	548	↓1	11
10	David	476	↑3	5
11	Robert	452	–	10
12	Jonathan	429	↓2	18
13	Jeremy	407	↓1	29
14	Joseph	391	↑1	12
15	Andrew	386	↑2	6
16	Daniel	375	↓2	7
17	Timothy	305	↓1	26
18	Charles	288	–	35
19	Thomas	266	↑4	24
20	Anthony	260	–	17
21	Jason	256	↓2	23
22	Steven	253	↑3	25
23	Kevin	248	↓2	19
24	Jacob	235	↑9	31
25	Adam	227	↓3	27
26	Nicholas	224	↑2	16
27	Eric	218	↓3	21
28	Brian	212	↑1	20
29	Stephen	210	↑2	38
30	Richard	209	↓4	30
31	Zachary	203	↑6	33
32	Ryan	196	↓2	13
33	Benjamin	184	↓6	28
34	Kenneth	179	↑1	53
35	Tyler	168	↑6	39
36	Patrick	166	↓4	41
37	Cody	163	new	49
38	Dustin	160	↓4	44
39	Jeffrey	151	↑6	32
40	Marcus	149	↓4	67
41	Gregory	147	↑3	47
42	Bradley	141	↓3	56
43	Corey	139	↓5	57
44	Aaron	124	new	34
45	Phillip	123	↑2	68
46	Kyle	121	↓3	22
47	Wesley	119	↑3	92
48	Jeffery	118	–	>100
49	Samuel	118	↓7	50
50	Mark	117	↓10	36

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