Popular baby names in Alabama, 1989

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1989 were Ashley for girls (895 babies) and Christopher for boys (922). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,701 babies born in Alabama in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1989

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

Girls

Sha: 15 babies, 38.1× the national rate
Magan: 25 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Lakendra: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Chiquita: 19 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Amberly: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Latonya: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Lashonda: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Portia: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lakeshia: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Valencia: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 33 babies, 22× the national rate
Broderick: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Cortney: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Darrius: 29 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Cornelius: 36 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Demario: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Courtney: 63 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Demarcus: 36 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Cortez: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jarvis: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	895	↑1	2
2	Jessica	863	↓1	1
3	Brittany	837	–	3
4	Tiffany	448	↑1	16
5	Amanda	411	↓1	4
6	Kayla	379	↑2	20
7	Amber	365	–	14
8	Sarah	335	↑2	5
9	Jennifer	315	–	7
10	Lauren	315	↑1	9
11	Courtney	311	↑5	21
12	Heather	298	↓6	15
13	Jasmine	294	↑11	30
14	Elizabeth	275	↑1	10
15	Megan	273	↑7	11
16	Emily	270	↑2	13
17	Brittney	261	↑2	41
18	Mary	257	↓4	38
19	Kimberly	242	↓6	28
20	Rachel	234	–	18
21	Stephanie	229	↓4	8
22	Whitney	227	↓10	57
23	Samantha	225	↑2	6
24	Anna	180	↑8	51
25	Hannah	176	↑13	42
26	Erica	173	↑4	34
27	Laura	159	↓6	25
28	Katherine	158	–	26
29	Kristen	157	↑7	36
30	Rebecca	157	↓4	24
31	Christina	145	↑6	23
32	Chelsea	144	↑18	27
33	Crystal	144	↓10	32
34	Haley	132	↑1	>100
35	Melissa	130	↓6	19
36	April	127	↓5	66
37	Amy	121	↓10	35
38	Danielle	121	↑7	17
39	Katie	119	↓6	45
40	Lindsey	119	↓6	48
41	Andrea	111	↓2	39
42	Jamie	111	↑5	52
43	Erin	109	↑6	40
44	Angela	108	↓1	47
45	Morgan	108	new	69
46	Victoria	108	↓6	44
47	Sara	107	new	29
48	Allison	106	↓6	46
49	Kiara	103	new	>100
50	Kristin	103	↓6	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Christopher	922	↑1	2
2	Joshua	921	↑1	4
3	Justin	860	↓2	8
4	Michael	789	–	1
5	James	755	–	9
6	William	678	–	15
7	Matthew	604	–	3
8	Brandon	536	–	18
9	John	486	–	12
10	David	477	↑2	5
11	Robert	459	↓1	10
12	Jeremy	415	↑3	34
13	Joseph	394	–	11
14	Jonathan	393	↓3	17
15	Andrew	380	↓1	7
16	Daniel	350	–	6
17	Thomas	294	↑4	23
18	Nicholas	292	↑1	14
19	Jacob	289	↑3	26
20	Charles	284	↓3	36
21	Zachary	278	↑3	25
22	Steven	272	↑1	22
23	Anthony	270	↓3	16
24	Timothy	270	↓6	28
25	Kevin	230	↑6	19
26	Dustin	220	↑11	48
27	Benjamin	214	↑5	29
28	Corey	213	↑7	55
29	Adam	210	↓4	27
30	Patrick	203	↑9	38
31	Tyler	203	↑5	30
32	Cody	202	↓4	45
33	Eric	200	↓7	21
34	Stephen	195	↓1	40
35	Brian	193	↑3	24
36	Ryan	188	↓9	13
37	Richard	182	↓7	33
38	Kenneth	168	↓4	53
39	Kyle	168	↑2	20
40	Jason	162	↓11	35
41	Aaron	161	↓1	31
42	Bradley	159	↑1	58
43	Marcus	157	↑1	67
44	Nathan	154	↑3	43
45	Samuel	152	↓3	47
46	Gregory	136	–	52
47	Jeffrey	135	↑1	37
48	Wesley	135	new	98
49	Jesse	126	new	50
50	Travis	126	↓5	41

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