Popular baby names in Alabama, 1990

The most popular baby names in Alabama in 1990 were Ashley for girls (823 babies) and Christopher for boys (938). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,591 babies born in Alabama in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Alabama in 1990

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

Girls

Amberly: 21 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Chiquita: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lakeshia: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Laquita: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kala: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Deidra: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Whitley: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Marquita: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Chasity: 41 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jaleesa: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 42 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Jamarcus: 32 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Judson: 19 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Martez: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jarvis: 45 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Cornelius: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Cortez: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Courtney: 47 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Demarcus: 35 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Demario: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Alabama, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	823	–	2
2	Brittany	788	↑1	3
3	Jessica	772	↓1	1
4	Kayla	479	↑2	14
5	Amanda	405	–	4
6	Jasmine	369	↑7	28
7	Amber	367	–	15
8	Tiffany	351	↓4	23
9	Courtney	330	↑2	17
10	Lauren	313	–	10
11	Elizabeth	310	↑3	9
12	Sarah	307	↓4	6
13	Emily	294	↑3	12
14	Mary	294	↑4	35
15	Heather	287	↓3	19
16	Stephanie	260	↑5	7
17	Jennifer	257	↓8	8
18	Megan	245	↓3	11
19	Brittney	242	↓2	44
20	Samantha	229	↑3	5
21	Hannah	223	↑4	30
22	Kimberly	219	↓3	31
23	Whitney	218	↓1	60
24	Rachel	211	↓4	16
25	Chelsea	184	↑7	24
26	Anna	183	↓2	45
27	Katherine	166	↑1	26
28	Erica	162	↓2	36
29	Haley	155	↑5	>100
30	Rebecca	155	–	21
31	Morgan	145	↑14	58
32	Kristen	144	↓3	42
33	Crystal	138	–	39
34	Laura	138	↓7	29
35	Lindsey	132	↑5	51
36	Victoria	131	↑10	33
37	Jordan	124	new	59
38	Christina	121	↓7	25
39	Sara	118	↑8	34
40	April	116	↓4	73
41	Melissa	115	↓6	20
42	Amy	108	↓5	38
43	Erin	105	–	43
44	Andrea	103	↓3	40
45	Taylor	100	new	46
46	Allison	99	↑2	48
47	Jamie	97	↓5	55
48	Danielle	95	↓10	18
49	Katie	94	↓10	53
50	Kelsey	93	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Christopher	938	–	2
2	Joshua	843	–	4
3	Justin	763	–	9
4	Michael	742	–	1
5	James	729	–	8
6	William	698	–	16
7	Matthew	609	–	3
8	John	580	↑1	12
9	Robert	478	↑2	13
10	Brandon	446	↓2	19
11	David	446	↓1	6
12	Andrew	390	↑3	7
13	Jonathan	386	↑1	17
14	Joseph	385	↓1	10
15	Jacob	357	↑4	20
16	Daniel	342	–	5
17	Jeremy	326	↓5	40
18	Cody	321	↑14	31
19	Charles	312	↑1	38
20	Timothy	292	↑4	30
21	Nicholas	290	↓3	14
22	Steven	285	–	25
23	Tyler	270	↑8	21
24	Thomas	257	↓7	26
25	Zachary	255	↓4	22
26	Benjamin	230	↑1	33
27	Anthony	225	↓4	15
28	Eric	217	↑5	24
29	Ryan	207	↑7	11
30	Patrick	202	–	36
31	Jordan	201	new	29
32	Stephen	197	↑2	39
33	Richard	188	↑4	35
34	Corey	183	↓6	56
35	Adam	182	↓6	32
36	Dustin	173	↓10	50
37	Kevin	160	↓12	23
38	Brian	155	↓3	27
39	Aaron	154	↑2	34
40	Marcus	154	↑3	72
41	Jason	151	↓1	46
42	Kenneth	150	↓4	52
43	Kyle	150	↓4	18
44	Samuel	144	↑1	45
45	Bradley	139	↓3	65
46	Ethan	132	new	58
47	Gregory	132	↓1	51
48	Caleb	131	new	88
49	Nathan	131	↓5	44
50	Alexander	127	new	28

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