Baby names in Alabama in the 1960s

In Alabama in the 1960s the most given names were James (16,153 boys) and Lisa (7,459 girls), of 634,808 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in Alabama each year, the 1960s shaded

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Alabama, 1960-1969: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Alabama, 1960s

Girls, 1960-1969
#	Name	Births
1	Lisa	7,459
2	Mary	7,227
3	Cynthia	5,557
4	Angela	5,457
5	Donna	5,232
6	Pamela	4,763
7	Tammy	4,630
8	Kimberly	4,528
9	Teresa	4,373
10	Sharon	4,346
11	Linda	4,172
12	Patricia	4,112
13	Sandra	4,087
14	Karen	4,070
15	Susan	3,819
16	Brenda	3,779
17	Deborah	3,190
18	Debra	2,952
19	Barbara	2,878
20	Melissa	2,860

Boys, 1960-1969
#	Name	Births
1	James	16,153
2	Michael	11,927
3	John	10,871
4	David	10,198
5	William	9,360
6	Robert	9,068
7	Charles	6,564
8	Timothy	5,774
9	Kenneth	5,489
10	Mark	5,098
11	Richard	4,511
12	Gregory	4,369
13	Anthony	4,256
14	Thomas	4,234
15	Jeffrey	4,228
16	Christopher	3,877
17	Terry	3,780
18	Joseph	3,659
19	Willie	3,558
20	Steven	3,418

Births summed over 1960-1969, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Alabama in the 1960s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Delois · 7.0×Earnestine · 6.2×Willie · 5.8×Annie · 5.5×Mattie · 5.3×Felecia · 5.2×

Boys

Cedric · 5.9×Roderick · 5.2×Toney · 5.1×Willie · 4.8×Roosevelt · 4.2×Winston · 4.1×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1960-1969.

More about names in Alabama

The 1960s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
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The top names of 1960The first year of the decade, nationally.
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