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Baby names in Alabama in the 1970s

In Alabama in the 1970s the most given names were Michael (11,375 boys) and Jennifer (8,418 girls), of 505,804 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Alabama each year, the 1970s shaded
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Alabama births by year and sex10k20k30k40k19101950199020251970-1979BoysGirls

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

Alabama, 1970-1979: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Alabama, 1970s

Girls, 1970-1979
#NameBirths
1Jennifer8,418
2Kimberly5,386
3Angela5,214
4Amy4,700
5Amanda3,854
6Stephanie3,799
7Melissa3,339
8Mary3,274
9Heather2,862
10Lisa2,686
11Tammy2,575
12April2,543
13Tracy2,197
14Christy2,174
15Elizabeth2,104
16Michelle2,092
17Shannon2,044
18Tonya2,043
19Pamela1,974
20Cynthia1,915
Boys, 1970-1979
#NameBirths
1Michael11,375
2James10,936
3Christopher10,657
4Jason7,845
5John7,404
6William7,018
7David6,457
8Robert6,328
9Charles4,265
10Brian4,235
11Joseph3,755
12Timothy3,728
13Kevin3,694
14Anthony3,595
15Jeremy3,583
16Eric3,125
17Thomas3,046
18Richard2,965
19Steven2,899
20Jonathan2,875

Births summed over 1970-1979, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Alabama in the 1970s

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

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1970-1979.

More about names in Alabama

  1. The 1970s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Alabama: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Alabama in the 1980sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1970The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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