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Baby names in Alabama, 1960s

1960–1969 · 635,284 recorded births

James was the most common name given in Alabama across the 1960s, with 16,247 births in the decade. The state recorded 635,284 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Alabama in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Tiwanna1912×
Cleophus427×
Lorenza996×
Delois1266×
Cedric7536×
Annie1,0126×
Earnestine1216×
Roderick9325×

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1James16,247
#2Michael11,999
#3John10,924
#4David10,220
#5William9,405
#6Robert9,106
#7Lisa7,464
#8Mary7,249
#9Charles6,586
#10Timothy5,779
#11Cynthia5,557
#12Kenneth5,502
#13Angela5,457
#14Donna5,232
#15Mark5,098
#16Pamela4,763
#17Tammy4,630
#18Kimberly4,544
#19Richard4,516
#20Gregory4,379
#21Teresa4,373
#22Sharon4,346
#23Anthony4,273
#24Thomas4,245
#25Jeffrey4,228

Other decades in Alabama

Names unique to Alabama

All Alabama names, 2025

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org