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Baby names in Alabama, 1980s

1980–1989 · 479,605 recorded births

Christopher was the most common name given in Alabama across the 1980s, with 10,029 births in the decade. The state recorded 479,605 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Alabama in the 1980s

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
Quindarius1020×
Terasha717×
Ladarius10415×
Cor613×
Shanavia1810×
Lashundra72
Rodriquez68
Jamarcus85

Top 25 in the 1980s

RankNameBirths
#1Christopher10,029
#2Michael8,273
#3James8,215
#4Joshua7,862
#5Jessica7,792
#6Ashley7,515
#7Jennifer6,531
#8William6,394
#9Amanda6,117
#10Matthew5,888
#11Justin5,723
#12John5,699
#13Brandon5,441
#14David5,153
#15Jonathan5,017
#16Robert5,007
#17Jason4,430
#18Joseph4,278
#19Jeremy4,265
#20Tiffany4,113
#21Daniel3,982
#22Kimberly3,518
#23Heather3,205
#24Charles3,196
#25Brittany3,097

Other decades in Alabama

All Alabama names, 2025

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