Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1957

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,094
2	Michael	1,406
3	William	1,237
4	Robert	1,202
5	John	1,144
6	David	1,108
7	Charles	919
8	Larry	728
9	Willie	673
10	Richard	635
11	Kenneth	588
12	Thomas	567
13	Donald	547
14	Terry	505
15	Ronald	471
16	Gary	462
17	Johnny	457
18	Mark	451
19	Jerry	444
20	Randy	393
21	Joseph	379
22	Anthony	377
23	Gregory	364
24	Steven	360
25	George	355

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	347
27	Jimmy	345
28	Danny	340
29	Billy	335
30	Ricky	320
31	Bobby	301
32	Edward	299
33	Dennis	298
34	Ronnie	283
35	Paul	276
36	Eddie	265
37	Phillip	257
38	Rickey	237
39	Tommy	233
40	Stephen	231
40	Tony	231
42	Carl	230
43	Roger	218
44	Joe	217
45	Daniel	212
46	Steve	210
47	Jeffrey	201
48	Jeffery	198
48	Walter	198
50	Henry	193
51	Samuel	192
51	Stanley	192
53	Barry	191
54	Arthur	187
54	Douglas	187
56	Curtis	183
57	Bruce	180
58	Randall	175
59	Roy	167
60	Harold	159
61	Micheal	150
62	Reginald	148
63	Frank	146
64	Keith	145
65	Raymond	132
66	Melvin	130
67	Clarence	120
67	Jerome	120
69	Jack	118
69	Wayne	118
71	Albert	117
72	Charlie	116
73	Glenn	115
73	Ray	115
75	Mike	114
76	Donnie	111
77	Ralph	109
78	Lee	108
79	Calvin	104
79	Gerald	104
81	Andrew	103
82	Marvin	102
83	Rodney	101
84	Frederick	99
85	Alan	98
85	Jackie	98
87	Howard	97
88	Alvin	95
89	Allen	94
90	Darrell	92
91	Eugene	89
91	Jimmie	89
93	Leon	88
94	Christopher	87
95	Brian	86
96	Lawrence	85
97	Don	83
97	Joel	83
97	Kevin	83
97	Leonard	83