Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,843
2	Michael	1,445
3	William	1,163
4	Robert	1,142
5	David	1,118
6	John	1,100
7	Charles	852
8	Richard	604
9	Willie	596
10	Kenneth	588
11	Larry	549
12	Thomas	544
13	Timothy	530
14	Donald	497
15	Terry	486
16	Ronald	480
17	Mark	469
18	Jerry	455
19	Gary	407
20	Johnny	397
21	Ricky	392
22	Gregory	391
23	Anthony	382
24	Jimmy	364
25	Randy	336

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	335
27	Danny	333
28	Billy	326
29	Bobby	305
30	Joseph	300
31	George	294
32	Tony	290
33	Dennis	285
34	Ronnie	269
35	Rickey	261
36	Paul	251
37	Phillip	248
38	Stephen	246
39	Edward	236
39	Jeffery	236
41	Eddie	229
42	Joe	209
43	Steve	208
44	Tommy	207
45	Douglas	204
45	Jeffrey	204
47	Roger	194
48	Walter	188
49	Henry	186
50	Daniel	180
51	Keith	175
52	Carl	173
53	Curtis	168
53	Micheal	168
53	Samuel	168
56	Stanley	166
57	Mike	165
58	Bruce	161
58	Frank	161
60	Harold	144
61	Randall	141
62	Arthur	140
63	Roy	139
64	Reginald	137
65	Melvin	135
66	Barry	134
67	Marvin	129
68	Christopher	121
68	Raymond	121
70	Ray	118
71	Calvin	114
72	Rodney	112
73	Wayne	111
74	Clarence	108
74	Tim	108
76	Jerome	107
77	Howard	103
78	Alan	102
79	Allen	101
79	Darrell	101
81	Jack	100
81	Kevin	100
83	Albert	99
84	Brian	98
84	Gerald	98
86	Charlie	97
86	Ralph	97
88	Russell	95
89	Lee	94
90	Andrew	93
90	Donnie	93
92	Eric	92
93	Glenn	89
93	Jeff	89
95	Alvin	88
96	Frederick	87
97	Jimmie	84
98	Scott	81
99	Joel	80
100	Fred	79
100	Leon	79