Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,872
2	Michael	1,334
3	David	1,211
4	William	1,100
5	John	1,097
6	Robert	1,086
7	Charles	829
8	Kenneth	646
9	Timothy	590
10	Richard	589
11	Mark	550
12	Willie	536
13	Larry	532
14	Terry	516
15	Thomas	479
16	Jerry	434
17	Gregory	430
18	Donald	425
19	Ronald	415
20	Ricky	405
21	Gary	390
22	Anthony	389
23	Johnny	361
24	Joseph	351
25	Billy	348

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	347
27	Jimmy	326
28	George	309
29	Randy	307
30	Bobby	306
31	Danny	293
32	Jeffery	285
33	Jeffrey	280
33	Phillip	280
35	Tony	262
36	Rickey	258
37	Eddie	257
38	Dennis	252
39	Ronnie	246
40	Paul	244
41	Edward	237
42	Tommy	235
43	Steve	232
44	Daniel	214
45	Joe	207
45	Stephen	207
47	Carl	204
48	Randall	192
49	Roger	187
49	Samuel	187
51	Henry	185
52	Curtis	182
53	Mike	175
54	Keith	169
55	Christopher	165
56	Douglas	164
57	Walter	158
58	Reginald	157
59	Micheal	156
60	Bruce	155
61	Frank	152
62	Barry	146
63	Stanley	145
64	Roy	144
65	Rodney	140
66	Raymond	135
67	Tim	134
68	Arthur	133
69	Albert	127
70	Harold	125
71	Melvin	124
72	Brian	117
73	Jerome	116
74	Russell	115
75	Calvin	114
76	Andrew	113
77	Donnie	112
78	Darryl	105
78	Frederick	105
80	Alan	104
81	Wayne	101
82	Marvin	100
83	Ray	99
84	Ralph	96
85	Alvin	93
85	Charlie	93
85	Clarence	93
88	Darrell	92
88	Eric	92
88	Jesse	92
88	Scott	92
92	Dale	89
92	Kevin	89
94	Lee	87
95	Jeff	86
96	Glenn	84
97	Gerald	83
98	Howard	82
98	Roderick	82
100	Ernest	81