Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,806
2	Michael	1,287
3	John	1,194
4	David	1,175
5	Robert	1,029
6	William	1,010
7	Charles	782
8	Kenneth	643
9	Mark	616
10	Timothy	551
11	Richard	516
12	Gregory	511
13	Terry	504
14	Thomas	492
15	Willie	450
16	Anthony	419
17	Jerry	410
18	Larry	405
19	Jeffrey	403
20	Donald	400
21	Gary	378
22	Johnny	367
23	Jeffery	351
24	Joseph	338
25	Ricky	328

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jimmy	326
27	Billy	322
28	Steven	312
29	George	306
30	Ronald	305
31	Danny	283
32	Christopher	275
33	Paul	274
34	Phillip	265
35	Randy	258
36	Tony	251
37	Bobby	241
38	Edward	218
39	Eddie	214
40	Dennis	213
41	Stephen	210
42	Barry	207
43	Roger	202
44	Tommy	187
45	Keith	185
46	Darryl	183
46	Ronnie	183
48	Henry	181
48	Joe	181
50	Reginald	177
51	Carl	176
52	Douglas	174
52	Steve	174
54	Daniel	173
55	Stanley	171
56	Curtis	168
57	Rickey	165
58	Randall	163
59	Samuel	161
60	Micheal	156
61	Mike	154
62	Walter	149
63	Alan	141
64	Frank	139
65	Kevin	138
66	Scott	136
67	Bruce	133
67	Eric	133
67	Harold	133
70	Brian	132
70	Jeff	132
72	Andrew	130
72	Roy	130
74	Arthur	126
75	Gerald	120
75	Russell	120
77	Rodney	119
78	Tim	115
79	Calvin	114
80	Frederick	109
81	Melvin	103
82	Victor	101
83	Raymond	99
84	Albert	98
85	Wayne	97
86	Marvin	96
86	Roderick	96
88	Glenn	95
89	Chris	93
90	Clarence	92
90	Patrick	92
92	Alvin	91
93	Allen	87
93	Greg	87
93	Jack	87
96	Lee	86
97	Darrell	85
98	Ray	83
99	Jerome	82
100	Howard	80