Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,451
2	Michael	1,414
3	John	1,049
4	William	890
5	David	876
6	Robert	845
7	Christopher	827
8	Charles	598
9	Timothy	477
10	Anthony	442
11	Thomas	434
12	Richard	418
13	Jeffrey	413
14	Jason	406
15	Steven	396
16	Kenneth	385
17	Joseph	370
18	Gregory	369
19	Kevin	362
20	Mark	359
21	Brian	312
22	Eric	310
23	Stephen	284
24	Jeffery	282
25	Ronald	277

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	262
27	Terry	260
28	Larry	248
29	Donald	246
30	Scott	241
31	Willie	235
32	Rodney	232
33	Patrick	225
34	Paul	212
35	Daniel	207
36	Gary	202
37	Johnny	197
38	Marcus	188
39	Jonathan	186
40	Bobby	185
41	Phillip	180
42	Jimmy	176
42	Tony	176
44	Billy	175
44	Keith	175
46	George	155
46	Matthew	155
48	Edward	145
49	Samuel	143
50	Derrick	141
51	Tommy	120
52	Douglas	119
53	Barry	118
54	Bradley	114
55	Reginald	110
56	Dennis	109
57	Andrew	107
58	Gerald	99
59	Bryan	98
59	Roger	98
61	Eddie	97
61	Randall	97
63	Shawn	96
64	Jeremy	95
65	Curtis	94
65	Walter	94
67	Danny	93
68	Micheal	92
68	Roderick	92
70	Randy	91
71	Craig	89
71	Henry	89
73	Darrell	88
74	Ricky	87
74	Stanley	87
74	Tyrone	87
77	Shannon	86
78	Russell	84
79	Frederick	83
79	Joel	83
79	Todd	83
82	Benjamin	82
83	Frank	81
83	Joe	81
85	Ronnie	78
85	Tracy	78
87	Cedric	76
88	Carl	75
89	Raymond	74
90	Chris	72
91	Arthur	69
91	Carlos	69
93	Clarence	68
93	Kelvin	68
93	Sean	68
96	Roy	67
97	Darren	66
97	Troy	66
99	Allen	65
100	Travis	64