Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,360
2	James	1,327
3	Christopher	1,080
4	John	902
5	William	849
6	Robert	773
7	David	748
8	Jason	565
9	Charles	536
10	Anthony	480
11	Timothy	415
12	Brian	414
13	Thomas	391
14	Kevin	384
15	Joseph	379
16	Jeffrey	376
17	Kenneth	373
18	Steven	360
19	Mark	358
20	Gregory	347
20	Richard	347
22	Eric	345
23	Terry	265
24	Scott	260
25	Larry	247

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	244
27	Jonathan	239
28	Ronald	237
29	Patrick	234
30	Jerry	233
31	Donald	224
31	Jeffery	224
33	Paul	211
34	Daniel	207
34	Johnny	207
36	Willie	205
37	Rodney	199
38	Billy	184
39	Bobby	182
40	Tony	179
41	Gary	178
42	Jeremy	174
42	Marcus	174
44	Keith	171
45	Matthew	164
46	Jimmy	162
46	Phillip	162
48	Edward	154
49	George	151
50	Derrick	146
51	Chad	128
52	Shannon	116
53	Samuel	113
54	Douglas	112
55	Bryan	109
56	Shawn	106
57	Danny	105
57	Dennis	105
59	Henry	104
60	Frederick	103
61	Reginald	102
62	Andrew	101
63	Curtis	100
63	Randy	100
65	Randall	99
66	Barry	93
66	Tommy	93
68	Cedric	92
69	Joe	90
69	Marvin	90
71	Bradley	89
72	Jamie	88
73	Eddie	87
73	Russell	87
75	Tyrone	85
75	Walter	85
77	Antonio	84
77	Roderick	84
79	Brandon	81
79	Carlos	81
81	Gerald	80
81	Kelvin	80
83	Chris	78
83	Ricky	78
85	Darrell	76
85	Roger	76
87	Joel	73
87	Tracy	73
89	Micheal	72
90	Scotty	70
90	Sean	70
92	Benjamin	69
93	Carl	68
93	Derek	68
93	Ronnie	68
93	Stanley	68
97	Shane	67
97	Steve	67
99	Frank	66
100	Calvin	65
100	Corey	65
100	Roy	65