Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,226
2	Christopher	1,214
3	James	1,144
4	John	770
5	William	706
6	David	678
7	Robert	669
8	Jason	644
9	Brian	517
10	Charles	452
11	Timothy	400
12	Eric	358
13	Anthony	353
14	Kevin	346
15	Richard	338
16	Kenneth	332
17	Joseph	319
18	Steven	315
19	Jeffrey	312
20	Thomas	300
21	Mark	292
22	Gregory	284
23	Jonathan	252
24	Daniel	242
25	Stephen	224

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patrick	219
27	Jerry	207
28	Ronald	203
29	Larry	199
30	Rodney	198
31	Paul	195
32	Terry	194
33	Jeffery	188
33	Willie	188
35	Donald	182
36	Billy	180
37	Scott	175
38	Keith	171
39	Jeremy	167
40	Marcus	165
41	Matthew	162
42	Bobby	157
43	Jimmy	156
44	Johnny	151
45	Gary	142
46	Derrick	137
46	Tony	137
48	Phillip	130
49	Tracy	128
50	Brandon	124
51	George	118
52	Bryan	116
52	Edward	116
54	Shannon	113
55	Chad	112
56	Tommy	108
57	Samuel	101
58	Danny	97
59	Dennis	95
60	Shawn	94
61	Randy	93
62	Randall	92
62	Walter	92
64	Antonio	90
64	Reginald	90
66	Andrew	89
66	Cedric	89
68	Benjamin	88
69	Carlos	87
70	Frederick	86
71	Jamie	83
71	Tyrone	83
73	Roderick	82
74	Chris	81
74	Darrell	81
76	Roger	80
77	Curtis	79
78	Micheal	77
78	Ronnie	77
80	Douglas	75
81	Sean	74
82	Frank	73
83	Travis	71
84	Bradley	70
84	Gerald	70
84	Henry	70
87	Kelvin	69
87	Russell	69
89	Carl	68
89	Shane	68
91	Barry	67
92	Joe	66
92	Marvin	66
94	Derek	65
94	Lee	65
94	Roy	65
94	Ryan	65
98	Joel	60
99	Eddie	59
99	Stanley	59