Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,193
2	Michael	1,175
3	James	1,056
4	Jason	791
5	William	732
6	John	727
7	Robert	664
8	David	604
9	Brian	493
10	Charles	444
11	Kevin	388
12	Anthony	367
13	Eric	336
14	Timothy	330
15	Joseph	325
16	Thomas	321
17	Jonathan	305
18	Richard	301
19	Steven	283
20	Kenneth	269
21	Daniel	264
22	Gregory	263
23	Mark	258
24	Jeffrey	255
25	Matthew	217

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	210
26	Larry	210
28	Patrick	200
29	Jeremy	192
30	Derrick	181
31	Willie	175
32	Donald	170
32	Jeffery	170
32	Ronald	170
35	Stephen	167
36	Marcus	166
37	Rodney	165
38	Phillip	161
39	Terry	160
40	Paul	152
41	Jimmy	147
42	Bobby	141
42	Keith	141
44	Gary	140
45	George	134
46	Johnny	128
47	Scott	127
48	Brandon	126
49	Edward	120
50	Bryan	119
51	Tracy	118
52	Billy	114
52	Chad	114
54	Shannon	110
55	Samuel	105
56	Tony	104
57	Jamie	102
57	Reginald	102
59	Shawn	101
60	Danny	96
61	Joshua	95
62	Andrew	87
63	Curtis	86
63	Shane	86
65	Benjamin	83
66	Carlos	82
66	Roderick	82
68	Darrell	78
68	Tommy	78
70	Adam	77
70	Cedric	77
70	Douglas	77
70	Jermaine	77
70	Micheal	77
70	Randall	77
76	Calvin	73
76	Eddie	73
76	Randy	73
76	Roger	73
80	Bradley	72
80	Henry	72
80	Sean	72
83	Dennis	71
83	Kelvin	71
83	Marvin	71
83	Russell	71
87	Tyrone	70
88	Antonio	69
89	Chris	68
89	Ryan	68
91	Lee	67
92	Travis	66
93	Walter	64
94	Frederick	63
94	Ronnie	63
94	Stanley	63
97	Joel	62
98	Ricky	61
99	Joe	60
100	Carl	59