Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,184
2	Michael	1,146
3	James	1,071
4	Jason	954
5	John	701
6	William	658
7	David	623
8	Robert	579
9	Brian	470
10	Anthony	392
11	Charles	370
12	Joseph	364
13	Kevin	332
14	Timothy	314
15	Eric	310
15	Jeremy	310
17	Steven	303
18	Jeffrey	289
19	Kenneth	284
20	Thomas	282
21	Richard	277
22	Daniel	264
23	Jonathan	261
24	Mark	241
25	Matthew	233

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	196
27	Patrick	195
28	Marcus	190
29	Jeffery	184
30	Jerry	171
31	Derrick	169
31	Johnny	169
33	Larry	168
34	Stephen	165
35	Billy	162
35	Bobby	162
35	Rodney	162
38	Donald	158
39	Brandon	155
40	Terry	151
41	Gary	142
42	Keith	139
42	Paul	139
44	Phillip	138
45	Willie	137
46	Ronald	135
47	Joshua	133
48	Chad	128
49	George	126
49	Jimmy	126
51	Bryan	125
52	Benjamin	117
53	Samuel	110
53	Shannon	110
55	Andrew	108
55	Scott	108
57	Tony	106
58	Carlos	105
58	Edward	105
60	Shawn	102
61	Adam	97
62	Reginald	95
63	Bradley	94
63	Dennis	94
65	Danny	90
65	Ryan	90
67	Jamie	87
68	Kelvin	82
69	Roderick	81
70	Curtis	80
71	Tracy	79
72	Corey	78
73	Antonio	76
74	Randall	75
75	Micheal	74
75	Tommy	74
77	Shane	71
78	Cedric	70
78	Ronnie	70
80	Eddie	69
80	Joel	69
80	Travis	69
80	Tyrone	69
84	Frederick	68
84	Henry	68
84	Walter	68
87	Chris	67
88	Douglas	66
88	Russell	66
90	Nathan	64
90	Ricky	64
90	Roger	64
93	Randy	63
93	Raymond	63
95	Aaron	62
96	Todd	61
97	Calvin	60
97	Carl	60
99	Maurice	59
100	Derek	58