Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,017
2	James	999
3	Jason	970
4	Michael	961
5	William	652
6	John	649
7	David	620
8	Jeremy	590
9	Robert	566
10	Kevin	488
11	Joseph	413
12	Charles	410
13	Brian	405
14	Timothy	379
15	Joshua	337
16	Matthew	328
17	Jonathan	325
18	Daniel	314
19	Anthony	312
20	Thomas	306
21	Eric	298
22	Steven	268
23	Richard	265
24	Kenneth	236
25	Derrick	197

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brandon	194
27	Gregory	187
28	Mark	186
29	Jeffrey	185
30	Patrick	182
31	Marcus	177
32	Stephen	175
33	Benjamin	173
34	Adam	168
35	Bradley	159
35	Wesley	159
37	Donald	157
38	Terry	156
39	Andrew	153
40	Willie	147
41	Antonio	135
41	Larry	135
41	Phillip	135
44	Jerry	134
45	Corey	133
46	Ryan	130
47	Billy	127
47	Ronald	127
49	Chad	125
50	Jeffery	121
51	Bobby	119
51	Johnny	119
53	Paul	117
53	Shannon	117
55	Rodney	115
56	Edward	112
56	Nathan	112
58	George	109
59	Samuel	107
60	Justin	106
61	Gary	105
62	Bryan	102
63	Jimmy	99
64	Kelvin	95
65	Scott	93
66	Jamie	92
66	Keith	92
68	Tony	88
69	Carlos	82
70	Travis	79
71	Cedric	78
72	Roderick	75
73	Walter	74
74	Aaron	72
74	Randall	72
74	Reginald	72
77	Jacob	71
78	Shawn	69
79	Cory	66
79	Dennis	66
79	Tommy	66
82	Douglas	65
83	Russell	64
84	Jermaine	63
84	Ronnie	63
86	Randy	62
87	Eddie	61
88	Shane	60
89	Curtis	59
89	Terrance	59
91	Micheal	58
92	Jeremiah	57
93	Demetrius	56
93	Roger	56
95	Arthur	55
96	Andre	53
96	Joel	53
98	Darrell	52
98	Jesse	52
98	Nicholas	52