Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	962
2	Christopher	958
3	Michael	932
4	Jason	856
5	John	640
6	William	638
7	Robert	595
8	David	588
9	Jeremy	531
10	Joshua	416
11	Timothy	411
12	Joseph	401
13	Brian	397
14	Matthew	379
15	Kevin	373
16	Charles	359
17	Jonathan	343
18	Anthony	310
19	Daniel	302
20	Steven	281
21	Richard	261
22	Eric	257
23	Thomas	256
24	Brandon	249
25	Adam	213

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marcus	198
27	Kenneth	185
28	Jeffrey	182
29	Stephen	179
30	Derrick	178
30	Nicholas	178
32	Benjamin	167
32	Justin	167
34	Mark	165
35	Andrew	161
36	Patrick	160
37	Bradley	157
38	Willie	149
39	Larry	145
40	Donald	138
41	Corey	136
42	Paul	135
43	Phillip	134
44	Gregory	132
44	Wesley	132
46	Ryan	129
47	Antonio	126
48	Chad	119
48	Ronald	119
50	Samuel	118
51	Jeffery	117
51	Rodney	117
53	Terry	115
54	Jerry	112
55	George	106
56	Jimmy	105
57	Johnny	104
58	Nathan	102
59	Gary	101
60	Bobby	98
61	Keith	97
61	Shannon	97
63	Billy	95
63	Edward	95
65	Bryan	93
65	Shawn	93
67	Aaron	87
68	Cedric	81
69	Tony	75
70	Curtis	74
70	Demetrius	74
70	Scott	74
73	Travis	73
74	Jamie	72
74	Kelvin	72
76	Reginald	71
77	Carlos	70
78	Ricky	68
78	Walter	68
80	Jacob	67
81	Joel	65
82	Dennis	61
83	Randall	59
83	Roderick	59
83	Russell	59
86	Adrian	58
86	Derek	58
88	Douglas	56
88	Frederick	56
90	Cory	54
90	Maurice	54
90	Roger	54
90	Shane	54
94	Casey	52
94	Kristopher	52
94	Philip	52
94	Randy	52
98	Jeremiah	51
98	Shaun	51
98	Tommy	51