Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,066
2	Michael	1,009
3	James	979
4	Jason	889
5	John	642
6	Jeremy	622
7	William	610
8	David	593
9	Robert	567
10	Joshua	542
11	Joseph	453
12	Matthew	414
13	Brian	385
14	Charles	373
15	Jonathan	361
15	Timothy	361
17	Kevin	344
18	Daniel	342
19	Anthony	319
20	Eric	277
21	Adam	264
22	Brandon	256
23	Thomas	255
24	Nicholas	245
25	Richard	241

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	236
27	Patrick	216
28	Justin	215
29	Kenneth	212
30	Jeffrey	210
31	Marcus	198
32	Derrick	190
33	Bradley	188
34	Benjamin	180
35	Stephen	171
36	Gregory	161
37	Samuel	157
38	Travis	156
39	Larry	148
39	Mark	148
41	Antonio	142
41	Willie	142
43	Andrew	141
44	Wesley	129
45	Phillip	128
46	Terry	126
47	Chad	125
48	Ryan	123
49	Donald	116
50	Corey	115
51	Nathan	111
52	Johnny	108
53	Bobby	107
53	Edward	107
55	Jeffery	106
55	Jerry	106
57	Gary	105
58	Paul	100
59	George	99
60	Keith	98
61	Jacob	97
62	Billy	96
62	Rodney	96
64	Ronald	95
65	Jamie	91
65	Scott	91
67	Jimmy	89
68	Roderick	84
68	Tony	84
70	Bryan	82
71	Aaron	78
72	Kelvin	77
73	Reginald	76
74	Dustin	74
75	Jesse	71
76	Cedric	70
77	Curtis	69
78	Walter	68
79	Frank	66
80	Derek	65
81	Ricky	64
81	Shawn	64
83	Dennis	63
83	Randall	63
83	Randy	63
83	Zachary	63
87	Demetrius	62
88	Russell	61
88	Tommy	61
90	Shannon	60
91	Eddie	59
91	Frederick	59
93	Jared	57
93	Micheal	57
95	Maurice	56
96	Carlos	54
96	Joel	54
96	Mario	54
96	Shaun	54
100	Kyle	53
100	Terrance	53