Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	948
2	Michael	932
3	James	923
4	Jason	822
5	Joshua	707
6	William	691
7	John	672
8	David	616
9	Jeremy	583
10	Robert	575
11	Jonathan	541
12	Joseph	455
13	Matthew	436
14	Daniel	390
15	Brian	375
16	Timothy	368
17	Charles	343
18	Justin	336
19	Kevin	329
20	Brandon	318
21	Eric	314
22	Thomas	306
23	Anthony	279
24	Adam	275
25	Steven	252

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	250
27	Nicholas	245
28	Kenneth	216
29	Derrick	209
30	Patrick	193
31	Andrew	189
32	Benjamin	184
33	Jeffrey	183
33	Stephen	183
35	Bradley	176
36	Marcus	165
37	Ryan	150
38	Travis	141
39	Samuel	140
40	Paul	138
41	Antonio	135
41	Mark	135
41	Willie	135
44	Larry	133
45	Wesley	130
46	Chad	129
47	Donald	124
48	Phillip	121
49	Nathan	118
50	Dustin	116
51	Keith	112
51	Ronald	112
53	Corey	111
53	Gregory	111
55	Terry	109
56	Gary	108
57	Derek	105
58	Jeffery	104
59	Edward	103
60	Jerry	101
61	Billy	100
62	Rodney	96
63	Bobby	95
63	Jacob	95
65	Johnny	94
66	Aaron	93
67	Bryan	89
68	Curtis	88
68	Jamie	88
70	Tony	86
71	George	85
72	Scott	84
73	Reginald	82
74	Jimmy	80
75	Jared	73
76	Shawn	71
77	Randall	69
77	Roderick	69
79	Jesse	66
79	Walter	66
81	Carlos	64
82	Courtney	63
82	Russell	63
84	Jeremiah	62
85	Cedric	61
85	Eddie	61
85	Henry	61
88	Demetrius	60
88	Randy	60
88	Raymond	60
91	Johnathan	58
91	Micheal	58
93	Carl	57
93	Shaun	57
95	Lee	55
96	Clinton	54
96	Douglas	54
96	Kelvin	54
96	Zachary	54
100	Casey	53
100	Danny	53