Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	977
2	James	897
3	Michael	857
4	Joshua	714
5	Jason	665
6	John	611
7	David	583
8	Jonathan	581
9	Matthew	567
10	William	559
11	Jeremy	548
12	Robert	537
13	Brandon	498
14	Joseph	482
15	Daniel	382
16	Timothy	361
17	Justin	345
18	Charles	343
19	Anthony	320
19	Brian	320
21	Adam	315
22	Thomas	290
23	Eric	271
24	Richard	266
25	Kevin	265

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	227
27	Kenneth	225
28	Benjamin	195
29	Patrick	190
30	Nicholas	186
31	Andrew	185
32	Marcus	178
33	Stephen	167
34	Ryan	164
35	Jeffrey	163
36	Derrick	152
37	Travis	150
38	Bradley	147
39	Dustin	146
40	Gregory	143
41	Samuel	138
42	Larry	126
42	Paul	126
44	Mark	125
45	Phillip	123
46	Nathan	122
47	Antonio	116
47	Willie	116
49	Wesley	115
50	Donald	112
51	Billy	111
52	Chad	108
53	Corey	105
54	Edward	104
54	Ronald	104
56	Jeffery	102
56	Terry	102
58	Keith	101
59	Derek	100
59	Jesse	100
61	Jacob	99
62	Gary	96
63	George	95
64	Aaron	93
65	Bobby	91
66	Randall	88
67	Curtis	83
68	Johnny	80
69	Bryan	79
69	Zachary	79
71	Reginald	74
71	Rodney	74
73	Scott	72
74	Jared	70
74	Jimmy	70
74	Randy	70
77	Tony	69
78	Jamie	67
79	Jerry	65
80	Jeremiah	64
81	Carlos	63
82	Douglas	62
82	Kelvin	62
82	Nathaniel	62
85	Cedric	61
86	Casey	60
86	Ricky	60
88	Roderick	59
88	Russell	59
90	Shawn	57
91	Micheal	56
91	Terrance	56
93	Demetrius	54
93	Walter	54
95	Brad	53
95	Jermaine	53
95	Johnathan	53
98	Adrian	52
98	Eddie	52
100	Henry	50