Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,076
2	James	915
3	Michael	855
4	Joshua	765
5	Jason	647
6	William	629
7	John	592
8	Matthew	573
9	David	561
10	Jonathan	548
11	Robert	506
12	Justin	485
13	Brandon	461
14	Joseph	439
15	Jeremy	408
16	Daniel	384
17	Charles	368
18	Timothy	284
19	Adam	282
20	Anthony	280
21	Thomas	274
22	Brian	269
23	Kevin	268
24	Steven	252
25	Eric	249

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	232
27	Andrew	222
28	Nicholas	197
29	Kenneth	195
29	Patrick	195
31	Benjamin	187
32	Marcus	185
33	Stephen	184
34	Jeffrey	167
35	Bradley	161
36	Ryan	160
37	Dustin	153
38	Gregory	133
39	Derrick	132
40	Mark	124
41	Phillip	123
42	Aaron	122
42	Wesley	122
44	Samuel	120
45	Antonio	119
45	Paul	119
47	Jeffery	118
48	Larry	116
49	Travis	115
50	Willie	112
51	Nathan	109
52	Donald	105
53	Bobby	102
54	Terry	101
55	Jacob	98
56	Johnny	97
57	Billy	95
58	Zachary	92
59	George	91
60	Roderick	90
61	Jimmy	89
61	Ronald	89
63	Jared	88
64	Chad	87
64	Corey	87
64	Edward	87
67	Gary	82
68	Keith	81
69	Scott	80
70	Jerry	78
71	Jesse	75
72	Derek	72
72	Johnathan	72
72	Randall	72
75	Reginald	71
76	Jamie	70
77	Bryan	69
78	Joel	68
79	Kelvin	65
79	Tony	65
81	Russell	64
81	Terrance	64
83	Curtis	63
84	Rodney	59
85	Philip	57
86	Casey	56
86	Randy	56
88	Clinton	55
88	Jeremiah	55
88	Ricky	55
91	Calvin	54
91	Shawn	54
93	Micheal	53
94	Douglas	52
94	Kyle	52
96	Blake	51
97	Cedric	50
97	Courtney	50
97	Maurice	50
97	Tyler	50
97	Walter	50