Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,061
2	Michael	859
3	James	790
4	Joshua	707
5	Matthew	653
6	William	632
7	John	620
8	Brandon	549
9	Jason	534
10	Robert	529
11	Jonathan	522
12	David	507
13	Justin	483
14	Joseph	455
15	Daniel	419
16	Jeremy	355
17	Adam	344
18	Charles	325
19	Eric	315
20	Anthony	309
21	Thomas	305
22	Timothy	289
23	Brian	283
24	Steven	279
25	Kevin	255

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marcus	239
27	Andrew	238
28	Richard	224
29	Benjamin	209
30	Stephen	203
31	Jeffrey	187
32	Nicholas	186
33	Ryan	182
34	Patrick	176
35	Dustin	162
36	Kenneth	161
37	Gregory	154
38	Mark	140
39	Jacob	133
40	Aaron	129
41	Bradley	128
42	Antonio	124
43	Nathan	123
44	Derrick	119
44	Jeffery	119
46	Paul	118
47	Samuel	117
48	Phillip	113
48	Willie	113
50	Travis	104
51	Larry	102
51	Zachary	102
53	Chad	99
54	Bryan	96
55	Donald	95
55	Wesley	95
57	Terry	93
58	Kyle	88
59	Jared	87
60	Derek	82
60	George	82
62	Bobby	78
62	Ronald	78
64	Edward	77
64	Jesse	77
66	Corey	75
67	Gary	74
67	Tyler	74
69	Johnny	72
70	Billy	71
71	Curtis	69
71	Jerry	69
73	Demetrius	68
73	Randy	68
75	Calvin	67
76	Tony	65
77	Roderick	64
78	Douglas	62
78	Reginald	62
80	Jimmy	60
81	Scott	59
82	Alan	58
82	Micheal	58
84	Jamie	57
84	Keith	57
86	Blake	56
86	Cedric	56
86	Johnathan	56
86	Kelvin	56
90	Nathaniel	55
91	Allen	52
91	Jonathon	52
91	Shawn	52
94	Jermaine	51
95	Sean	50
96	Russell	49
97	Brett	47
97	Courtney	47
97	Henry	47
100	Carlos	46
100	Randall	46