Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,104
2	Joshua	828
3	Michael	807
4	James	766
5	Brandon	651
6	William	611
7	Matthew	568
8	Jonathan	538
9	David	528
10	John	508
11	Justin	475
12	Robert	467
13	Daniel	441
14	Joseph	408
15	Jason	378
16	Jeremy	365
17	Andrew	304
17	Charles	304
19	Timothy	300
20	Adam	284
21	Anthony	266
22	Steven	265
23	Thomas	260
24	Brian	258
25	Eric	252

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	243
27	Nicholas	227
28	Richard	215
29	Stephen	214
30	Dustin	199
31	Kenneth	194
31	Ryan	194
33	Marcus	189
34	Jacob	187
35	Benjamin	183
36	Patrick	176
37	Bradley	161
38	Zachary	151
39	Gregory	148
40	Jeffrey	146
41	Derrick	140
42	Aaron	129
43	Tyler	125
44	Samuel	124
45	Travis	121
46	Mark	117
47	Corey	116
47	Nathan	116
49	Kyle	110
50	Phillip	108
51	Antonio	107
52	Willie	98
53	Jesse	96
54	Bryan	94
55	Wesley	93
56	Cody	92
57	Paul	91
58	George	90
59	Terry	89
60	Jeffery	87
61	Chad	85
61	Donald	85
61	Johnathan	85
64	Bobby	80
65	Jared	76
65	Larry	76
67	Edward	73
67	Randall	73
69	Ronald	72
70	Johnny	70
71	Jerry	69
72	Sean	67
73	Keith	65
74	Jimmy	64
74	Scott	64
76	Shawn	63
77	Cedric	61
77	Derek	61
79	Reginald	58
79	Roderick	58
81	Billy	57
81	Tony	57
83	Carl	56
84	Brett	55
84	Gary	55
84	Jordan	55
87	Alan	54
87	Blake	54
89	Chase	52
89	Rodney	52
91	Allen	51
91	Carlos	51
91	Kelvin	51
91	Randy	51
95	Curtis	50
96	Danny	49
96	Joel	49
96	Nathaniel	49
99	Jamie	48
100	Walter	47