Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	957
2	James	843
3	Michael	813
4	Joshua	736
5	Brandon	653
6	William	642
7	Matthew	577
8	John	554
9	Justin	547
10	Jonathan	508
11	Robert	503
12	Jeremy	466
13	David	462
14	Daniel	430
15	Joseph	383
16	Timothy	306
17	Andrew	305
17	Charles	305
19	Jason	294
20	Anthony	289
21	Kevin	276
22	Adam	251
23	Thomas	250
24	Eric	238
25	Steven	231

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	217
27	Benjamin	213
28	Nicholas	212
29	Brian	211
30	Ryan	204
30	Stephen	204
32	Patrick	193
33	Jacob	187
34	Dustin	176
35	Kenneth	174
36	Marcus	169
36	Zachary	169
38	Corey	150
39	Bradley	139
40	Mark	138
41	Tyler	130
42	Samuel	126
43	Kyle	125
44	Gregory	124
44	Jeffrey	124
46	Antonio	121
47	Phillip	117
48	Jeffery	107
48	Nathan	107
50	Wesley	104
51	Cody	102
51	Derrick	102
53	Aaron	101
54	Jesse	100
55	Bryan	95
56	Jared	91
57	Donald	88
58	Alexander	86
59	Travis	85
60	Bobby	84
61	Cory	83
62	Johnathan	82
63	Chad	81
64	Paul	80
65	Willie	78
66	Larry	76
67	Derek	74
68	Edward	73
69	Ronald	71
69	Terry	71
71	Jordan	68
72	Brett	67
73	Casey	65
73	Gary	65
75	Curtis	64
75	Jerry	64
75	Shawn	64
78	Billy	62
78	Scott	62
80	Jimmy	61
80	Sean	61
82	Blake	60
82	Courtney	60
84	Keith	59
84	Roderick	59
84	Walter	59
87	Randall	58
87	Randy	58
87	Rodney	58
90	Austin	57
90	Johnny	57
92	Douglas	54
93	George	53
93	Nathaniel	53
95	Micheal	51
96	Demetrius	50
97	Brent	48
97	Joel	48
99	Adrian	47
99	Allen	47
99	Reginald	47