Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	594
2	Christopher	560
3	James	541
4	Jacob	530
5	Joshua	525
6	Austin	498
7	Michael	493
8	John	442
8	Matthew	442
10	Brandon	426
11	Justin	387
12	Tyler	368
13	Zachary	352
14	Andrew	334
15	Robert	320
16	Jonathan	304
17	David	290
17	Joseph	290
19	Jordan	273
20	Nicholas	272
21	Hunter	253
22	Daniel	252
23	Christian	249
24	Caleb	223
25	Samuel	221

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	218
27	Cody	214
28	Ryan	203
29	Timothy	196
30	Thomas	192
31	Dylan	180
32	Benjamin	178
33	Charles	169
34	Logan	152
35	Cameron	144
36	Alexander	141
37	Aaron	139
38	Noah	133
39	Nathan	131
40	Ethan	130
41	Dakota	128
41	Steven	128
43	Dustin	125
43	Kyle	125
45	Jeremy	120
46	Devin	117
46	Kevin	117
48	Eric	116
48	Patrick	116
50	Dalton	113
50	Jackson	113
52	Taylor	109
53	Jason	107
54	Richard	106
55	Adam	105
55	Kenneth	105
57	Stephen	102
58	Bradley	101
59	Mason	92
60	Chase	91
61	Tanner	90
62	Blake	87
62	Jesse	87
64	Jared	84
65	Brian	83
66	Marcus	82
67	Corey	81
68	Alex	80
68	Tristan	80
70	Wesley	78
71	Evan	76
72	Antonio	75
73	Garrett	73
74	Gregory	72
74	Trevor	72
76	Malik	71
77	Colton	70
78	Jeremiah	68
78	Phillip	68
78	Seth	68
81	Trenton	66
82	Sean	65
83	Hayden	63
83	Travis	63
85	Derrick	61
86	Chandler	60
87	Luke	58
87	Nathaniel	58
89	Jeffrey	57
90	Jeffery	56
90	Lucas	56
92	Elijah	55
92	Gabriel	55
94	Braxton	54
94	Preston	54
96	Connor	53
97	Clayton	52
97	Johnathan	52
97	Peyton	52
100	Colby	50
100	Donald	50
100	Isaiah	50
100	Landon	50
100	Shawn	50