Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	468
2	John	406
3	William	353
4	Willie	300
5	Robert	249
6	George	165
7	Henry	133
8	Frank	105
9	Charlie	104
10	Charles	100
11	Joe	89
12	Joseph	88
13	Thomas	83
14	Walter	81
15	Sam	70
16	Eddie	68
16	Edward	68
18	David	64
19	Arthur	62
20	Jack	61
21	Johnnie	59
22	Clarence	58
22	Richard	58
24	Fred	53
24	Samuel	53

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	52
26	Jessie	52
28	Roy	48
29	Howard	47
30	Lee	46
31	Andrew	43
31	Ernest	43
33	Eugene	39
34	Oscar	37
35	Paul	36
36	Homer	34
36	Jesse	34
36	Jimmie	34
39	Will	33
40	Earl	32
40	Earnest	32
40	Luther	32
43	Grady	30
43	Herman	30
43	Leonard	30
46	Curtis	29
46	Daniel	29
46	Floyd	29
46	Harry	29
46	Tom	29
51	Cecil	28
51	Raymond	28
53	Johnie	27
53	Leroy	27
55	Carl	26
55	Herbert	26
55	Isaac	26
55	Jim	26
55	Lewis	26
55	Louis	26
55	Ralph	26
62	Allen	25
62	Ben	25
64	Rufus	24
65	Dan	23
65	Otis	23
67	Alfred	22
67	Clyde	22
69	Lawrence	21
70	Marvin	20
71	Milton	19
72	Bennie	18
72	Bill	18
72	Claude	18
72	Elbert	18
72	Hubert	18
72	Leon	18
72	Roosevelt	18
72	Sylvester	18
72	Tommie	18
81	Ellis	17
81	Horace	17
83	Dave	16
83	Edgar	16
83	Guy	16
83	Hugh	16
87	Archie	15
87	Ed	15
87	Leslie	15
87	Mose	15
87	Nathan	15
92	Benjamin	14
92	Chester	14
92	Elmer	14
92	Grover	14
92	Ira	14
92	Marion	14
92	Oliver	14
92	Percy	14
92	Wallace	14