Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	784
2	John	602
3	William	589
4	Robert	406
5	Willie	376
6	George	309
7	Henry	234
8	Thomas	186
9	Charles	182
10	Frank	162
11	Joseph	156
12	Joe	140
13	Walter	139
14	Charlie	130
15	Woodrow	122
16	Arthur	108
17	Albert	103
18	Jack	102
19	Sam	100
20	Clarence	99
20	Edward	99
20	Fred	99
23	Richard	96
24	Roy	89
25	Jessie	86

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Samuel	86
27	David	83
27	Johnnie	83
29	Ernest	80
30	Howard	77
31	Eddie	76
32	Paul	69
33	Andrew	62
34	Jimmie	60
35	Louis	59
36	Jim	56
37	Jesse	55
37	Raymond	55
39	Oscar	54
40	Eugene	52
40	Ralph	52
42	Lee	50
43	Cecil	49
44	Clyde	48
44	Earnest	48
44	Leroy	48
47	Tom	47
48	Harry	46
49	Earl	44
49	Will	44
51	Lewis	42
52	Edgar	40
52	Grady	40
52	Leon	40
52	Marvin	40
52	Otis	40
57	Carl	39
57	Herman	39
59	Leonard	38
60	Horace	37
61	Ben	36
61	Curtis	36
63	Claude	35
63	Floyd	35
63	Herbert	35
66	Allen	34
67	Lester	33
67	Wilson	33
69	Clifford	32
69	Daniel	32
69	Harold	32
69	Luther	32
69	Roosevelt	32
69	Tommie	32
75	Homer	31
75	Johnie	31
75	Melvin	31
78	Alfred	30
78	Ed	30
78	Rufus	30
81	Bennie	29
81	Mack	29
81	Percy	29
84	Lawrence	28
84	Theodore	28
86	Bill	27
86	Dan	27
86	Marion	27
86	Milton	27
90	Aubrey	26
90	Elbert	26
90	Hubert	26
90	Willis	26
94	Benjamin	25
95	Booker	24
95	Ellis	24
95	Grover	24
95	Leo	24
99	Alvin	22
99	Clifton	22
99	Dewey	22
99	Elmer	22
99	Hugh	22
99	Leslie	22