Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,544
2	John	1,100
3	William	1,039
4	Robert	748
5	Willie	627
6	George	475
7	Thomas	383
8	Henry	367
9	Charles	322
10	Joseph	260
11	Frank	245
12	Walter	244
13	Edward	239
14	Joe	224
15	Charlie	213
16	Albert	179
17	Fred	177
18	Arthur	169
19	Clarence	164
20	David	157
21	Jack	155
22	Roy	148
23	Richard	146
24	Ernest	141
25	Jessie	139

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Samuel	134
27	Paul	132
28	Cecil	127
29	Eddie	126
29	Sam	126
31	Howard	125
32	Jesse	123
33	Woodrow	118
34	Johnnie	111
35	Ralph	110
36	Andrew	99
37	Grady	98
37	Oscar	98
37	Raymond	98
40	Eugene	97
40	Lee	97
42	Herman	96
43	Carl	95
44	Earl	92
45	Louis	91
46	Jimmie	84
47	Clyde	81
47	Harry	81
49	Herbert	79
49	Otis	79
51	Curtis	78
51	Luther	78
53	Floyd	77
54	Horace	75
55	Leon	74
56	Lewis	71
57	Hubert	67
57	Willard	67
59	Leonard	66
60	Marvin	63
61	Rufus	61
62	Lester	60
63	Earnest	59
63	Harold	59
65	Leroy	57
66	Jim	56
67	Allen	55
68	Benjamin	54
68	Tom	54
70	Homer	53
71	Ben	52
71	Daniel	52
73	Edgar	51
73	Milton	51
75	Bennie	50
75	Claude	50
77	Emmett	49
77	Lawrence	49
79	Alfred	48
79	Alvin	48
79	Wallace	48
82	Chester	47
82	Clifford	47
82	Marion	47
85	Mack	46
86	Elmer	44
87	Dan	43
87	Hugh	43
87	Will	43
90	Booker	42
90	Leo	42
92	Alex	41
92	Melvin	41
92	Norman	41
95	Lonnie	40
95	Roosevelt	40
95	Willis	40
98	Clifton	39
98	Edwin	39
98	Johnie	39