Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,658
2	William	1,232
3	John	1,135
4	Robert	822
5	Willie	719
6	George	497
7	Henry	439
8	Charles	400
9	Thomas	376
10	Frank	273
11	Joseph	269
12	Joe	248
13	Edward	228
14	Walter	226
15	Charlie	221
16	Fred	196
17	Clarence	188
18	Arthur	177
19	Albert	169
20	Roy	163
21	David	160
21	Jack	160
21	Woodrow	160
24	Jessie	158
25	Samuel	149

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	143
27	Cecil	142
27	Jesse	142
29	Eddie	140
30	Johnnie	139
31	Ernest	135
32	Howard	131
33	Richard	129
34	Ralph	125
35	Sam	123
36	Earl	116
37	Andrew	115
38	Raymond	108
39	Clyde	105
40	Grady	103
41	Louis	97
41	Marvin	97
43	Carl	95
43	Herman	95
45	Lee	94
46	Leroy	93
47	Jimmie	91
47	Leon	91
47	Oscar	91
50	Horace	90
51	Luther	88
52	Floyd	86
53	Harold	82
54	Eugene	81
55	Curtis	79
56	Herbert	76
56	Hubert	76
58	Lewis	73
59	Otis	72
60	Harry	67
61	Lonnie	66
62	Alfred	65
62	Homer	65
64	Leonard	64
65	Jim	63
66	Lawrence	62
66	Leo	62
66	Willard	62
69	Melvin	61
70	Daniel	58
71	Bill	57
72	Earnest	56
72	Rufus	56
74	Claude	54
75	Grover	53
75	Milton	53
77	Ben	52
77	Edgar	52
77	Elbert	52
77	Lester	52
77	Tom	52
82	Clifford	51
82	Hugh	51
84	Will	48
85	Chester	47
85	Elmer	47
87	Benjamin	46
87	Bennie	46
87	Isaac	46
87	Norman	46
91	Oliver	45
92	Alvin	44
92	Johnie	44
92	Tommie	44
95	Allen	43
95	Roosevelt	43
97	Lloyd	41
98	Harvey	40
98	Mack	40
98	Wallace	40