Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,698
2	John	1,132
3	William	1,118
4	Robert	813
5	Willie	688
6	George	511
7	Charles	375
8	Henry	355
9	Thomas	338
10	Joseph	271
11	Frank	264
12	Walter	254
13	Charlie	240
14	Joe	234
15	Edward	228
16	Fred	192
17	Arthur	183
18	Clarence	168
19	Jessie	150
20	Samuel	148
21	David	143
21	Johnnie	143
23	Jack	142
24	Roy	138
25	Albert	137

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	136
27	Paul	128
28	Howard	125
29	Ernest	123
29	Jesse	123
31	Ralph	115
32	Eddie	114
33	Carl	111
34	Cecil	106
34	Woodrow	106
36	Sam	103
37	Jimmie	102
38	Earl	101
38	Louis	101
40	Lewis	99
41	Eugene	98
42	Raymond	97
43	Andrew	96
43	Grady	96
45	Oscar	95
46	Clyde	89
46	Leon	89
48	Luther	86
48	Marvin	86
50	Harry	85
50	Herman	85
52	Earnest	79
52	Lee	79
52	Leonard	79
55	Herbert	75
56	Leroy	73
57	Harold	71
58	Horace	70
59	Homer	69
60	Curtis	65
61	Daniel	64
62	Tom	63
63	Edgar	62
63	Elbert	62
63	Hubert	62
66	Ben	60
66	Hugh	60
68	Marion	59
68	Milton	59
70	Otis	55
71	Chester	54
72	Floyd	53
72	Oliver	53
72	Wilson	53
75	Benjamin	52
75	Claude	52
77	Alfred	50
78	Jim	49
78	Mack	49
78	Willard	49
81	Alvin	48
81	Clifford	48
81	Johnie	48
84	Ray	47
85	Lawrence	46
85	Lonnie	46
87	Wallace	45
88	Emmett	43
88	Lester	43
88	Norman	43
88	Percy	43
92	Allen	42
92	Melvin	42
92	Nathaniel	42
95	Harvey	41
96	Leo	40
96	Sidney	40
96	Will	40
99	Bennie	39
99	Julius	39
99	Theodore	39
99	Tommie	39