Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,872
2	John	1,319
3	William	1,262
4	Robert	898
5	Willie	780
6	George	615
7	Thomas	459
8	Charles	454
9	Henry	421
10	Joseph	354
11	Edward	289
12	Frank	279
13	Walter	253
14	Joe	252
15	Charlie	239
16	Fred	208
17	Arthur	202
18	Woodrow	188
19	David	181
20	Clarence	179
21	Roy	177
22	Albert	176
23	Samuel	170
24	Jack	161
24	Richard	161

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	155
27	Ernest	152
28	Paul	151
29	Johnnie	148
30	Jessie	147
31	Cecil	133
32	Sam	129
33	Raymond	125
34	Andrew	120
35	Carl	118
35	Eddie	118
37	Eugene	112
38	Ralph	109
39	Jesse	105
40	Earl	104
40	Marvin	104
42	Leroy	96
43	Leon	95
44	Earnest	94
44	Herman	94
44	Louis	94
47	Curtis	92
47	Oscar	92
49	Floyd	90
50	Clyde	89
50	Luther	89
52	Lewis	88
53	Grady	87
53	Harold	87
53	Jimmie	87
56	Lee	82
56	Leonard	82
58	Harry	79
59	Homer	78
59	Horace	78
61	Melvin	77
62	Herbert	74
62	Lawrence	74
64	Tom	72
65	Ben	71
66	Wilson	70
67	Edgar	63
67	Hubert	63
67	Jim	63
70	Hugh	62
70	Tommie	62
72	Dan	61
73	Harvey	59
74	Alfred	58
74	Benjamin	58
74	Ray	58
77	Milton	57
77	Otis	57
79	Clifford	56
80	Daniel	55
81	Allen	54
81	Lester	54
83	Alvin	53
83	Willard	53
85	Elmer	52
85	Johnie	52
87	Chester	51
87	Claude	51
87	Rufus	51
87	Will	51
91	Elbert	50
92	Nathaniel	49
93	Bennie	48
93	Julius	48
93	Mack	48
96	Leo	47
97	Dewey	46
97	Johnny	46
97	Marion	46
100	Archie	45
100	Roosevelt	45