Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,224
2	John	1,431
3	William	1,399
4	Robert	914
5	Willie	906
6	George	633
7	Charles	497
8	Thomas	450
9	Henry	378
10	Joseph	349
11	Joe	315
12	Edward	311
13	Walter	300
14	Frank	292
15	Charlie	244
15	Fred	244
17	Arthur	223
18	Jack	219
19	Albert	211
20	David	206
21	Johnnie	200
22	Clarence	184
23	Roy	168
24	Richard	166
25	Jesse	162

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jessie	160
27	Ralph	156
28	Eddie	155
29	Howard	154
30	Paul	147
30	Samuel	147
32	Raymond	143
33	Cecil	140
34	Ernest	139
35	Louis	133
36	Woodrow	131
37	Eugene	130
37	Marvin	130
39	Sam	129
40	Oscar	127
41	Jimmie	125
42	Andrew	119
43	Floyd	112
44	Lee	108
45	Grady	105
46	Earnest	101
47	Clyde	100
47	Luther	100
49	Carl	99
50	Curtis	98
51	Leon	97
52	Earl	94
53	Herbert	91
53	Leroy	91
55	Horace	90
56	Harry	89
57	Jim	86
57	Leonard	86
57	Lewis	86
60	Daniel	83
60	Harold	83
62	Johnie	80
63	Edgar	79
63	Hubert	79
65	Rufus	78
66	Herman	75
67	Alfred	74
67	Homer	74
69	Alvin	70
69	Clifford	70
69	Melvin	70
72	Harvey	69
73	Claude	67
73	Otis	67
73	Tommie	67
73	Willard	67
77	Lawrence	66
77	Nathaniel	66
79	Wallace	65
80	Dewey	64
80	Tom	64
82	Benjamin	63
82	Lester	63
84	Will	58
85	Lonnie	57
85	Marion	57
85	Oliver	57
88	Elbert	55
89	Ben	54
89	Wilson	54
91	Chester	53
91	Julius	53
91	Norman	53
91	Roosevelt	53
95	Bill	52
96	Isaac	51
97	Milton	50
98	Allen	49
99	Elmer	48
100	Ray	47