Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,298
2	John	1,441
3	William	1,330
4	Robert	1,009
5	Willie	850
6	George	611
7	Charles	576
8	Henry	485
9	Thomas	464
10	Joseph	362
11	Edward	300
12	Frank	297
13	Joe	287
14	Charlie	278
15	Walter	257
16	Fred	215
17	Jack	208
18	Clarence	207
19	Arthur	201
20	David	199
21	Albert	196
22	Richard	190
23	Samuel	189
24	Eddie	186
25	Johnnie	179

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roy	173
27	Cecil	163
27	Howard	163
29	Jessie	160
30	Eugene	152
31	Paul	150
32	Raymond	139
33	Jesse	132
34	Carl	131
35	Earl	129
36	Andrew	126
37	Leon	125
38	Ernest	122
38	Jimmie	122
40	Louis	121
41	Ralph	120
42	Harold	116
42	Herman	116
42	Oscar	116
45	Harry	107
45	Herbert	107
47	Sam	106
48	Marvin	104
49	Clyde	103
50	Floyd	100
50	Lewis	100
52	Curtis	99
53	Leonard	96
54	Warren	92
55	Lee	91
55	Leroy	91
57	Hubert	89
57	Melvin	89
59	Daniel	84
60	Luther	81
61	Horace	80
62	Claude	78
63	Earnest	74
63	Grady	74
63	Lawrence	74
66	Elbert	73
67	Johnie	70
67	Otis	70
69	Rufus	69
70	Hugh	68
70	Milton	68
72	Lonnie	67
72	Willard	67
74	Alvin	66
74	Homer	66
76	Alfred	65
76	Tom	65
78	Marion	64
79	Dewey	63
79	Jim	63
81	Nathaniel	62
81	Norman	62
81	Woodrow	62
84	Allen	61
84	Clifford	61
86	Benjamin	60
87	Calvin	59
88	Wallace	57
89	Bill	56
89	Edgar	56
89	Willis	56
92	Virgil	55
93	Bennie	54
93	Oliver	54
95	Isaac	53
95	Ray	53
95	Will	53
98	Leo	51
98	Roosevelt	51
100	Cleveland	50
100	Donald	50
100	Harvey	50