Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,380
2	William	1,466
3	John	1,429
4	Robert	1,030
5	Willie	808
6	George	626
7	Charles	548
8	Thomas	475
9	Henry	445
10	Joseph	383
11	Frank	311
12	Edward	301
13	Walter	286
14	Joe	283
15	Charlie	229
16	Albert	225
16	Arthur	225
18	Fred	212
19	Jack	211
20	Clarence	205
21	David	202
22	Howard	201
23	Samuel	191
24	Richard	189
25	Johnnie	165

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Roy	165
27	Ralph	160
28	Eugene	155
29	Paul	154
30	Warren	152
31	Ernest	148
31	Jessie	148
33	Eddie	143
34	Cecil	137
34	Raymond	137
36	Carl	136
36	Harold	136
38	Jesse	133
39	Andrew	132
40	Sam	126
41	Earl	125
42	Leonard	108
42	Louis	108
44	Jimmie	106
44	Marvin	106
46	Clyde	105
46	Oscar	105
48	Harry	103
49	Herman	101
50	Lee	99
51	Earnest	98
52	Curtis	96
52	Grady	96
52	Herbert	96
52	Hubert	96
52	Leon	96
57	Horace	95
57	Leroy	95
59	Lewis	89
60	Luther	88
61	Floyd	83
62	Milton	78
63	Johnie	76
64	Alfred	75
64	Willard	75
66	Daniel	72
67	Lawrence	71
67	Melvin	71
67	Otis	71
70	Ben	70
70	Homer	70
72	Marion	68
73	Harvey	65
74	Jim	64
75	Nathaniel	63
75	Rufus	63
75	Wallace	63
78	Claude	62
78	Clifford	62
80	Grover	61
80	Kenneth	61
80	Lester	61
83	Julius	60
83	Norman	60
85	Edgar	59
86	Benjamin	58
86	Hugh	58
88	Calvin	57
88	Dewey	57
90	Alvin	56
91	Tom	54
92	Will	53
93	Elbert	52
93	Mack	52
93	Oliver	52
96	Allen	51
96	Edwin	51
96	Leo	51
96	Tommie	51
100	Bennie	50
100	Cleveland	50
100	Louie	50