Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,455
2	William	1,337
3	John	1,316
4	Robert	1,014
5	Willie	823
6	Charles	609
7	George	571
8	Thomas	449
9	Henry	405
10	Joseph	355
11	Frank	336
12	Edward	319
13	Walter	280
14	Joe	278
15	Charlie	244
16	Fred	226
17	Jack	215
18	David	214
19	Albert	209
20	Clarence	201
21	Roy	199
22	Arthur	197
23	Howard	189
23	Richard	189
25	Samuel	188

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eddie	186
27	Johnnie	175
28	Paul	174
29	Ralph	145
30	Jessie	141
31	Eugene	140
32	Jimmie	136
33	Earl	133
33	Harold	133
35	Ernest	131
36	Carl	128
36	Louis	128
38	Jesse	125
39	Andrew	124
40	Raymond	123
41	Marvin	120
42	Calvin	112
43	Sam	111
44	Cecil	107
44	Luther	107
46	Curtis	102
46	Herman	102
46	Lee	102
49	Oscar	101
50	Clyde	100
51	Lewis	98
52	Earnest	96
53	Herbert	95
54	Leroy	91
55	Leon	90
56	Daniel	89
57	Floyd	88
57	Leonard	88
59	Horace	87
60	Lawrence	85
61	Hubert	84
62	Melvin	83
63	Grady	82
64	Billy	81
65	Homer	78
66	Warren	76
67	Dewey	72
67	Harry	72
69	Clifford	71
69	Edgar	71
69	Tommie	71
72	Otis	70
73	Alfred	68
74	Claude	67
74	Marion	67
74	Wallace	67
77	Milton	64
77	Ray	64
79	Norman	63
80	Johnie	62
81	Benjamin	58
81	Johnny	58
81	Leo	58
81	Rufus	58
85	Oliver	57
85	Tom	57
85	Will	57
88	Ben	56
88	Bennie	56
88	Bill	56
88	Jim	56
92	Elmer	55
93	Alvin	54
94	Lester	53
95	Donald	52
96	Allen	51
96	Hugh	51
96	Nathaniel	51
96	Willis	51
100	Archie	50
100	Elbert	50
100	Mack	50