Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,513
2	William	1,437
3	John	1,398
4	Robert	1,075
5	Willie	849
6	Charles	662
7	George	642
8	Henry	448
9	Thomas	440
10	Joseph	338
11	Edward	318
12	Walter	289
13	Joe	285
14	Charlie	256
14	Frank	256
16	Jack	229
17	Richard	223
18	Roy	218
19	David	217
20	Fred	216
21	Albert	201
21	Calvin	201
23	Clarence	195
24	Arthur	194
25	Howard	185

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnnie	183
27	Samuel	179
28	Eddie	169
29	Ralph	167
30	Eugene	163
31	Harold	159
32	Paul	158
33	Jessie	153
34	Jesse	147
35	Raymond	145
36	Earl	141
37	Ernest	125
38	Marvin	123
39	Jimmie	119
40	Carl	118
41	Billy	117
42	Andrew	115
43	Cecil	114
44	Sam	107
45	Earnest	103
45	Lee	103
47	Leroy	97
47	Louis	97
49	Leon	95
50	Curtis	94
50	Lewis	94
52	Floyd	92
53	Oscar	90
54	Herbert	87
55	Horace	85
56	Melvin	84
57	Leonard	83
57	Luther	83
59	Herman	81
60	Daniel	80
61	Milton	78
62	Clyde	77
63	Clifford	76
63	Donald	76
65	Alfred	75
66	Claude	74
66	Elbert	74
68	Harry	70
69	Grady	69
69	Norman	69
69	Ray	69
72	Hubert	68
72	Kenneth	68
74	Edgar	67
75	Homer	66
75	Otis	66
75	Rufus	66
78	Lonnie	65
79	Tom	64
80	Hugh	63
81	Ben	62
81	Lawrence	62
81	Tommie	62
84	Benjamin	61
84	Harvey	61
86	Alvin	60
86	Nathaniel	60
88	Allen	58
88	Elmer	58
88	Jim	58
88	Junior	58
88	Marion	58
93	Johnny	56
93	Wallace	56
95	Bennie	55
96	Bill	52
96	Jerry	52
98	Johnie	51
99	Leo	48
99	Percy	48