Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,658
2	William	1,600
3	John	1,394
4	Robert	1,157
5	Willie	971
6	Charles	720
7	George	623
8	Thomas	495
9	Henry	399
10	Joseph	329
11	Joe	324
12	Edward	320
13	Walter	318
14	Frank	298
15	Jack	289
16	Charlie	270
17	Clarence	224
18	David	223
18	Fred	223
20	Richard	215
21	Paul	213
22	Johnnie	205
23	Albert	201
23	Roy	201
25	Billy	195

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	190
27	Harold	187
28	Samuel	185
29	Howard	181
30	Arthur	177
31	Eddie	167
32	Ralph	166
33	Cecil	164
33	Raymond	164
35	Jessie	156
36	Ernest	148
37	Calvin	136
37	Carl	136
39	Jimmie	131
40	Sam	130
41	Andrew	129
42	Floyd	124
43	Earl	123
44	Curtis	122
45	Louis	119
46	Clyde	118
47	Jesse	117
48	Leon	115
49	Herman	114
50	Lee	113
51	Leroy	110
51	Marvin	110
53	Earnest	108
54	Harry	105
55	Herbert	94
56	Horace	93
57	Donald	88
57	Leonard	88
59	Luther	87
60	Hubert	83
60	Lewis	83
60	Oscar	83
63	Claude	82
64	Melvin	81
65	Grady	79
65	Milton	79
67	Johnny	75
68	Wallace	74
69	Alfred	73
70	Homer	72
71	Alvin	70
72	Ray	68
73	Daniel	67
74	Nathaniel	66
74	Norman	66
74	Tom	66
77	Bennie	65
77	Lawrence	65
79	Kenneth	63
80	Clifford	62
80	Johnie	62
80	Roosevelt	62
83	Otis	60
84	Edgar	59
84	Vernon	59
86	Mack	58
87	Benjamin	57
87	Jim	57
87	Lester	57
87	Rufus	57
91	Allen	56
92	Junior	55
92	Marion	55
92	Morris	55
95	Billie	53
95	Chester	53
95	Edwin	53
98	Elbert	52
98	Tommie	52
100	Hugh	51