Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,582
2	William	1,523
3	John	1,362
4	Robert	1,173
5	Willie	989
6	Charles	895
7	George	675
8	Thomas	493
9	Henry	416
10	Joseph	353
11	Joe	347
12	Edward	327
13	Jack	315
14	Frank	311
14	Walter	311
16	Billy	280
17	Charlie	274
18	Fred	240
19	Clarence	238
20	Richard	237
21	Arthur	224
22	David	222
23	Albert	214
24	Roy	211
25	Eugene	208

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnnie	199
27	Harold	191
28	Eddie	186
28	Paul	186
30	Howard	179
31	Samuel	171
32	Jessie	168
33	Ralph	160
34	Earl	152
35	Cecil	150
36	Raymond	142
37	Jimmie	137
38	Jesse	135
39	Carl	130
39	Sam	130
41	Leon	127
42	Floyd	119
42	Louis	119
44	Herbert	117
45	Andrew	116
46	Curtis	115
47	Calvin	114
47	Ernest	114
49	Marvin	111
50	Herman	110
51	Donald	106
52	Melvin	103
53	Harry	102
54	Leroy	98
55	Clyde	97
56	Lee	94
57	Oscar	93
58	Luther	92
59	Alfred	90
59	Earnest	90
59	Horace	90
59	Lewis	90
63	Kenneth	89
64	Tommie	85
65	Clifford	83
65	Leonard	83
67	Johnny	82
68	Junior	78
69	Hubert	76
70	Grady	75
70	Wallace	75
72	Ray	74
73	Claude	73
73	Norman	73
75	Milton	72
75	Rufus	72
77	Bobby	71
77	Homer	71
79	Lawrence	70
80	Douglas	69
81	Daniel	67
81	Lonnie	67
83	Dan	66
83	Otis	66
85	Alvin	65
85	Nathaniel	65
87	Bill	63
87	Billie	63
87	Gerald	63
87	Harvey	63
87	Hugh	63
92	Lester	62
92	Tom	62
94	Edwin	61
94	Johnie	61
96	Elmer	60
97	Bennie	59
97	Jim	59
97	Leo	59
100	Allen	57
100	Benjamin	57