Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,590
2	William	1,420
3	John	1,312
4	Robert	1,153
5	Willie	948
6	Charles	837
7	George	588
8	Thomas	451
9	Henry	375
10	Edward	360
11	Joseph	343
12	Billy	317
13	Jack	314
14	Joe	303
15	Herbert	274
16	Frank	272
17	Walter	270
18	Fred	245
19	Richard	241
20	Charlie	240
21	David	229
22	Clarence	216
23	Roy	215
24	Harold	201
25	Eugene	195

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	190
26	Arthur	190
28	Johnnie	188
29	Paul	175
30	Eddie	171
31	Ralph	166
32	Raymond	162
33	Howard	157
33	Jessie	157
35	Samuel	155
36	Earl	154
37	Jimmie	153
38	Carl	150
39	Donald	134
40	Ernest	123
41	Jesse	120
42	Leon	118
42	Louis	118
44	Clyde	116
45	Cecil	114
45	Curtis	114
45	Hubert	114
48	Melvin	111
49	Andrew	109
49	Lee	109
51	Herman	101
52	Earnest	100
52	Marvin	100
54	Calvin	99
55	Alfred	98
56	Floyd	96
56	Sam	96
58	Luther	94
59	Ray	86
60	Leroy	85
61	Horace	84
62	Lewis	83
63	Johnny	82
64	Bobby	81
65	Harry	80
65	Kenneth	80
67	Clifford	74
67	Jerry	74
69	Leonard	73
70	Otis	72
71	Gene	70
72	Hugh	69
73	Milton	68
73	Oscar	68
75	Billie	67
75	Roosevelt	67
75	Tommie	67
78	Grady	66
79	Daniel	62
80	Junior	60
80	Wallace	60
82	Edgar	59
83	Bill	58
83	Chester	58
83	Elbert	58
83	Marion	58
87	Gerald	56
87	Lawrence	56
87	Norman	56
90	Bennie	55
90	Dewey	55
90	Harvey	55
93	Ben	54
93	Lonnie	54
93	Vernon	54
96	Alvin	52
97	Claude	51
97	Jimmy	51
97	Rufus	51
97	Tom	51