Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,436
2	William	1,355
3	John	1,278
4	Robert	1,119
5	Willie	990
6	Charles	816
7	George	559
8	Thomas	495
9	Billy	432
10	Henry	364
11	Joe	320
12	Edward	317
13	Joseph	312
14	Jack	303
15	Frank	277
16	David	274
17	Walter	261
18	Herbert	248
19	Richard	245
20	Charlie	234
21	Clarence	229
22	Roy	201
23	Arthur	197
24	Eddie	192
24	Harold	192

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	187
27	Eugene	180
28	Fred	179
29	Albert	168
30	Samuel	166
31	Howard	163
31	Johnnie	163
33	Carl	160
34	Ralph	156
35	Bobby	154
35	Jessie	154
37	Donald	151
38	Jimmie	143
39	Earl	138
40	Raymond	129
41	Ernest	128
42	Curtis	120
43	Hubert	115
44	Sam	114
45	Andrew	112
46	Herman	111
47	Jesse	109
47	Melvin	109
49	Marvin	106
50	Cecil	105
50	Clyde	105
50	Leon	105
53	Floyd	102
54	Lewis	100
55	Louis	96
56	Lee	91
56	Leroy	91
58	Earnest	90
59	Harry	89
60	Junior	88
61	Oscar	87
62	Leonard	85
62	Ray	85
64	Horace	84
65	Kenneth	82
66	Grady	81
67	Alfred	80
68	Lawrence	79
69	Johnny	75
70	Bennie	74
71	Vernon	73
72	Luther	71
73	Calvin	70
74	Billie	69
74	Daniel	69
76	Clifford	67
76	Harvey	67
76	Jimmy	67
79	Tommie	66
80	Nathaniel	65
81	Allen	64
81	Johnie	64
81	Marion	64
84	Wallace	63
85	Gene	60
85	Hugh	60
85	Lester	60
88	Milton	59
88	Willard	59
90	Homer	58
90	Jerry	58
90	Otis	58
93	Roosevelt	57
93	Tom	57
95	Claude	56
96	Alvin	55
97	Bill	53
98	Benjamin	52
98	Lonnie	52
100	Douglas	51