Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,402
2	William	1,399
3	John	1,204
4	Robert	1,127
5	Charles	930
6	Willie	927
7	Billy	542
8	Thomas	527
9	George	521
10	Henry	347
11	Edward	345
11	Joe	345
13	Joseph	318
14	Jack	289
15	Walter	271
16	David	267
17	Frank	264
18	Bobby	231
18	Richard	231
20	Charlie	230
21	Fred	224
22	Clarence	203
23	Johnnie	201
24	Harold	196
25	Eugene	192

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	190
27	Roy	186
28	Albert	185
29	Jimmie	183
30	Howard	176
31	Arthur	174
32	Donald	172
33	Eddie	164
34	Raymond	158
35	Ralph	157
36	Herbert	149
37	Samuel	148
38	Earl	135
39	Kenneth	129
40	Jessie	124
41	Curtis	123
42	Carl	121
43	Cecil	120
44	Andrew	113
44	Marvin	113
46	Jesse	110
47	Ernest	108
48	Floyd	106
49	Ray	104
50	Earnest	100
51	Louis	98
52	Melvin	97
53	Herman	96
53	Jerry	96
53	Leon	96
56	Clyde	95
57	Johnny	93
57	Lee	93
59	Luther	90
60	Hubert	89
60	Leroy	89
60	Milton	89
63	Alfred	84
63	Horace	84
63	Sam	84
66	Oscar	83
67	Billie	82
67	Harry	82
67	Lewis	82
70	Daniel	81
71	Jimmy	80
72	Grady	78
73	Lawrence	76
74	Otis	75
75	Alvin	67
75	Nathaniel	67
77	Clifford	65
78	Benjamin	64
78	Gerald	64
78	Roosevelt	64
78	Tommie	64
82	Calvin	63
82	Leonard	63
84	Norman	62
85	Claude	60
85	Junior	60
85	Rufus	60
88	Bill	59
89	Wallace	58
90	Hugh	57
91	Elbert	56
91	Gene	56
93	Tommy	54
94	Ben	52
94	Edgar	52
94	Harvey	52
97	Allen	51
97	Jim	51
99	Dewey	50
99	Vernon	50