Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,247
2	William	1,265
3	John	1,090
4	Robert	1,076
5	Charles	942
6	Willie	876
7	Billy	592
8	Thomas	476
9	George	471
10	Edward	324
11	Joe	318
12	Henry	308
13	Joseph	289
14	Bobby	286
15	David	272
16	Jack	271
17	Walter	249
18	Richard	245
19	Harold	234
20	Frank	218
21	Charlie	214
22	Fred	197
23	Donald	193
24	Clarence	189
24	Roy	189

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	186
27	Arthur	180
28	Jimmie	179
29	Eddie	177
30	Albert	171
31	Johnnie	168
32	Samuel	163
33	Paul	161
34	Howard	149
35	Jessie	148
36	Ralph	142
37	Herbert	141
38	Kenneth	135
39	Carl	133
40	Earl	132
41	Raymond	123
42	Curtis	119
43	Ernest	114
44	Johnny	110
45	Jesse	109
45	Ray	109
47	Marvin	106
48	Jerry	105
49	Leon	102
50	Lee	99
51	Jimmy	95
51	Lewis	95
53	Billie	93
53	Herman	93
55	Cecil	92
55	Leroy	92
57	Sam	91
58	Louis	89
59	Andrew	87
60	Floyd	86
60	Melvin	86
62	Clyde	84
63	Horace	83
64	Hubert	80
65	Earnest	77
65	Lawrence	77
67	Alfred	76
68	Harry	75
69	Clifford	74
70	Oscar	73
71	Leonard	72
72	Roosevelt	67
73	Calvin	66
73	Hugh	66
75	Gene	65
76	Grady	64
76	Tommie	64
78	Allen	63
78	Luther	63
80	Douglas	60
81	Junior	59
81	Marion	59
81	Tommy	59
84	Bennie	57
84	Milton	57
84	Willard	57
87	Daniel	56
87	Norman	56
89	Bill	55
90	Otis	54
90	Vernon	54
90	Wallace	54
93	Lonnie	53
94	Benjamin	52
94	Jim	52
94	Rufus	52
97	Claude	51
97	Edgar	51
99	Homer	50
100	Dewey	49
100	Theodore	49