Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,290
2	William	1,225
3	John	1,182
4	Robert	1,113
5	Charles	1,027
6	Willie	972
7	Billy	775
8	Bobby	505
9	George	467
10	Thomas	454
11	Joe	442
12	Donald	355
13	Henry	330
14	David	303
15	Edward	300
16	Walter	270
17	Jimmy	259
18	Joseph	256
19	Jerry	253
20	Frank	246
21	Jack	229
22	Richard	227
23	Roy	222
24	Harold	211
25	Jimmie	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eddie	196
27	Paul	189
28	Charlie	186
29	Arthur	185
30	Kenneth	179
31	Clarence	177
32	Fred	175
33	Howard	174
34	Samuel	170
35	Albert	166
36	Eugene	163
37	Johnny	161
38	Johnnie	155
39	Raymond	142
40	Carl	139
41	Franklin	135
41	Jessie	135
43	Ralph	123
44	Jesse	116
45	Curtis	112
45	Roosevelt	112
47	Earnest	109
47	Ernest	109
49	Leon	108
50	Andrew	106
50	Cecil	106
50	Earl	106
53	Herbert	104
54	Marvin	103
55	Clyde	93
56	Lee	92
57	Gerald	91
58	Lawrence	88
59	Ronald	87
60	Ray	85
60	Sam	85
62	Leroy	84
63	Herman	83
63	Louis	83
65	Lewis	82
65	Melvin	82
67	Tommy	80
68	Alfred	77
69	Gene	74
70	Daniel	73
70	Douglas	73
70	Floyd	73
73	Calvin	71
73	Horace	71
75	Luther	70
76	Dan	68
77	Oscar	67
78	Allen	66
78	Bennie	66
80	Wayne	65
81	Harry	63
81	Leonard	63
81	Nathaniel	63
84	Jackie	62
84	Milton	62
86	Edgar	61
86	Marion	61
86	Tommie	61
89	Don	60
89	Otis	60
91	Clifford	59
91	Norman	59
93	Hubert	57
93	Hugh	57
95	Freddie	56
95	Larry	56
97	Billie	53
97	Grady	53
99	Alvin	52
99	Ben	52
99	Benjamin	52
99	Claude	52
99	Junior	52