Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,201
2	John	1,139
3	William	1,137
4	Robert	1,108
5	Charles	1,006
6	Willie	870
7	Billy	706
8	Bobby	568
9	Joe	511
10	George	472
11	Thomas	444
12	Donald	349
13	Henry	307
14	Jimmy	295
15	David	293
16	Jerry	279
17	Edward	271
18	Joseph	265
19	Richard	257
20	Walter	254
21	Frank	238
22	Harold	208
23	Charlie	198
24	Jack	197
25	Jimmie	191

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Johnny	191
27	Kenneth	189
28	Paul	183
29	Roy	182
30	Eddie	175
31	Clarence	170
32	Arthur	165
33	Johnnie	157
34	Fred	156
35	Howard	147
36	Carl	143
37	Eugene	142
38	Samuel	141
39	Albert	138
39	Ralph	138
41	Raymond	135
42	Franklin	134
43	Jesse	124
44	Leon	119
45	Cecil	112
46	Ernest	110
46	Roosevelt	110
48	Gerald	108
48	Tommy	108
50	Jessie	106
51	Earl	102
52	Lee	99
53	Melvin	97
54	Ronald	96
55	Curtis	95
56	Gene	94
57	Wayne	93
58	Alfred	88
58	Earnest	88
60	Douglas	84
60	Herman	84
60	Norman	84
63	Andrew	83
63	Lawrence	83
63	Ray	83
66	Leroy	82
67	Larry	81
67	Louis	81
67	Marvin	81
70	Bennie	79
71	Clyde	78
72	Daniel	76
73	Freddie	72
73	Lewis	72
75	Leonard	70
76	Sam	69
77	Calvin	68
77	Floyd	68
79	Harry	67
80	Wallace	66
81	Benjamin	64
81	Don	64
83	Horace	63
84	Otis	60
85	Jackie	59
86	Herbert	58
86	Milton	58
86	Oscar	58
89	Billie	56
89	Clifford	56
91	Nathaniel	55
91	Tommie	55
93	Allen	54
94	Harvey	53
95	Bill	52
95	Jim	52
95	Rufus	52
98	Claude	51
98	Dan	51
98	Elbert	51
98	Grady	51
98	Hubert	51
98	Hugh	51