Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,256
2	John	1,249
3	William	1,222
4	Robert	1,112
5	Charles	1,083
6	Willie	924
7	Billy	675
8	George	516
9	Bobby	487
10	Thomas	485
11	Joe	465
12	Donald	380
13	Jimmy	366
14	Jerry	323
15	Henry	313
16	David	302
17	Edward	283
18	Joseph	264
19	Walter	252
20	Kenneth	242
20	Richard	242
22	Frank	222
23	Harold	218
24	Johnny	211
25	Eddie	206

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	203
27	Arthur	182
27	Paul	182
29	Jack	174
30	Roy	173
31	Jimmie	172
32	Fred	171
33	Eugene	157
34	Gerald	148
35	Albert	145
36	Clarence	144
36	Samuel	144
38	Carl	143
39	Johnnie	133
40	Raymond	132
41	Howard	130
42	Ralph	127
43	Jesse	120
44	Curtis	116
44	Ronald	116
46	Ernest	112
47	Melvin	107
48	Tommy	106
48	Wayne	106
50	Cecil	105
50	Franklin	105
52	Larry	104
53	Earl	103
54	Jessie	102
55	Gene	100
55	Leon	100
57	Herbert	95
57	Lewis	95
59	Leroy	91
59	Ray	91
61	Roosevelt	89
62	Herman	88
63	Tommie	84
64	Floyd	83
65	Earnest	82
66	Marvin	81
67	Clyde	80
68	Sam	78
69	Lee	77
70	Daniel	76
70	Louis	76
72	Alfred	75
73	Andrew	74
74	Allen	72
74	Harry	72
74	Nathaniel	72
74	Norman	72
78	Don	69
79	Douglas	68
79	Horace	68
81	Grady	67
81	Milton	67
83	Wallace	65
84	Lawrence	63
85	Oscar	62
86	Bennie	61
86	Clifford	61
88	Alton	60
89	Alvin	59
89	Benjamin	59
89	Homer	59
92	Otis	58
93	Claude	57
93	Harvey	57
95	Luther	55
95	Phillip	55
97	Billie	54
97	Glenn	54
99	Hugh	52
99	Lonnie	52