Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,246
2	John	1,180
3	Robert	1,168
4	William	1,136
5	Charles	989
6	Willie	828
7	Billy	676
8	Bobby	554
9	Joe	475
10	George	470
11	Thomas	469
12	Jimmy	405
13	Jerry	396
14	Donald	395
15	David	339
16	Joseph	315
17	Henry	309
18	Edward	270
19	Richard	254
20	Frank	243
21	Johnny	237
22	Walter	232
23	Kenneth	230
24	Eddie	218
25	Harold	212

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jimmie	197
26	Roy	197
28	Charlie	194
29	Paul	193
30	Arthur	180
31	Albert	174
31	Fred	174
31	Jack	174
34	Samuel	153
35	Carl	149
35	Howard	149
37	Johnnie	146
37	Larry	146
39	Tommy	142
40	Curtis	141
41	Eugene	137
42	Clarence	133
43	Ralph	128
44	Raymond	126
45	Ronald	122
46	Melvin	117
47	Leon	115
48	Jessie	114
49	Gerald	113
50	Douglas	107
51	Jesse	105
51	Lee	105
53	Gene	104
53	Ray	104
55	Herman	103
56	Wayne	102
57	Earl	101
58	Cecil	92
58	Daniel	92
60	Clyde	91
60	Ernest	91
62	Roosevelt	90
63	Marvin	89
64	Louis	85
65	Andrew	83
66	Gary	81
67	Earnest	80
68	Don	79
69	Lewis	76
70	Leroy	75
71	Floyd	74
71	Freddie	74
73	Calvin	73
74	Otis	68
75	Claude	67
75	Jackie	67
77	Alfred	65
77	Herbert	65
79	Horace	64
80	Sam	63
81	Alton	62
82	Franklin	60
82	Grady	60
82	Harry	60
82	Hugh	60
82	Luther	60
87	Norman	59
87	Tommie	59
89	Leonard	58
90	Ben	57
90	Milton	57
92	Oscar	56
93	Bennie	54
94	Allen	52
94	Glenn	52
96	Lawrence	51
96	Phillip	51
98	Wallace	50
99	Alvin	49
99	Bill	49
99	Chester	49