Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,281
2	William	1,200
3	John	1,170
4	Robert	1,163
5	Charles	1,041
6	Willie	901
7	Billy	665
8	Bobby	546
9	Thomas	517
10	Joe	487
11	George	482
12	Jerry	451
13	David	376
14	Jimmy	363
15	Donald	341
16	Henry	314
17	Joseph	287
18	Edward	284
19	Walter	253
20	Johnny	250
20	Richard	250
22	Kenneth	242
23	Frank	217
24	Harold	209
25	Roy	207

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	205
27	Arthur	194
27	Paul	194
29	Eddie	190
29	Jimmie	190
29	Larry	190
32	Jack	180
33	Fred	177
34	Clarence	153
35	Eugene	152
36	Carl	151
37	Samuel	150
38	Albert	149
39	Gerald	142
39	Johnnie	142
41	Raymond	141
42	Jesse	140
43	Ralph	137
43	Ronald	137
43	Tommy	137
46	Wayne	132
47	Howard	129
48	Melvin	124
49	Curtis	118
50	Cecil	114
51	Ernest	112
52	Earl	103
53	Jessie	100
54	Earnest	98
55	Lee	96
55	Roosevelt	96
57	Gene	94
57	Leon	94
59	Marvin	93
60	Franklin	84
61	Louis	83
62	Leroy	82
63	Douglas	80
63	Floyd	80
63	Norman	80
66	Clyde	79
66	Daniel	79
66	Herman	79
69	Andrew	76
69	Tommie	76
71	Leonard	75
72	Jackie	74
72	Lewis	74
74	Calvin	71
74	Oscar	71
76	Alfred	70
77	Don	68
77	Lawrence	68
79	Bennie	67
79	Ray	67
81	Herbert	66
82	Benjamin	65
83	Horace	64
83	Nathaniel	64
85	Clifford	63
86	Freddie	60
86	Morris	60
88	Alton	58
88	Benny	58
88	Claude	58
88	Grady	58
88	Otis	58
93	Gary	57
94	Lonnie	56
95	Bill	55
96	Sam	54
97	Allen	53
97	Alvin	53
97	Harry	53
97	Luther	53