Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,284
2	John	1,266
3	William	1,264
4	Robert	1,199
5	Charles	1,080
6	Willie	859
7	Billy	614
8	Jerry	558
9	Bobby	517
10	Thomas	502
11	George	464
12	Jimmy	455
13	Joe	428
14	David	414
15	Donald	379
16	Henry	321
17	Joseph	305
18	Edward	304
19	Kenneth	282
20	Johnny	277
20	Richard	277
22	Walter	274
23	Frank	241
24	Roy	226
25	Harold	204

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eddie	200
27	Paul	198
28	Samuel	193
29	Arthur	190
30	Charlie	189
31	Larry	182
32	Ronald	174
33	Jimmie	169
34	Clarence	168
35	Eugene	161
36	Wayne	156
37	Carl	155
38	Raymond	153
39	Jack	150
40	Tommy	147
41	Fred	142
42	Howard	141
42	Jesse	141
44	Albert	140
45	Gerald	138
46	Johnnie	128
47	Ralph	126
48	Curtis	113
49	Franklin	106
50	Leon	105
51	Lee	104
52	Melvin	101
53	Ernest	100
54	Gary	99
55	Cecil	98
56	Earl	96
57	Earnest	92
57	Herman	92
57	Ray	92
60	Louis	91
61	Jessie	87
62	Alfred	86
62	Daniel	86
64	Don	85
64	Marvin	85
66	Lewis	84
67	Gene	81
67	Roosevelt	81
69	Herbert	80
70	Leroy	78
71	Bennie	76
72	Clyde	75
72	Phillip	75
72	Terry	75
75	Nathaniel	74
76	Jackie	71
77	Andrew	69
77	Norman	69
79	Calvin	68
79	Douglas	68
79	Floyd	68
79	Sam	68
83	Harry	67
84	Oscar	65
85	Lawrence	63
85	Wendell	63
87	Freddie	62
87	Glenn	62
87	Leonard	62
90	Milton	61
91	Hugh	60
91	Michael	60
93	Luther	58
94	Bill	57
94	Dan	57
94	Horace	57
94	Hubert	57
94	Otis	57
99	Allen	56
99	Jim	56