Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,737
2	William	1,433
3	Robert	1,325
4	John	1,321
5	Charles	1,166
6	Willie	968
7	Jerry	745
8	Billy	647
9	Thomas	588
10	Bobby	534
11	George	530
12	David	499
12	Jimmy	499
14	Donald	453
15	Larry	429
16	Joe	424
17	Johnny	385
18	Joseph	376
19	Richard	367
20	Henry	350
21	Douglas	320
22	Edward	312
22	Kenneth	312
24	Roy	267
25	Walter	264

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	242
27	Paul	237
28	Frank	234
29	Arthur	226
30	Tommy	220
31	Eddie	216
31	Harold	216
33	Samuel	205
34	Raymond	196
35	Charlie	189
36	Clarence	174
37	Albert	172
38	Jimmie	170
39	Jack	169
40	Wayne	163
41	Eugene	160
42	Fred	155
43	Howard	152
44	Gerald	145
45	Johnnie	144
46	Carl	140
47	Ralph	138
48	Gary	136
49	Michael	134
50	Curtis	124
50	Jesse	124
52	Marvin	116
53	Daniel	109
54	Melvin	107
55	Ernest	105
56	Cecil	104
57	Earl	102
58	Andrew	100
58	Lee	100
58	Leroy	100
61	Franklin	96
61	Herman	96
63	Leon	95
64	Phillip	92
65	Ray	90
66	Harry	88
67	Jackie	87
68	Leonard	86
69	Lawrence	85
69	Louis	85
71	Herbert	84
71	Jessie	84
73	Don	83
73	Mack	83
75	Terry	82
76	Wallace	81
77	Lewis	80
78	Gene	79
79	Bennie	78
80	Tommie	77
81	Clyde	76
81	Freddie	76
81	Horace	76
81	Ronnie	76
81	Roosevelt	76
86	Alfred	75
86	Earnest	75
88	Floyd	71
89	Calvin	70
90	Bill	68
91	Allen	67
91	Glenn	67
93	Benjamin	66
93	Nathaniel	66
95	Sam	65
96	Clifford	64
96	Harvey	64
96	Lonnie	64
99	Luther	63
100	Alvin	61