Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,898
2	William	1,522
3	John	1,462
4	Robert	1,326
5	Charles	1,194
6	Willie	984
7	Jerry	805
8	Thomas	645
9	Billy	591
10	George	581
11	Bobby	559
12	David	537
13	Jimmy	503
14	Larry	502
15	Donald	459
16	Johnny	425
17	Richard	405
18	Joe	388
18	Joseph	388
20	Henry	380
21	Edward	357
22	Kenneth	352
23	Walter	316
24	Ronald	291
25	Roy	259

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	254
27	Eddie	250
28	Harold	247
29	Frank	237
30	Arthur	236
31	Clarence	208
32	Douglas	203
33	Tommy	202
34	Charlie	186
34	Samuel	186
36	Jimmie	185
37	Carl	182
38	Wayne	168
39	Gary	167
40	Jesse	166
41	Fred	164
42	Albert	162
42	Michael	162
42	Raymond	162
45	Howard	156
46	Gerald	150
47	Jack	149
48	Roger	144
49	Ralph	139
50	Curtis	138
51	Eugene	135
52	Daniel	127
53	Melvin	126
54	Cecil	121
55	Terry	120
56	Marvin	114
57	Leon	111
58	Ernest	110
59	Johnnie	108
59	Ronnie	108
61	Earl	106
62	Don	102
62	Jessie	102
64	Lawrence	100
65	Ray	98
66	Louis	97
67	Lewis	96
68	Earnest	94
69	Leroy	93
70	Harry	92
71	Andrew	90
72	Alfred	89
72	Clyde	89
72	Herbert	89
72	Lee	89
76	Herman	86
77	Leonard	84
78	Freddie	83
78	Phillip	83
80	Tommie	80
81	Gene	77
82	Sam	76
83	Floyd	75
84	Jackie	73
85	Roosevelt	72
86	Wallace	71
87	Claude	70
87	Franklin	70
89	Milton	68
90	Calvin	67
91	Bennie	66
91	Lonnie	66
91	Mack	66
91	Otis	66
95	Glenn	65
95	Norman	65
97	Bill	63
98	Allen	62
98	Nathaniel	62
100	Harvey	61