Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,650
2	William	1,416
3	Robert	1,381
4	John	1,325
5	Charles	1,126
6	Willie	969
7	Jerry	739
8	Thomas	587
9	Jimmy	545
10	Billy	539
11	George	529
12	Larry	520
13	David	495
14	Donald	477
15	Bobby	435
16	Richard	408
17	Johnny	400
18	Joseph	386
19	Joe	370
20	Henry	348
21	Edward	323
22	Kenneth	322
23	Ronald	315
24	Walter	303
25	Roy	268

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	251
27	Roger	246
28	Paul	239
29	Charlie	235
30	Tommy	222
31	Harold	212
32	Eddie	210
33	Arthur	204
34	Gary	201
35	Michael	187
36	Albert	183
36	Jimmie	183
38	Samuel	175
39	Clarence	167
39	Wayne	167
41	Jack	164
42	Douglas	160
43	Fred	148
44	Carl	145
45	Howard	144
46	Raymond	142
47	Jesse	137
48	Gerald	135
49	Johnnie	133
50	Curtis	128
51	Earl	127
52	Terry	121
53	Eugene	118
54	Ernest	114
54	Ralph	114
56	Harry	112
56	Jessie	112
58	Daniel	106
59	Leon	105
60	Lee	103
60	Melvin	103
62	Earnest	102
62	Leroy	102
64	Don	98
65	Cecil	96
66	Marvin	95
67	Andrew	89
68	Ronnie	88
69	Herman	87
70	Calvin	86
71	Freddie	84
72	Phillip	81
73	Norman	80
74	Clyde	79
74	Lawrence	79
76	Floyd	77
76	Jackie	77
78	Franklin	76
78	Leonard	76
78	Louis	76
81	Ray	75
82	Alfred	74
83	Herbert	72
83	Lewis	72
85	Danny	70
85	Mack	70
87	Tommie	67
88	Glenn	66
89	Dwight	65
90	Dennis	64
90	Jim	64
90	Milton	64
93	Clifford	63
93	Gene	63
95	Alvin	62
96	Allen	61
97	Roosevelt	60
98	Nathaniel	59
98	Oscar	59
100	Bill	58