Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,493
2	William	1,342
3	John	1,282
4	Robert	1,261
5	Charles	1,089
6	Willie	924
7	Jerry	697
8	Larry	573
9	Thomas	565
10	George	542
11	Jimmy	521
12	David	490
13	Billy	479
14	Richard	442
15	Donald	415
16	Johnny	411
17	Bobby	402
18	Joseph	386
19	Joe	328
20	Kenneth	327
21	Edward	311
22	Henry	295
23	Ronald	290
23	Walter	290
25	Michael	259

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	253
27	Roy	234
28	Paul	231
29	Frank	228
29	Harold	228
31	Eddie	227
32	Roger	202
33	Arthur	196
34	Charlie	189
35	Samuel	187
36	Tommy	178
37	Jimmie	165
38	Douglas	163
38	Raymond	163
40	Clarence	158
41	Albert	152
42	Eugene	150
43	Carl	148
44	Fred	142
44	Terry	142
46	Wayne	140
47	Jack	135
48	Melvin	133
49	Ralph	126
50	Curtis	124
51	Howard	121
52	Harry	119
53	Jesse	117
53	Leon	117
55	Johnnie	115
56	Gerald	114
57	Ernest	108
58	Phillip	100
59	Ronnie	98
60	Dennis	97
60	Marvin	97
62	Jessie	96
63	Danny	95
63	Leroy	95
65	Lee	93
66	Don	92
67	Earl	91
68	Daniel	90
69	Floyd	85
69	Franklin	85
71	Andrew	82
71	Calvin	82
71	Cecil	82
74	Alfred	80
74	Roosevelt	80
76	Lawrence	79
77	Tommie	77
78	Ray	76
79	Benjamin	74
79	Earnest	74
79	Freddie	74
79	Louis	74
83	Herman	73
84	Allen	70
84	Leonard	70
84	Lonnie	70
87	Clyde	68
87	Herbert	68
89	Dwight	65
89	Grady	65
89	Stephen	65
92	Jim	63
93	Glenn	61
93	Norman	61
93	Oscar	61
93	Sam	61
97	Lewis	60
97	Nathaniel	60
99	Alvin	57
100	Milton	56