Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,711
2	John	1,488
3	William	1,439
4	Robert	1,428
5	Charles	1,211
6	Willie	961
7	Larry	838
8	Jerry	821
9	David	685
10	Thomas	671
11	Jimmy	593
12	George	554
13	Richard	547
14	Billy	526
15	Donald	488
16	Johnny	486
17	Bobby	479
18	Ronald	458
19	Joseph	428
20	Kenneth	408
21	Joe	369
22	Henry	356
23	Gary	334
24	Edward	330
25	Walter	327

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Michael	316
27	Roger	278
28	Roy	255
29	Paul	245
30	Harold	240
31	Eddie	237
32	Samuel	229
33	Arthur	221
34	Frank	220
35	Tommy	218
36	Terry	208
37	Jimmie	204
38	Charlie	202
39	Danny	196
40	Clarence	187
41	Ronnie	176
42	Wayne	165
43	Albert	162
44	Carl	154
45	Gerald	151
46	Jack	150
46	Raymond	150
48	Douglas	143
49	Fred	142
49	Howard	142
51	Eugene	141
52	Jesse	137
52	Melvin	137
52	Ralph	137
55	Curtis	126
56	Daniel	119
56	Dennis	119
58	Harry	113
59	Leroy	110
60	Ernest	109
61	Johnnie	108
62	Phillip	105
63	Don	104
64	Earl	102
65	Lee	100
66	Marvin	98
67	Lewis	96
68	Andrew	94
68	Louis	94
70	Lawrence	93
70	Leon	93
72	Calvin	92
73	Cecil	91
73	Jessie	91
75	Jackie	86
76	Freddie	85
76	Ray	85
78	Herman	84
79	Alfred	83
80	Steve	82
81	Dwight	81
82	Earnest	80
83	Herbert	78
84	Leonard	77
84	Norman	77
86	Glenn	76
87	Tony	70
88	Nathaniel	69
88	Stephen	69
90	Allen	68
90	Clifford	68
90	Floyd	68
90	Franklin	68
94	Clyde	67
95	Donnie	66
95	Tommie	66
97	Anthony	65
97	Otis	65
99	Alvin	64
99	Benny	64
99	Sam	64