Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,038
2	John	1,669
3	William	1,640
4	Robert	1,580
5	Charles	1,221
6	Larry	1,120
7	Willie	1,048
8	Jerry	887
9	Thomas	788
10	David	752
11	Jimmy	658
12	Richard	587
13	George	581
14	Donald	579
15	Ronald	572
16	Johnny	531
17	Billy	527
18	Bobby	516
19	Michael	510
20	Kenneth	500
21	Joseph	424
22	Edward	414
23	Joe	397
24	Henry	354
25	Gary	315

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Walter	315
27	Eddie	296
28	Roy	292
29	Roger	287
30	Harold	269
31	Paul	261
32	Frank	256
32	Tommy	256
34	Terry	245
35	Samuel	243
36	Arthur	232
37	Ronnie	219
38	Danny	218
39	Jimmie	208
40	Raymond	205
41	Charlie	203
42	Clarence	195
43	Gerald	176
44	Wayne	172
45	Dennis	169
46	Albert	167
47	Howard	162
48	Carl	154
49	Fred	153
50	Daniel	151
51	Ernest	150
52	Jack	145
53	Phillip	144
54	Douglas	143
55	Curtis	142
56	Stephen	134
57	Ralph	132
58	Eugene	129
59	Johnnie	128
60	Jesse	121
61	Leon	118
62	Glenn	117
63	Harry	113
63	Marvin	113
65	Melvin	109
66	Calvin	106
66	Leroy	106
66	Steve	106
69	Earl	105
70	Andrew	103
70	Don	103
72	Lee	102
73	Allen	101
73	Earnest	101
75	Jessie	100
76	Jackie	98
76	Lawrence	98
76	Louis	98
79	Clyde	95
80	Milton	94
81	Ray	91
82	Freddie	90
82	Herman	90
84	Benjamin	88
84	Lewis	88
86	Alfred	85
86	Cecil	85
88	Leonard	84
89	Donnie	83
90	Alvin	79
90	Lonnie	79
90	Norman	79
93	Jerome	78
94	Nathaniel	76
95	Herbert	75
96	Claude	74
96	Floyd	74
96	Tony	74
99	Tommie	73
100	Mike	72
100	Rodney	72