Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,772
2	John	1,568
3	Robert	1,540
4	William	1,536
5	Charles	1,190
6	Larry	1,175
7	Willie	1,002
8	David	827
9	Jerry	792
10	Thomas	701
11	Donald	618
12	Ronald	600
13	George	571
13	Michael	571
15	Jimmy	557
16	Richard	498
17	Billy	483
18	Johnny	476
19	Bobby	466
20	Joseph	461
21	Kenneth	452
22	Henry	374
23	Edward	367
24	Gary	365
25	Joe	358

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eddie	303
27	Walter	298
28	Roger	288
29	Harold	279
30	Paul	278
31	Terry	275
32	Tommy	258
33	Roy	250
34	Danny	243
35	Ronnie	237
36	Samuel	226
37	Frank	223
38	Charlie	206
39	Arthur	205
39	Jimmie	205
41	Clarence	202
42	Raymond	173
43	Albert	165
44	Carl	161
45	Wayne	159
46	Fred	158
47	Jesse	154
48	Eugene	148
49	Curtis	147
49	Douglas	147
51	Jack	145
51	Melvin	145
53	Howard	144
54	Phillip	143
55	Dennis	141
56	Harry	139
57	Stephen	138
58	Johnnie	137
59	Daniel	136
59	Ralph	136
61	Ernest	134
62	Gerald	125
62	Leon	125
64	Andrew	116
65	Leroy	115
66	Earl	112
67	Lee	111
68	Lawrence	107
69	Lewis	106
70	Marvin	105
70	Steve	105
72	Freddie	102
73	Jackie	100
74	Cecil	95
74	Don	95
74	Glenn	95
74	Herbert	95
78	Anthony	94
79	Steven	91
80	Earnest	90
80	Jerome	90
80	Jessie	90
80	Louis	90
84	Allen	89
84	Donnie	89
86	Calvin	88
87	Ray	87
88	Leonard	85
88	Tommie	85
90	Dwight	83
90	Nathaniel	83
90	Stanley	83
93	Herman	82
94	Gregory	81
95	Alfred	80
95	Alvin	80
95	Bruce	80
98	Timothy	79
99	Tony	78
100	Otis	77
100	Roosevelt	77