Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,835
2	William	1,475
3	John	1,448
4	Robert	1,425
5	Charles	1,248
6	Larry	1,160
7	Willie	981
8	David	851
9	Jerry	804
10	Thomas	771
11	Michael	720
12	Ronald	608
13	George	568
14	Jimmy	566
15	Donald	559
16	Richard	527
17	Johnny	522
18	Billy	447
19	Joseph	438
20	Kenneth	416
21	Bobby	403
22	Gary	373
23	Joe	363
24	Eddie	330
25	Edward	327

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Danny	318
27	Henry	308
28	Roger	298
29	Terry	278
30	Walter	269
31	Ronnie	261
32	Paul	252
33	Roy	251
34	Harold	250
35	Samuel	249
35	Tommy	249
37	Frank	228
38	Carl	214
39	Arthur	210
40	Stephen	207
41	Clarence	201
42	Albert	179
42	Daniel	179
44	Charlie	178
44	Jimmie	178
46	Phillip	160
47	Raymond	158
48	Eugene	149
48	Wayne	149
50	Curtis	148
50	Ralph	148
52	Gerald	137
53	Dennis	136
53	Howard	136
53	Jesse	136
56	Marvin	133
57	Harry	128
58	Ernest	127
58	Melvin	127
60	Leon	125
61	Fred	123
61	Jack	123
63	Johnnie	121
64	Steven	118
65	Glenn	117
66	Lawrence	115
67	Donnie	114
68	Timothy	112
69	Steve	110
70	Douglas	108
71	Gregory	106
71	Lee	106
73	Jessie	104
74	Anthony	103
75	Bruce	102
75	Stanley	102
77	Jackie	101
78	Jerome	98
79	Calvin	97
80	Andrew	94
81	Norman	90
82	Earl	88
83	Allen	86
83	Randall	86
85	Leroy	84
86	Don	83
87	Louis	79
88	Alfred	77
88	Herman	77
88	Lewis	77
91	Clyde	76
91	Horace	76
91	Nathaniel	76
94	Oscar	75
95	Cecil	74
95	Freddie	74
95	Leonard	74
95	Rodney	74
99	Lonnie	73
99	Milton	73