Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,660
2	Robert	1,421
3	John	1,409
4	William	1,379
5	Charles	1,206
6	Larry	1,178
7	Willie	953
8	David	858
9	Michael	782
10	Jerry	729
11	Thomas	679
12	Ronald	613
13	Donald	564
14	George	549
15	Richard	540
16	Jimmy	491
17	Johnny	456
18	Kenneth	432
19	Gary	421
20	Billy	407
21	Bobby	398
22	Edward	375
23	Joseph	374
24	Henry	322
25	Eddie	318

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	317
27	Danny	303
28	Terry	287
29	Walter	270
30	Roger	264
31	Roy	250
32	Samuel	241
33	Paul	236
34	Harold	229
35	Tommy	227
36	Arthur	216
37	Stephen	211
38	Frank	208
39	Phillip	201
40	Clarence	190
41	Daniel	188
42	Ronnie	180
43	Carl	179
44	Dennis	176
45	Jimmie	163
46	Charlie	159
47	Raymond	158
48	Douglas	155
48	Steven	155
50	Melvin	153
51	Albert	144
52	Wayne	143
53	Jesse	142
54	Calvin	136
55	Fred	135
56	Curtis	133
56	Eugene	133
58	Donnie	132
59	Gerald	129
60	Johnnie	122
61	Howard	121
62	Gregory	120
63	Marvin	119
64	Glenn	118
64	Ralph	118
66	Andrew	116
67	Leon	115
68	Jack	112
68	Timothy	112
70	Ernest	111
70	Randall	111
72	Anthony	109
72	Harry	109
72	Lee	109
72	Steve	109
76	Jackie	106
76	Stanley	106
78	Alfred	99
79	Bruce	98
80	Jessie	96
80	Lawrence	96
80	Randy	96
83	Rickey	94
84	Allen	93
84	Herman	93
86	Leroy	91
87	Cecil	90
88	Earl	89
89	Micheal	86
90	Freddie	85
90	Leonard	85
92	Alvin	83
92	Herbert	83
94	Benjamin	82
94	Norman	82
96	Earnest	81
96	Jerome	81
98	Ricky	80
99	Milton	78
99	Unknown	78