Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,526
2	Robert	1,443
3	John	1,385
4	William	1,370
5	Charles	1,192
6	Larry	1,144
7	Michael	930
8	David	892
9	Willie	868
10	Thomas	674
11	Jerry	659
12	Donald	613
13	Richard	586
14	Ronald	571
15	Johnny	522
16	Kenneth	511
17	George	464
18	Gary	445
19	Jimmy	438
20	Joseph	437
21	Billy	396
22	Bobby	377
23	Edward	376
24	Terry	334
25	Henry	333

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	316
27	Eddie	308
28	Danny	306
29	Joe	283
30	Tommy	270
31	Walter	269
32	Paul	265
33	Samuel	258
34	Roy	242
35	Frank	231
36	Ronnie	230
37	Stephen	220
38	Arthur	203
39	Dennis	202
40	Steven	201
41	Harold	197
42	Daniel	188
43	Charlie	183
44	Douglas	173
45	Raymond	171
46	Carl	170
47	Phillip	168
48	Clarence	163
49	Gregory	162
50	Ralph	154
51	Donnie	152
52	Wayne	149
53	Curtis	148
54	Albert	145
55	Anthony	144
55	Gerald	144
55	Stanley	144
58	Melvin	139
59	Ernest	135
59	Timothy	135
61	Fred	130
61	Jimmie	130
63	Eugene	124
63	Johnnie	124
65	Ricky	123
66	Bruce	121
67	Lee	119
68	Jack	118
69	Jackie	117
70	Andrew	114
71	Jesse	113
72	Randall	112
73	Leon	110
73	Randy	110
75	Glenn	108
75	Howard	108
75	Marvin	108
78	Steve	107
79	Mark	105
80	Leroy	104
81	Calvin	102
82	Allen	98
83	Dwight	97
83	Earl	97
83	Harry	97
86	Lawrence	96
87	Micheal	91
87	Nathaniel	91
89	Jessie	90
90	Freddie	88
90	Jerome	88
90	Rickey	88
93	Earnest	85
93	Lewis	85
95	Leonard	83
96	Herman	82
97	Alvin	80
97	Barry	80
99	Alfred	79
99	Cecil	79
99	Louis	79