Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,391
2	John	1,410
3	William	1,394
4	Robert	1,336
5	Charles	1,199
6	David	1,060
7	Michael	1,013
8	Larry	1,008
9	Willie	879
10	Thomas	706
11	Richard	668
12	Jerry	636
13	Donald	565
14	Ronald	541
15	Kenneth	524
16	Gary	497
17	Johnny	480
18	Jimmy	465
19	George	455
20	Joseph	452
21	Billy	392
22	Edward	366
23	Bobby	357
24	Terry	355
25	Danny	342

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eddie	313
27	Roger	301
28	Henry	300
29	Paul	278
30	Joe	272
31	Steven	264
32	Walter	244
33	Ronnie	236
34	Tommy	232
35	Phillip	224
36	Samuel	222
37	Stephen	216
38	Frank	211
39	Roy	208
40	Carl	203
41	Dennis	202
42	Harold	199
43	Arthur	198
44	Randy	192
45	Daniel	182
46	Anthony	179
47	Gregory	173
48	Curtis	168
49	Charlie	159
49	Timothy	159
51	Raymond	155
52	Melvin	152
52	Ricky	152
54	Jack	150
55	Rickey	146
55	Wayne	146
57	Douglas	141
58	Jesse	140
59	Albert	139
60	Stanley	135
61	Gerald	133
61	Mark	133
63	Clarence	131
64	Bruce	125
64	Jimmie	125
64	Ralph	125
67	Steve	121
68	Andrew	119
68	Howard	119
70	Donnie	118
70	Fred	118
72	Randall	114
73	Glenn	113
74	Lee	112
75	Calvin	108
75	Jessie	108
77	Dwight	107
78	Eugene	105
79	Barry	103
80	Lawrence	101
81	Jackie	100
81	Micheal	100
83	Jerome	99
84	Earl	97
85	Alvin	96
85	Marvin	96
87	Leon	95
88	Ernest	94
89	Alfred	93
89	Johnnie	93
91	Ray	91
92	Harry	89
93	Allen	87
94	Earnest	84
95	Clyde	83
95	Freddie	83
97	Cecil	81
97	Herman	81
97	Unknown	81
100	Rodney	79