Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,450
2	William	1,397
3	Robert	1,376
4	John	1,282
5	Michael	1,191
6	Charles	1,128
7	David	1,096
8	Larry	963
9	Willie	744
10	Thomas	704
11	Richard	684
12	Donald	628
13	Jerry	592
14	Ronald	547
15	Johnny	534
16	George	480
17	Kenneth	473
18	Gary	418
19	Joseph	402
20	Danny	394
21	Jimmy	393
22	Terry	375
23	Bobby	352
24	Billy	348
25	Roger	331

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	301
27	Henry	288
28	Eddie	284
29	Paul	280
30	Steven	272
31	Joe	260
32	Dennis	253
33	Stephen	250
34	Walter	241
35	Randy	237
36	Tommy	234
37	Ricky	232
38	Samuel	224
39	Anthony	218
39	Ronnie	218
41	Carl	214
42	Arthur	213
43	Gregory	212
44	Roy	211
45	Frank	197
45	Phillip	197
47	Rickey	191
48	Harold	181
49	Daniel	180
50	Curtis	170
51	Stanley	164
51	Timothy	164
53	Melvin	157
54	Clarence	156
55	Douglas	155
55	Mark	155
57	Charlie	152
58	Raymond	148
59	Donnie	146
60	Calvin	139
61	Jimmie	129
61	Steve	129
61	Wayne	129
64	Ralph	127
65	Randall	126
66	Jesse	123
67	Rodney	121
68	Albert	117
68	Jack	117
70	Andrew	116
70	Gerald	116
72	Bruce	114
73	Jerome	113
74	Jackie	110
75	Dwight	108
76	Eugene	107
76	Jessie	107
78	Howard	106
79	Fred	105
80	Ernest	100
81	Leon	97
81	Tony	97
83	Marvin	95
83	Ray	95
85	Nathaniel	91
86	Earnest	90
87	Harry	89
88	Glenn	88
89	Leonard	87
90	Alfred	86
90	Barry	86
90	Johnnie	86
90	Leroy	86
94	Lee	84
94	Micheal	84
96	Allen	83
97	Jeffrey	81
98	Benjamin	80
98	Lawrence	80
100	Unknown	78