Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,261
2	William	1,312
3	John	1,304
4	Robert	1,261
5	Michael	1,256
6	Charles	1,097
7	David	1,089
8	Larry	899
9	Willie	742
10	Richard	667
11	Thomas	626
12	Donald	594
13	Jerry	579
14	Kenneth	558
15	Ronald	528
16	Gary	499
17	Johnny	487
18	Terry	433
19	Joseph	428
20	George	411
21	Danny	397
22	Jimmy	387
23	Billy	380
23	Bobby	380
25	Edward	306

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ricky	306
27	Steven	293
28	Paul	289
29	Randy	284
30	Roger	278
31	Joe	274
32	Henry	271
33	Stephen	264
34	Eddie	255
35	Anthony	246
35	Timothy	246
37	Mark	245
38	Phillip	242
39	Dennis	238
40	Gregory	229
41	Tommy	227
42	Rickey	226
43	Samuel	225
44	Walter	223
45	Ronnie	215
46	Daniel	212
47	Harold	206
48	Curtis	199
49	Roy	184
50	Carl	178
51	Arthur	177
52	Frank	176
53	Stanley	174
53	Steve	174
55	Douglas	170
56	Clarence	168
57	Randall	151
58	Wayne	141
59	Howard	134
60	Charlie	133
61	Melvin	131
61	Tony	131
63	Jerome	127
64	Calvin	118
65	Albert	117
66	Barry	116
67	Donnie	115
68	Bruce	114
68	Jimmie	114
70	Jack	113
70	Raymond	113
72	Fred	109
72	Micheal	109
72	Ralph	109
75	Rodney	104
76	Alvin	103
77	Glenn	102
77	Johnnie	102
79	Eugene	101
80	Marvin	100
80	Ray	100
82	Jeffery	99
83	Earnest	97
83	Gerald	97
83	Jackie	97
83	Lee	97
87	Ernest	92
88	Jessie	91
89	Alfred	89
90	Lawrence	88
91	Leroy	87
91	Unknown	87
93	Jesse	86
94	Allen	85
94	Dwight	85
94	Leon	85
97	Alan	84
97	Cecil	84
97	Jeffrey	84
97	Patrick	84