Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,201
2	Michael	1,334
3	John	1,254
4	Robert	1,240
5	William	1,216
6	David	1,207
7	Charles	948
8	Larry	805
9	Willie	768
10	Richard	643
11	Kenneth	570
12	Thomas	557
13	Donald	527
14	Jerry	500
15	Ronald	461
16	Gary	460
17	Johnny	454
17	Terry	454
19	Joseph	413
20	George	386
21	Jimmy	354
22	Danny	345
23	Billy	335
24	Randy	323
25	Steven	321

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ricky	314
27	Anthony	312
28	Eddie	306
29	Bobby	305
30	Mark	297
31	Roger	296
32	Edward	294
33	Gregory	293
34	Dennis	281
35	Timothy	278
36	Phillip	274
37	Paul	270
38	Stephen	260
39	Joe	250
39	Ronnie	250
41	Rickey	244
42	Henry	234
43	Curtis	221
44	Carl	218
45	Walter	215
46	Samuel	210
47	Daniel	200
48	Tommy	197
49	Stanley	195
50	Roy	172
51	Arthur	169
52	Steve	167
53	Frank	162
54	Melvin	158
55	Harold	157
55	Randall	157
55	Tony	157
58	Douglas	155
59	Jerome	146
60	Charlie	145
61	Raymond	144
62	Gerald	141
63	Jeffrey	140
64	Wayne	136
65	Albert	134
66	Barry	132
67	Bruce	128
68	Clarence	127
68	Micheal	127
70	Jeffery	126
70	Ray	126
72	Donnie	122
72	Glenn	122
74	Reginald	117
74	Rodney	117
76	Andrew	116
76	Howard	116
78	Ralph	115
79	Calvin	113
80	Allen	109
81	Eugene	107
82	Jack	106
82	Jackie	106
84	Marvin	105
85	Alan	104
86	Leon	101
87	Fred	100
87	Lee	100
89	Nathaniel	97
90	Jesse	95
91	Alvin	93
92	Jimmie	92
93	Lawrence	91
94	Dwight	90
95	Freddie	88
96	Clifford	87
97	Christopher	86
98	Alfred	83
99	Benjamin	82
100	Earl	80
100	Garry	80
100	Keith	80