Cannot arrange finder files and folder by name
Finder offers two sorting methods: Arrange By and Sort By.

In column view:


Click View > Arrange By > None
Hold down the Option key and click View > Sort By > Name


Each folder has a hidden file .DS_Store that controls these settings, so when things don’t redraw correctly after you change a preference, consider trashing that file or making a new clean folder and moving things into a new store.