Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	433
2	William	332
3	John	312
4	Robert	235
5	George	140
6	Charles	128
7	Willie	105
8	Henry	101
9	Thomas	88
10	Roy	73
11	Joe	71
12	Walter	70
13	Frank	68
14	Charlie	66
15	Edward	59
16	Clarence	58
16	Fred	58
18	Joseph	54
19	Paul	51
20	Albert	46
21	Carl	42
22	Earl	40
22	Richard	40
24	Ernest	39
24	Jack	39

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	38
26	Samuel	38
28	Clyde	37
28	Howard	37
30	Raymond	35
31	Arthur	33
31	David	33
33	Ralph	31
34	Elmer	30
34	Herman	30
36	Jesse	29
37	Herbert	28
37	Sam	28
39	Andrew	25
40	Claude	24
40	Eugene	24
40	Tom	24
43	Ben	23
43	Cecil	23
43	Ray	23
46	Jessie	22
46	Lee	22
46	Leonard	22
46	Melvin	22
50	Johnnie	21
51	Clifford	20
51	Luther	20
51	Marvin	20
54	Edgar	19
54	Floyd	19
54	Lester	19
54	Lewis	19
54	Oscar	19
59	Alfred	18
59	Harold	18
59	Harvey	18
59	Homer	18
59	Leroy	18
59	Otis	18
59	Will	18
66	Bill	17
66	Daniel	17
66	Hubert	17
66	Louis	17
70	Virgil	16
71	Alvin	15
71	Chester	15
71	Lawrence	15
71	Milton	15
75	Allen	14
75	Earnest	14
75	Lonnie	14
78	Eddie	13
78	Horace	13
78	Jim	13
78	Kenneth	13
78	Leon	13
78	Lloyd	13
78	Rufus	13
85	Aubrey	12
85	Curtis	12
85	Jess	12
85	Mack	12
85	Sammie	12
85	Stanley	12
91	Dewey	11
91	Gilbert	11
91	Isaac	11
91	Jimmie	11
91	Malcolm	11
91	Martin	11
97	Clifton	10
97	Donald	10
97	Gordon	10
97	Russell	10
97	Theodore	10
97	Wallace	10