Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	792
2	William	575
3	John	550
4	Robert	382
5	George	256
6	Charles	224
7	Thomas	180
8	Frank	163
9	Willie	155
10	Edward	129
11	Joe	126
12	Joseph	124
13	Walter	123
14	Henry	117
15	Paul	99
15	Roy	99
17	Albert	98
18	Clarence	97
19	Fred	96
20	Carl	88
21	Howard	85
22	Charlie	83
22	Jack	83
22	Raymond	83
25	Ernest	79

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clyde	78
27	Woodrow	70
28	Richard	67
29	Arthur	65
30	David	64
30	Harry	64
30	Samuel	64
33	Earl	63
34	Luther	59
35	Jesse	57
36	Louis	54
37	Ralph	53
38	Claude	52
39	Eugene	47
40	Harold	46
40	Leonard	46
40	Sam	46
43	Cecil	45
43	Herman	45
45	Ben	44
45	Lee	44
47	Elmer	43
47	Floyd	43
49	Lawrence	42
50	Oscar	41
51	Andrew	39
51	Homer	39
53	Hugh	38
54	Jessie	37
55	Clifford	36
56	Herbert	34
57	Alfred	32
57	Earnest	32
57	Tom	32
60	Johnnie	31
60	Lewis	31
60	Ray	31
63	Chester	30
63	Marvin	30
63	Virgil	30
66	Eddie	29
66	Horace	29
66	Johnie	29
69	Mack	28
70	Hubert	27
71	Jim	26
72	Bill	25
72	Edgar	25
72	Lester	25
75	Benjamin	24
75	Otis	24
77	Daniel	23
77	Grady	23
77	Marion	23
80	Elbert	22
80	Leon	22
80	Theodore	22
83	Alvin	21
83	Harvey	21
83	Oliver	21
83	Vernon	21
87	Leroy	20
87	Milton	20
89	Curtis	19
89	Lloyd	19
89	Lonnie	19
92	Arnold	18
92	Edwin	18
92	Glenn	18
92	Guy	18
92	Jimmie	18
92	Leslie	18
92	Wallace	18
92	Wilson	18
100	Allen	17
100	Donald	17