Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,196
2	William	930
3	John	782
4	Robert	559
5	Charles	388
6	George	365
7	Thomas	293
8	Willie	231
9	Joe	193
10	Henry	174
11	Edward	163
12	Paul	162
13	Fred	157
14	Frank	156
15	Walter	155
16	Joseph	153
17	Roy	149
18	Carl	132
19	Charlie	129
20	Howard	118
21	Raymond	114
22	Clarence	113
23	Ernest	112
24	Richard	111
25	Earl	104

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Jack	104
27	Ralph	103
28	David	98
29	Clyde	95
30	Samuel	90
31	Albert	87
31	Woodrow	87
33	Arthur	82
34	Herman	81
34	Sam	81
36	Herbert	79
37	Harry	76
38	Cecil	72
38	Jessie	72
40	Harold	69
40	Leonard	69
42	Andrew	67
42	Floyd	67
44	Eugene	64
45	Jesse	63
46	Claude	62
47	Elmer	60
48	Lee	59
49	Lawrence	57
49	Oscar	57
51	Louis	56
52	Luther	53
53	Hubert	52
54	Homer	51
55	Clifford	50
55	Ray	50
57	Horace	49
57	Hugh	49
59	Eddie	48
60	Tom	44
61	Ben	41
61	Marvin	41
63	Edgar	40
63	Kenneth	40
63	Leroy	40
66	Lester	39
67	Guy	38
67	Lewis	38
69	Allen	36
70	Benjamin	35
70	Harvey	35
72	Alvin	34
72	Chester	34
72	Johnnie	34
75	Earnest	32
75	Jimmie	32
75	Lloyd	32
75	Virgil	32
79	Edwin	31
79	Johnie	31
81	Glenn	30
81	Grady	30
81	Leslie	30
84	Alfred	29
84	Marion	29
84	Oliver	29
84	Vernon	29
88	Bill	28
88	Leon	28
88	Rufus	28
91	Daniel	27
91	Everett	27
91	Jim	27
94	Buford	26
94	Grover	26
96	Donald	25
96	Lonnie	25
98	Elbert	24
98	Melvin	24
100	Alex	23
100	Clifton	23
100	Curtis	23
100	Isaac	23
100	Milton	23
100	Russell	23