Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,604
2	William	1,235
3	John	990
4	Robert	731
5	Charles	479
6	George	452
7	Thomas	370
8	Willie	292
9	Paul	235
10	Joe	219
11	Edward	215
12	Fred	213
13	Frank	209
14	Joseph	208
14	Roy	208
16	Henry	199
17	Walter	188
18	Carl	178
19	Clarence	161
20	Albert	152
21	David	149
22	Howard	145
23	Raymond	140
24	Earl	137
25	Charlie	132

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clyde	130
27	Ernest	126
28	Richard	125
29	Ralph	117
30	Jack	116
31	Samuel	115
32	Arthur	108
33	Harold	107
34	Claude	100
35	Jesse	99
36	Woodrow	94
37	Harry	92
37	Herman	92
39	Cecil	91
40	Eugene	90
41	Willard	89
42	Ray	87
43	Elmer	85
44	Herbert	84
45	Floyd	82
46	Hubert	81
47	Jessie	79
48	Homer	77
49	Sam	76
50	Lee	73
51	Luther	72
52	Louis	71
53	Leonard	69
54	Horace	68
54	Lawrence	68
56	Hugh	67
57	Edgar	66
58	Kenneth	60
58	Oscar	60
60	Alfred	59
60	Ben	59
62	Clifford	58
63	Andrew	55
63	Johnnie	55
63	Lester	55
63	Marvin	55
67	Lewis	54
68	Leroy	51
68	Lloyd	51
70	Melvin	49
71	Edwin	46
72	Bill	44
72	Chester	44
72	Eddie	44
72	Tom	44
76	Vernon	43
77	Earnest	42
78	Jess	41
79	Elbert	38
79	Glenn	38
79	Harvey	38
82	Leo	37
82	Leslie	37
84	Allen	36
84	Will	36
86	Francis	35
86	Oliver	35
88	Buford	34
88	Daniel	34
88	Ira	34
91	Leon	33
91	Lonnie	33
91	Malcolm	33
91	Marion	33
95	Clifton	32
95	Donald	32
95	Isaac	32
95	Milton	32
95	Russell	32
95	Sidney	32