Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,647
2	William	1,300
3	John	1,079
4	Robert	759
5	Charles	538
6	George	491
7	Thomas	388
8	Willie	270
9	Henry	230
9	Walter	230
11	Frank	229
12	Edward	216
12	Roy	216
14	Paul	214
15	Joe	212
16	Fred	209
17	Carl	199
18	Joseph	198
19	Clarence	192
20	Howard	180
21	Albert	175
22	Earl	174
23	Harry	146
24	Jack	145
25	Charlie	142

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Raymond	142
27	Clyde	140
28	Richard	139
29	David	136
30	Woodrow	135
31	Ralph	130
32	Samuel	126
33	Arthur	116
34	Jesse	113
35	Ernest	112
36	Claude	100
36	Elmer	100
38	Luther	93
39	Eugene	92
39	Harold	92
39	Herman	92
42	Cecil	89
42	Willard	89
44	Jessie	88
45	Herbert	87
46	Hubert	86
47	Ray	85
48	Leonard	84
49	Floyd	81
50	Kenneth	80
51	Clifford	77
52	Andrew	75
53	Hugh	71
53	Sam	71
55	Lester	70
56	Lawrence	68
57	Homer	67
57	Lee	67
59	Lewis	65
60	Louis	63
61	Edgar	62
62	Marvin	61
62	Oscar	61
64	Horace	57
65	Johnnie	56
66	Vernon	54
67	Alvin	51
68	Alfred	50
68	Earnest	50
70	Leon	49
70	Melvin	49
70	Tom	49
73	Edwin	48
74	Eddie	47
74	Leroy	47
76	Daniel	45
76	Everett	45
78	Ben	43
78	Grady	43
80	Chester	42
81	Curtis	40
81	Norman	40
81	Virgil	40
84	Allen	39
84	Glenn	39
84	Jim	39
87	Jimmie	38
88	Donald	37
88	Johnie	37
88	Lloyd	37
91	Rufus	36
92	Bill	35
93	Bruce	34
93	Harvey	34
93	Jess	34
93	Marion	34
93	Milton	34
93	Stanley	34
99	Oliver	33
100	Buford	32
100	Glen	32
100	Guy	32
100	Russell	32