Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,778
2	William	1,325
3	John	1,099
4	Robert	845
5	Charles	622
6	George	536
7	Thomas	430
8	Willie	292
9	Joe	272
10	Walter	270
11	Paul	258
12	Henry	241
13	Edward	237
14	Frank	234
15	Fred	224
16	Joseph	222
17	Roy	217
18	Clarence	197
19	Carl	176
20	Charlie	173
21	Earl	166
22	Howard	156
23	Ernest	152
24	Raymond	150
25	Clyde	148

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	146
27	Jack	142
28	Richard	140
29	Ralph	139
30	Jesse	138
31	Samuel	133
32	Arthur	125
33	David	122
34	Eugene	114
35	Harry	113
36	Harold	106
37	Herbert	97
38	Woodrow	94
39	Cecil	92
39	Claude	92
39	Herman	92
42	Jessie	90
43	Leonard	89
44	Floyd	87
44	Hubert	87
46	Sam	86
47	Lawrence	83
48	Kenneth	80
49	Lee	79
50	Andrew	78
51	Horace	77
51	Willard	77
53	Hugh	74
53	Ray	74
55	Louis	73
56	Elmer	72
57	Luther	71
58	Marvin	69
59	Homer	66
60	Edgar	65
60	Johnnie	65
60	Lester	65
60	Lewis	65
64	Clifford	64
65	Alfred	57
65	Oscar	57
67	Leon	56
68	Alvin	54
68	Ben	54
70	Allen	53
70	Glenn	53
72	Lloyd	51
73	Daniel	49
73	Eddie	49
73	Virgil	49
76	Earnest	47
77	Guy	46
77	Jim	46
79	Bill	45
79	Jimmie	45
81	Vernon	44
82	Melvin	43
83	Gilbert	42
83	Leroy	42
83	Otis	42
86	Benjamin	41
86	Chester	41
86	Donald	41
86	Marion	41
86	Marshall	41
91	Harvey	40
92	Curtis	38
92	Edwin	38
92	Will	38
95	Archie	37
95	Everett	37
95	Loyd	37
98	Norman	36
98	Russell	36
98	Wilson	36