Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,028
2	William	1,431
3	John	1,180
4	Robert	962
5	Charles	764
6	George	523
7	Thomas	465
8	Willie	320
9	Joe	311
10	Walter	273
11	Edward	258
11	Frank	258
13	Roy	256
14	Henry	255
15	Paul	254
16	Joseph	243
17	Fred	213
18	Clarence	204
19	Charlie	195
19	Raymond	195
21	Carl	192
22	Earl	179
23	Howard	176
24	Albert	172
25	Clyde	170

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	169
27	Ralph	168
28	Ernest	154
29	Eugene	145
29	Richard	145
31	Samuel	139
32	David	138
32	Harry	138
34	Jesse	134
35	Woodrow	125
36	Cecil	116
37	Arthur	112
38	Claude	111
39	Herman	109
40	Elmer	108
40	Floyd	108
40	Harold	108
43	Luther	105
44	Herbert	102
45	Lawrence	101
46	Sam	100
47	Jessie	96
48	Lee	90
49	Louis	87
50	Hubert	85
50	Oscar	85
52	Andrew	81
52	Ray	81
54	Leonard	80
55	Kenneth	78
56	Edgar	76
57	Clifford	75
58	Hugh	73
59	Horace	72
60	Homer	70
61	Willard	69
62	Leon	67
62	Lewis	67
62	Marvin	67
65	Leroy	66
66	Lester	65
66	Lloyd	65
68	Ben	63
68	Johnnie	63
70	Bill	57
70	Earnest	57
72	Leslie	56
73	Alvin	55
73	Eddie	55
75	Glenn	54
76	Grady	52
77	Tom	51
77	Wilson	51
79	Melvin	47
79	Virgil	47
81	Alfred	46
81	Benjamin	46
81	Harvey	46
81	Vernon	46
85	Chester	45
85	Edwin	45
85	Jim	45
85	Oliver	45
89	Jimmie	44
90	Daniel	43
90	Donald	43
90	Francis	43
93	Marion	42
93	Marshall	42
93	Milton	42
96	Arnold	41
96	Everett	41
98	Bruce	40
98	Dewey	40
98	Russell	40