Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,113
2	William	1,401
3	John	1,258
4	Robert	958
5	Charles	696
6	George	567
7	Thomas	435
8	Willie	315
9	Joe	301
10	Edward	256
11	Frank	249
11	Fred	249
13	Henry	245
14	Joseph	244
14	Paul	244
16	Walter	243
17	Roy	241
18	Clarence	219
19	Carl	210
20	Charlie	208
21	Raymond	207
22	Howard	205
23	Earl	201
24	Jack	184
25	Ralph	183

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	177
27	Richard	151
28	Ernest	149
28	Eugene	149
30	David	147
31	Clyde	141
32	Samuel	140
33	Harry	138
34	Harold	136
35	Arthur	124
36	Jesse	116
37	Floyd	109
38	Elmer	107
39	Cecil	104
40	Herman	103
41	Herbert	101
42	Claude	99
42	Ray	99
44	Jessie	98
44	Leonard	98
46	Andrew	97
46	Sam	97
48	Lawrence	93
49	Lee	91
50	Horace	89
51	Luther	87
52	Kenneth	84
52	Louis	84
54	Hugh	83
55	Alvin	79
55	Lloyd	79
57	Johnnie	78
58	Clifford	76
58	Hubert	76
58	Oscar	76
58	Woodrow	76
62	Eddie	72
63	Earnest	66
64	Homer	65
65	Leroy	63
65	Lester	63
67	Edgar	62
68	Willard	61
69	Ben	58
70	Alfred	55
71	Harvey	54
72	Chester	53
72	Leon	53
74	Marvin	51
75	Allen	50
75	Benjamin	50
75	Virgil	50
78	Donald	49
78	Everett	49
78	Mack	49
81	Bill	48
81	Lewis	48
81	Vernon	48
84	Glenn	46
84	Marshall	46
86	Elbert	45
86	Grady	45
86	Melvin	45
86	Tom	45
90	Buford	44
91	Curtis	43
91	Leslie	43
91	Milton	43
94	Daniel	42
94	Edwin	42
96	Francis	41
96	Jimmie	41
96	Rufus	41
99	Billy	39
99	Johnie	39