Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,412
2	William	1,540
3	John	1,258
4	Robert	985
5	Charles	729
6	George	543
7	Thomas	490
8	Henry	336
9	Willie	333
10	Edward	325
11	Walter	283
12	Joe	279
13	Paul	268
14	Roy	264
15	Frank	245
16	Fred	235
16	Joseph	235
18	Clarence	218
19	Carl	215
20	Raymond	212
21	Earl	199
22	Richard	191
23	Jack	188
24	Albert	180
24	Howard	180

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Warren	176
27	David	173
28	Eugene	164
29	Harold	159
30	Charlie	155
31	Ralph	153
32	Clyde	151
33	Ernest	147
34	Harry	145
35	Arthur	143
36	Ray	136
37	Samuel	125
38	Cecil	120
38	Jesse	120
40	Claude	116
41	Leonard	113
42	Floyd	112
43	Herbert	108
43	Sam	108
45	Herman	106
46	Lawrence	104
47	Jessie	101
48	Elmer	99
48	Hugh	99
50	Kenneth	98
51	Andrew	94
51	Johnnie	94
53	Louis	90
54	Hubert	88
55	Luther	83
56	Horace	82
57	Marvin	81
58	Lee	79
59	Lewis	75
60	Willard	72
61	Alfred	70
62	Bill	69
63	Ben	68
64	Lloyd	66
65	Curtis	65
65	Oscar	65
67	Clifford	64
68	Donald	63
68	Edgar	63
70	Alvin	62
70	Lester	62
72	Homer	61
73	Leon	60
74	Vernon	59
75	Allen	57
76	Jimmie	56
76	Leroy	56
76	Russell	56
79	Chester	55
79	Douglas	55
81	Eddie	54
81	Melvin	54
83	Earnest	53
84	Wallace	52
85	Johnie	51
86	Glenn	50
87	Edwin	49
87	Virgil	49
89	Harvey	48
90	Benjamin	46
91	Elbert	43
91	Grady	43
91	Johnny	43
91	Willis	43
95	Billy	42
95	Tom	42
97	Marion	41
97	Otis	41
97	Will	41
100	Calvin	40
100	Lonnie	40