Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,486
2	William	1,693
3	John	1,222
4	Robert	1,021
5	Charles	808
6	George	523
7	Thomas	518
8	Edward	337
9	Joe	330
10	Frank	317
11	Paul	310
12	Willie	301
13	Roy	283
14	Henry	276
15	Carl	263
16	Walter	249
17	Fred	246
18	Joseph	240
19	Howard	222
20	Jack	219
21	Warren	215
22	Clarence	213
23	Ralph	198
23	Raymond	198
25	Earl	196

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	195
27	Albert	188
27	Harold	188
29	David	182
30	Ernest	170
31	Harry	167
32	Clyde	162
33	Arthur	150
34	Eugene	147
35	Charlie	143
35	Herman	143
37	Claude	134
38	Samuel	131
39	Kenneth	126
40	Jesse	120
41	Ray	119
42	Herbert	117
43	Floyd	114
44	Cecil	110
45	Leonard	108
46	Elmer	107
47	Luther	104
48	Sam	103
49	Marvin	100
50	Lawrence	99
51	Clifford	97
51	Hugh	97
53	Hubert	95
54	Louis	90
55	Jessie	87
56	Homer	85
57	Lee	83
58	Willard	81
59	Johnnie	78
60	Billy	77
60	Lewis	77
62	Alfred	76
62	Alvin	76
64	Horace	75
64	Lloyd	75
66	Earnest	74
67	Donald	72
68	Oscar	71
68	Vernon	71
70	Chester	70
71	Andrew	69
71	Edgar	69
73	Allen	64
73	Lester	64
73	Virgil	64
76	Bill	62
77	Edwin	61
78	Leroy	58
79	Leon	57
80	Ben	56
80	Wallace	56
82	Eddie	55
82	Glenn	55
82	Marion	55
85	Daniel	50
85	Guy	50
87	Buford	49
87	Melvin	49
89	Everett	47
90	Dewey	46
90	Tom	46
92	Grady	45
92	Woodrow	45
94	Douglas	44
94	Russell	44
96	Benjamin	43
96	Loyd	43
96	Will	43
99	Elbert	42
99	Johnny	42
99	Leslie	42