Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,453
2	William	1,685
3	John	1,274
4	Robert	1,022
5	Charles	895
6	George	560
7	Thomas	504
8	Paul	322
9	Edward	312
10	Joe	305
11	Henry	304
12	Willie	291
13	Roy	271
14	Walter	262
15	Carl	255
16	Fred	250
17	Jack	242
18	Frank	237
18	Joseph	237
20	Howard	234
21	Clarence	226
22	Raymond	194
23	Albert	189
24	Eugene	186
25	Ralph	184

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Samuel	180
27	Ernest	179
28	Harold	176
29	Earl	175
29	Richard	175
31	Charlie	165
32	Clyde	163
32	David	163
34	Kenneth	155
35	Harry	148
36	Arthur	136
37	Claude	130
38	Ray	123
39	Jesse	119
40	Elmer	117
41	Cecil	116
42	Herman	109
43	Warren	108
44	Jessie	107
45	Andrew	103
46	Floyd	100
47	Clifford	99
47	Marvin	99
49	Luther	98
50	Billy	96
51	Hubert	94
51	Louis	94
53	Herbert	93
54	Hugh	91
54	Lawrence	91
54	Leonard	91
57	Sam	82
58	Lee	79
59	Horace	78
60	Homer	76
61	Lewis	74
62	Alfred	73
63	Melvin	71
64	Alvin	70
64	Ben	70
64	Eddie	70
67	Lester	69
67	Oscar	69
69	Johnnie	68
69	Willard	68
71	Virgil	67
72	Earnest	63
73	Lloyd	62
74	Benjamin	59
74	Bill	59
74	Edgar	59
77	Donald	57
77	Grady	57
79	Allen	55
79	Vernon	55
81	Leon	54
82	Chester	52
83	Jim	51
83	Wallace	51
85	Elbert	50
85	Everett	50
87	Leroy	49
87	Milton	49
89	Curtis	48
89	Jimmie	48
91	Glenn	46
91	Marion	46
93	Daniel	45
94	Dewey	44
94	Douglas	44
94	Edwin	44
94	Oliver	44
98	Harvey	43
99	Guy	42
99	Johnny	42
99	Tom	42