Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,423
2	William	1,556
3	John	1,248
4	Robert	1,019
5	Charles	916
6	George	548
7	Thomas	505
8	Joe	342
9	Edward	331
10	Paul	320
11	Willie	314
12	Roy	303
13	Henry	296
14	Frank	285
15	Walter	265
16	Jack	257
17	Joseph	249
18	Fred	235
19	Carl	227
20	Clarence	214
21	Raymond	207
22	Earl	199
22	Harold	199
24	Ralph	192
25	Howard	181

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	179
27	Ernest	176
28	Richard	173
29	Charlie	166
30	Samuel	163
31	Kenneth	161
32	Arthur	155
33	Clyde	153
34	David	149
35	Eugene	143
36	Harry	137
37	Billy	132
38	Ray	131
39	Jesse	125
40	Floyd	109
41	Herman	104
42	Elmer	102
43	Herbert	100
44	Claude	99
45	Cecil	97
46	Lee	96
46	Sam	96
48	Luther	94
49	Clifford	92
49	Jessie	92
49	Louis	92
52	Lawrence	89
53	Hubert	85
54	Warren	84
54	Willard	84
56	Calvin	82
57	Lewis	77
58	Johnnie	76
59	Alvin	75
59	Oscar	75
61	Leonard	73
62	Melvin	72
63	Andrew	71
64	Earnest	70
64	Hugh	70
66	Chester	68
66	Elbert	68
68	Marvin	66
69	Horace	65
70	Alfred	64
70	Vernon	64
72	Wallace	63
73	Donald	62
74	Edgar	60
75	Norman	58
75	Virgil	58
77	Edwin	57
78	Bill	56
78	Leon	56
80	Eddie	55
81	Homer	54
82	Glenn	53
82	Marion	53
84	Dewey	52
84	Lester	52
86	Lloyd	51
86	Milton	51
88	Benjamin	50
88	Leroy	50
90	Curtis	49
90	Russell	49
92	Gordon	47
93	Everett	45
93	Grady	45
93	Junior	45
93	Lonnie	45
97	Harvey	44
97	Jimmie	44
99	Jim	43
99	Leo	43