Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,494
2	William	1,748
3	John	1,304
4	Robert	1,206
5	Charles	943
6	George	574
7	Thomas	496
8	Joe	345
9	Willie	329
10	Henry	322
11	Edward	309
12	Walter	301
13	Paul	294
14	Jack	290
15	Joseph	289
16	Roy	271
17	Frank	248
18	Fred	239
19	Carl	233
20	Harold	226
21	Raymond	218
22	Howard	204
23	Ralph	203
23	Richard	203
25	Clarence	202

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	194
27	Clyde	182
28	Calvin	179
29	David	175
30	Albert	170
31	Eugene	163
31	Kenneth	163
33	Billy	155
34	Samuel	151
35	Charlie	148
36	Harry	143
37	Ernest	141
38	Arthur	131
39	Ray	129
40	Jesse	123
41	Herbert	120
42	Claude	117
43	Louis	112
44	Cecil	107
45	Elmer	106
46	Floyd	105
47	Herman	100
48	Lawrence	96
49	Marvin	94
50	Lee	93
51	Sam	92
52	Homer	91
53	Jessie	90
54	Donald	89
55	Luther	86
56	Clifford	83
57	Andrew	82
58	Hubert	81
58	Hugh	81
60	Bill	78
60	Leonard	78
62	Lewis	77
63	Horace	75
64	Alvin	73
65	Lloyd	71
66	Willard	69
67	Oscar	68
68	Vernon	67
69	Edgar	66
70	Junior	64
71	Ben	63
72	Edwin	62
72	Johnnie	62
72	Lester	62
75	Milton	61
76	Leroy	59
76	Melvin	59
78	Curtis	58
78	Jimmie	58
80	Earnest	57
81	Alfred	56
81	Eddie	56
83	Billie	53
83	Elbert	53
83	Warren	53
86	Glen	51
86	Leon	51
86	Mack	51
89	Arnold	50
89	Glenn	50
91	Buford	49
91	Chester	49
91	Wallace	49
94	Grady	47
94	Harvey	47
94	Marion	47
97	Dewey	46
98	Wayne	45
99	Daniel	44
99	Gordon	44
99	Lonnie	44
99	Will	44