Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,467
2	William	1,552
3	John	1,168
4	Robert	1,135
5	Charles	914
6	George	582
7	Thomas	481
8	Joe	342
9	Paul	320
10	Willie	313
11	Jack	305
12	Edward	301
13	Walter	268
14	Roy	266
15	Harold	262
16	Billy	245
17	Henry	224
18	Carl	218
19	Fred	213
20	Frank	212
21	Earl	211
22	Howard	204
22	Joseph	204
24	Ralph	193
25	Richard	191

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	187
27	Raymond	185
28	Albert	181
29	Eugene	174
30	Kenneth	172
31	David	170
32	Ernest	159
33	Samuel	151
34	Floyd	141
35	Clyde	138
36	Ray	137
37	Charlie	132
38	Arthur	129
39	Herbert	120
40	Harry	107
41	Jesse	103
42	Louis	101
43	Herman	100
44	Claude	98
44	Elmer	98
46	Lawrence	96
47	Calvin	93
47	Cecil	93
49	Donald	91
50	Hugh	90
51	Lee	86
52	Bill	85
53	Sam	84
54	Clifford	82
54	Luther	82
56	Hubert	81
57	Billie	80
57	Homer	80
57	Marvin	80
60	Alvin	77
60	Leonard	77
62	Oscar	73
63	Lewis	71
64	Johnnie	69
64	Lloyd	69
64	Willard	69
67	Edgar	68
68	Alfred	66
68	Leon	66
68	Norman	66
71	Andrew	65
71	Jessie	65
73	Johnny	63
74	Bobby	62
74	Melvin	62
76	Junior	61
77	Earnest	60
77	Jimmie	60
79	Eddie	57
80	Horace	56
81	Ben	54
81	Daniel	54
81	Edwin	54
81	Grady	54
85	Dewey	52
86	Curtis	51
86	Douglas	51
86	Lester	51
89	Buford	50
89	Glenn	50
91	Vernon	49
92	Wayne	48
93	Everett	47
93	Gerald	47
93	Harvey	47
93	Leroy	47
93	Loyd	47
93	Russell	47
99	Gene	46
100	Milton	45