Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,412
2	William	1,478
3	John	1,248
4	Robert	1,159
5	Charles	1,011
6	George	603
7	Thomas	479
8	Joe	370
9	Billy	354
10	Willie	346
11	Jack	340
12	Paul	305
13	Roy	287
14	Edward	281
15	Frank	263
16	Walter	250
17	Fred	247
18	Harold	237
19	Carl	234
20	Joseph	230
21	Henry	225
22	Richard	221
23	Ralph	213
24	Earl	210
25	Raymond	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	200
27	Clarence	191
28	Eugene	190
29	Kenneth	182
30	Howard	179
31	Albert	171
32	Ernest	161
33	Samuel	159
34	Clyde	150
34	Floyd	150
36	Charlie	147
37	Donald	144
38	Arthur	142
39	Harry	132
40	Ray	128
41	Herbert	124
42	Herman	106
43	Bill	102
44	Alvin	99
45	Billie	97
46	Claude	96
46	Louis	96
48	Calvin	94
49	Jesse	90
50	Elmer	89
50	Luther	89
52	Alfred	87
52	Cecil	87
52	Hubert	87
52	Jessie	87
52	Leonard	87
57	Bobby	86
57	Gene	86
59	Lee	85
59	Melvin	85
61	Lawrence	82
61	Marvin	82
63	Johnnie	81
64	Glenn	79
64	Vernon	79
66	Sam	75
67	Clifford	74
68	Homer	73
69	Hugh	71
69	Willard	71
71	Andrew	70
72	Oscar	69
73	Horace	68
74	Edgar	67
75	Eddie	64
75	Lewis	64
77	Leroy	63
78	Ben	61
78	Everett	61
78	Wayne	61
81	Chester	60
81	Gerald	60
83	Junior	59
83	Lester	59
85	Earnest	58
85	Lloyd	58
87	Harvey	54
87	Leon	54
87	Wallace	54
90	Jimmie	53
90	Russell	53
92	Curtis	52
92	Douglas	52
92	Marion	52
95	Dewey	51
95	Guy	51
97	Edwin	49
98	Allen	48
98	Daniel	48
98	Glen	48
98	Grady	48
98	Norman	48