Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,304
2	William	1,479
3	John	1,150
4	Robert	1,103
5	Charles	1,079
6	George	507
7	Thomas	485
8	Billy	414
9	Joe	373
10	Jack	334
11	Edward	321
12	Paul	308
13	Herbert	307
14	Willie	300
15	Roy	278
16	Carl	270
17	Richard	242
18	Frank	241
19	Henry	240
20	Kenneth	233
20	Walter	233
22	Harold	228
23	Ralph	217
24	Joseph	209
25	Clarence	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	201
27	Earl	196
28	Fred	195
29	Howard	192
30	Donald	182
31	Eugene	179
32	David	172
33	Albert	152
34	Samuel	148
35	Bobby	142
35	Floyd	142
37	Clyde	136
38	Harry	133
39	Arthur	132
39	Charlie	132
41	Ray	129
42	Ernest	117
43	Jessie	99
44	Marvin	92
45	Cecil	91
46	Claude	88
46	Junior	88
48	Alfred	87
48	Bill	87
48	Herman	87
51	Elmer	86
52	Louis	85
53	Hugh	84
54	Gene	83
54	Hubert	83
54	Lee	83
57	Jesse	81
57	Jimmie	81
59	Lawrence	78
59	Luther	78
61	Billie	74
62	Clifford	72
62	Leonard	72
64	Alvin	71
64	Johnnie	71
66	Melvin	70
66	Sam	70
68	Andrew	67
68	Earnest	67
70	Lewis	66
71	Homer	65
71	Johnny	65
71	Leroy	65
74	Curtis	64
74	Lloyd	64
76	Horace	63
77	Eddie	62
78	Allen	60
79	Glenn	59
79	Oscar	59
81	Jerry	58
82	Calvin	57
82	Chester	57
82	Edgar	57
85	Vernon	56
85	Wayne	56
87	Ben	55
88	Glen	52
88	Leon	52
88	Tommy	52
91	Jimmy	51
92	Willard	48
93	Harvey	47
93	Milton	47
95	Lester	46
95	Wallace	46
97	Dewey	45
97	Everett	45
99	Arnold	44
99	Marion	44