Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,309
2	William	1,520
3	Robert	1,244
4	John	1,099
5	Charles	1,013
6	Billy	525
7	George	496
8	Thomas	453
9	Joe	372
10	Jack	335
11	Herbert	320
12	Willie	313
13	Paul	305
14	Edward	273
15	Roy	272
16	Harold	246
17	Walter	241
18	Frank	240
19	Richard	230
20	Carl	228
21	Bobby	226
22	Henry	218
23	David	215
24	Joseph	203
25	Fred	200

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Kenneth	200
27	Raymond	196
28	Donald	191
29	Eugene	186
30	Clarence	179
31	Ralph	173
32	Earl	171
33	Howard	165
34	Albert	156
35	Ernest	141
36	Ray	134
37	Harry	129
38	Clyde	128
39	Charlie	123
40	Samuel	115
41	Herman	113
42	Arthur	112
43	Floyd	105
44	Jessie	99
45	Billie	97
46	Leonard	94
47	Sam	92
48	Curtis	86
48	Gene	86
50	Bill	85
51	Elmer	84
51	Johnnie	84
53	Cecil	83
54	Glenn	82
55	Claude	81
56	Jesse	79
56	Luther	79
58	Eddie	78
58	Lawrence	78
58	Melvin	78
61	Jimmie	77
62	Marvin	75
63	Alfred	74
63	Clifford	74
63	Hubert	74
63	Lee	74
67	Alvin	72
68	Hugh	71
68	Lloyd	71
70	Johnny	70
71	Jerry	69
71	Lewis	69
73	Jimmy	68
74	Leroy	65
75	Tommy	61
75	Wayne	61
77	Junior	59
78	Louis	58
78	Willard	58
80	Gerald	57
80	Vernon	57
82	Oscar	55
83	Andrew	54
83	Earnest	54
83	Edgar	54
83	Homer	54
83	Horace	54
88	Lester	52
89	Allen	51
89	Chester	51
91	Leon	50
92	Max	49
93	Dewey	48
93	Edwin	48
93	Virgil	48
96	Russell	44
97	Gordon	43
97	Norman	43
99	Ben	41
99	Calvin	41
99	Douglas	41