Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,352
2	William	1,475
3	Robert	1,297
4	Charles	1,160
5	John	1,076
6	Billy	639
7	Thomas	519
8	George	505
9	Joe	428
10	Jack	334
11	Paul	321
12	Bobby	316
13	Willie	283
14	Harold	264
14	Richard	264
14	Roy	264
17	Edward	255
17	Kenneth	255
17	Walter	255
20	Carl	245
21	David	240
22	Donald	230
23	Henry	220
24	Fred	219
25	Howard	214

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	206
27	Frank	205
28	Raymond	192
29	Herbert	191
30	Eugene	184
31	Joseph	180
32	Clarence	172
33	Ralph	171
34	Ray	150
35	Clyde	144
36	Ernest	138
37	Albert	137
38	Herman	132
39	Harry	128
40	Billie	120
41	Charlie	118
42	Samuel	110
43	Arthur	109
44	Bill	106
44	Jesse	106
46	Jessie	103
47	Floyd	102
48	Jimmie	98
49	Claude	97
50	Jimmy	94
51	Johnny	91
52	Glenn	89
52	Jerry	89
54	Elmer	88
54	Junior	88
56	Marvin	87
57	Lee	84
57	Melvin	84
59	Gene	83
60	Alfred	79
61	Clifford	78
62	Alvin	77
62	Cecil	77
64	Johnnie	76
65	Hubert	74
66	Leroy	73
66	Luther	73
68	Leonard	72
69	Curtis	71
70	Hugh	70
70	Leon	70
70	Sam	70
73	Tommy	67
74	Andrew	65
74	Homer	65
74	Lawrence	65
74	Louis	65
78	Vernon	64
79	Calvin	63
79	Lewis	63
81	Douglas	62
81	Lester	62
83	Lloyd	61
84	Don	60
84	Glen	60
86	Ben	59
87	Oscar	58
87	Willard	58
89	Earnest	55
90	Edgar	54
90	Gerald	54
90	Horace	54
93	Eddie	53
93	Milton	53
93	Norman	53
96	Edwin	49
97	Dewey	46
98	Grady	44
99	Bobbie	43
99	Marion	43