Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,279
2	William	1,342
3	Robert	1,234
4	Charles	1,137
5	John	1,074
6	Billy	726
7	Thomas	464
8	Bobby	437
9	George	432
10	Joe	393
11	Jack	335
12	Paul	328
13	Edward	304
14	Richard	279
15	Roy	258
16	Kenneth	254
16	Willie	254
18	Harold	253
19	Carl	251
20	Donald	233
21	Walter	217
22	David	209
23	Fred	207
23	Joseph	207
25	Henry	191

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	190
27	Raymond	187
28	Earl	184
28	Frank	184
30	Clarence	183
31	Howard	171
32	Eugene	164
33	Ernest	151
34	Clyde	144
35	Albert	137
36	Jimmy	132
37	Billie	128
38	Harry	122
39	Samuel	118
40	Herbert	116
41	Ray	112
42	Charlie	109
42	Floyd	109
42	Jerry	109
45	Bill	106
46	Arthur	102
47	Jimmie	101
48	Marvin	95
49	Cecil	90
49	Jesse	90
49	Tommy	90
52	Johnny	89
52	Lawrence	89
54	Claude	88
55	Leonard	87
56	Herman	85
57	Jessie	84
58	Gene	81
59	Clifford	79
60	Hubert	78
60	Johnnie	78
60	Sam	78
63	Hugh	75
64	Leroy	72
65	Andrew	71
66	Melvin	70
67	Elmer	68
67	Junior	68
67	Louis	68
67	Willard	68
71	Wayne	67
72	Glenn	66
73	Lee	65
74	Glen	62
74	Vernon	62
76	Curtis	61
77	Alfred	60
77	Alvin	60
79	Earnest	59
80	Eddie	58
80	Homer	58
80	Horace	58
80	Luther	58
80	Norman	58
85	Lewis	56
86	Leon	55
86	Lester	55
88	Don	53
88	Douglas	53
88	Oscar	53
91	Ben	50
92	Gerald	49
93	Allen	48
93	Edgar	48
95	Bobbie	47
95	Elbert	47
97	Daniel	46
98	Milton	43
98	Ronald	43
100	Gordon	42