Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,338
2	William	1,331
3	Charles	1,247
4	Robert	1,186
5	John	978
6	Billy	911
7	Bobby	733
8	Joe	463
9	George	445
10	Thomas	434
11	Donald	403
12	Paul	322
13	Jimmy	321
14	Harold	317
15	Kenneth	306
16	David	294
16	Richard	294
18	Jack	280
19	Jerry	279
19	Willie	279
21	Roy	260
22	Edward	248
23	Walter	225
24	Carl	223
25	Frank	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	196
27	Howard	188
28	Raymond	186
29	Eugene	178
30	Fred	173
31	Joseph	172
32	Henry	169
33	Johnny	156
34	Earl	149
35	Jimmie	144
36	Clarence	142
36	Franklin	142
38	Albert	134
39	Clyde	133
40	Ernest	130
41	Tommy	127
42	Ray	116
43	Wayne	113
44	Samuel	112
45	Bill	110
46	Jackie	105
46	Ronald	105
48	Harry	103
49	Herman	101
50	Charlie	100
51	Gene	97
52	Herbert	96
52	Jesse	96
54	Floyd	95
55	Norman	94
56	Marvin	93
57	Billie	91
58	Larry	89
59	Arthur	88
59	Cecil	88
59	Lawrence	88
59	Melvin	88
63	Claude	84
63	Don	84
63	Gerald	84
66	Lee	83
67	Eddie	82
68	Glenn	80
68	Leon	80
68	Leroy	80
71	Lewis	79
72	Curtis	76
72	Sam	76
74	Louis	75
75	Alvin	73
76	Leonard	72
77	Elmer	68
78	Douglas	63
79	Jessie	61
80	Homer	60
80	Hugh	60
82	Johnnie	58
82	Oscar	58
84	Edgar	55
84	Willard	55
86	Clifford	53
87	Andrew	52
87	Vernon	52
89	Chester	51
89	Luther	51
91	Glen	50
91	Jim	50
91	Lloyd	50
94	Earnest	49
94	Hubert	49
96	Daniel	48
96	Doyle	48
98	Harvey	47
99	Alfred	46
99	Arnold	46
99	Dennis	46
99	Marion	46