Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,188
2	William	1,251
3	Robert	1,243
4	Charles	1,126
5	John	994
6	Billy	805
7	Bobby	743
8	Joe	510
9	George	473
10	Thomas	438
11	Donald	398
12	Kenneth	340
13	Paul	334
14	David	329
15	Jimmy	327
16	Jerry	322
17	Harold	298
18	Richard	288
19	Jack	276
20	Edward	260
21	Willie	253
22	Roy	240
23	Walter	207
24	Carl	205
24	Frank	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	198
27	Fred	180
28	Howard	171
28	Joseph	171
30	Johnny	170
30	Ralph	170
32	Clarence	151
33	Franklin	149
34	Tommy	145
35	Larry	144
36	Earl	143
37	Ray	131
38	Henry	128
39	Wayne	125
40	Albert	122
40	Eugene	122
40	Jimmie	122
43	Marvin	116
44	Clyde	115
45	Arthur	113
46	Ronald	107
47	Don	105
47	Gerald	105
49	Gene	104
49	Samuel	104
51	Bill	101
51	Jackie	101
53	Ernest	95
54	Charlie	94
55	Harry	93
56	Glenn	85
57	Alvin	83
58	Leroy	81
59	Floyd	80
60	Eddie	79
60	Herbert	79
62	Jesse	78
63	Hubert	76
63	Lawrence	76
63	Melvin	76
66	Freddie	71
66	Gordon	71
66	Leonard	71
66	Louis	71
70	Johnnie	70
71	Claude	69
72	Lee	68
73	Billie	67
73	Herman	67
75	Cecil	65
75	Jessie	65
77	Lewis	64
77	Norman	64
79	Alfred	63
80	Clifford	62
81	Douglas	61
82	Bobbie	59
82	Homer	59
82	Sam	59
85	Elmer	58
86	Glen	57
86	Hugh	57
86	Leon	57
89	Lloyd	56
89	Luther	56
91	Andrew	54
91	Lester	54
93	Bob	52
94	Vernon	51
94	Wallace	51
96	Allen	50
96	Curtis	50
96	Horace	50
99	Jim	49
100	Ben	47
100	Dewey	47
100	Willard	47