Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,262
2	William	1,256
3	Robert	1,239
4	Charles	1,093
5	John	1,014
6	Billy	840
7	Bobby	740
8	Donald	464
9	Joe	441
10	Thomas	438
11	George	421
12	Jerry	358
13	David	352
14	Jimmy	338
15	Kenneth	322
16	Paul	316
17	Harold	275
18	Willie	264
19	Richard	263
20	Roy	260
21	Edward	251
22	Carl	232
23	Jack	230
24	Walter	221
25	Fred	187

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	183
27	Larry	182
28	Frank	180
29	Joseph	178
30	Henry	171
30	Ralph	171
32	Johnny	164
33	Howard	150
34	Earl	148
35	Eugene	144
36	Wayne	142
37	Ronald	140
38	Clarence	139
39	Tommy	137
40	Albert	132
41	Jimmie	128
41	Ray	128
43	Don	119
44	Ernest	116
45	Jackie	115
46	Bill	111
46	Franklin	111
48	Clyde	107
48	Gerald	107
50	Arthur	104
51	Floyd	101
52	Herbert	94
52	Herman	94
52	Samuel	94
55	Eddie	93
55	Harry	93
55	Jesse	93
58	Melvin	92
59	Marvin	90
60	Cecil	88
60	Charlie	88
62	Gene	84
63	Lawrence	82
64	Lee	81
65	Norman	80
66	Glenn	77
66	Hugh	77
68	Claude	75
69	Jessie	74
70	Billie	72
71	Leroy	67
72	Hubert	64
73	Gary	62
73	Sam	62
75	Freddie	61
75	Louis	61
77	Alfred	60
77	Leonard	60
79	Alvin	58
79	Gordon	58
81	Clifford	57
81	Daniel	57
83	Lloyd	56
83	Vernon	56
85	Earnest	55
85	Glen	55
85	Luther	55
88	Lewis	53
88	Stanley	53
90	Elmer	52
90	Roger	52
92	Allen	51
93	Douglas	50
94	Horace	49
95	Andrew	48
95	Curtis	48
95	Homer	48
95	Johnnie	48
95	Willard	48
100	Calvin	47
100	Leon	47
100	Lester	47