Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,411
2	William	1,326
3	Charles	1,217
4	Robert	1,192
5	John	957
6	Billy	835
7	Bobby	701
8	Thomas	511
9	Jerry	477
10	Donald	468
11	Joe	462
12	George	426
13	Jimmy	395
14	David	391
15	Kenneth	358
16	Harold	305
17	Richard	299
18	Paul	293
19	Roy	249
20	Willie	243
21	Edward	240
22	Jack	226
23	Carl	225
24	Larry	215
25	Joseph	213

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	208
27	Frank	188
28	Ronald	187
29	Howard	174
30	Raymond	173
31	Henry	167
32	Johnny	163
33	Fred	162
34	Ralph	160
35	Earl	158
36	Ray	146
36	Tommy	146
38	Wayne	145
39	Jackie	139
40	Eugene	135
41	Albert	131
42	Clarence	130
42	Don	130
44	Ernest	128
45	Jimmie	122
46	Gene	114
47	Eddie	112
48	Samuel	110
49	Marvin	106
50	Clyde	105
51	Glenn	100
52	Franklin	99
52	Harry	99
54	Herbert	98
55	Gerald	97
56	Lawrence	96
57	Charlie	90
58	Melvin	89
58	Norman	89
60	Floyd	87
61	Cecil	86
61	Herman	86
63	Bill	81
63	Jesse	81
65	Arthur	78
66	Gary	76
67	Clifford	74
67	Hugh	74
69	Elmer	73
70	Leonard	70
71	Claude	69
72	Leon	67
73	Alvin	66
73	Billie	66
73	Lee	66
76	Gordon	65
77	Curtis	64
77	Hubert	64
77	Louis	64
80	Johnnie	63
80	Sam	63
82	Glen	62
83	Jessie	61
84	Lewis	60
85	Douglas	58
85	Luther	58
87	Edwin	57
87	Homer	57
87	Lloyd	57
90	Vernon	56
91	Dan	55
91	Ronnie	55
93	Freddie	54
93	Willard	54
95	Oscar	53
96	Alfred	52
96	Buddy	52
98	Lonnie	51
99	Roger	50
99	Stanley	50