Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,503
2	William	1,296
3	Robert	1,196
4	Charles	1,121
5	John	1,037
6	Billy	751
7	Bobby	677
8	Jerry	597
9	Thomas	494
10	Donald	468
11	David	467
11	George	467
13	Joe	430
14	Jimmy	360
15	Kenneth	345
16	Richard	342
17	Paul	333
18	Harold	304
19	Larry	283
20	Willie	266
21	Roy	262
22	Edward	252
23	Johnny	249
24	Carl	235
25	Jack	218

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	190
27	Tommy	188
28	Raymond	186
29	Frank	175
30	Fred	173
31	Ronald	166
32	Ralph	163
33	Joseph	160
34	Wayne	159
35	Henry	157
35	Howard	157
37	Jackie	148
38	Don	141
39	Earl	139
40	Jimmie	138
41	Gerald	136
42	Ray	132
43	Albert	130
44	Samuel	120
45	Clyde	118
46	Clarence	117
47	Ernest	116
48	Harry	112
49	Arthur	110
50	Bill	107
50	Eugene	107
50	Glenn	107
53	Gene	105
54	Melvin	102
55	Eddie	92
56	Marvin	87
57	Charlie	84
58	Cecil	83
59	Franklin	80
59	Lee	80
61	Herbert	79
62	Glen	78
63	Herman	77
64	Alvin	76
65	Floyd	75
66	Johnnie	74
67	Douglas	72
67	Norman	72
69	Gary	71
70	Jesse	69
70	Lawrence	69
72	Michael	68
73	Hugh	66
74	Curtis	65
74	Jessie	65
76	Claude	63
76	Daniel	63
76	Leonard	63
76	Lloyd	63
80	Leon	61
81	Andrew	59
82	Alfred	57
82	Lewis	57
82	Stanley	57
85	Jim	56
85	Louis	56
85	Willard	56
88	Clifford	55
88	Ronnie	55
90	Luther	54
91	Leroy	53
91	Lonnie	53
91	Roger	53
94	Elmer	52
95	Bob	51
96	Allen	49
96	Oscar	49
98	Billie	48
98	Buddy	48
98	Freddie	48
98	Hubert	48
98	Vernon	48