Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,408
2	William	1,304
3	Robert	1,267
4	Charles	1,177
5	John	1,034
6	Billy	746
7	Jerry	688
8	Bobby	658
9	Thomas	561
10	David	539
11	Donald	451
12	George	433
13	Joe	418
14	Kenneth	396
15	Richard	375
16	Paul	349
17	Larry	346
18	Jimmy	341
19	Harold	299
20	Roy	290
21	Willie	264
22	Johnny	258
23	Edward	246
24	Ronald	223
25	Carl	222

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	216
27	Walter	207
28	Joseph	191
29	Frank	182
30	Henry	179
31	Tommy	178
32	Ralph	168
33	Fred	166
33	Raymond	166
35	Wayne	163
36	Jackie	152
37	Howard	150
38	Clarence	149
39	Ernest	144
40	Earl	143
41	Ray	141
42	Albert	136
43	Eugene	123
44	Franklin	119
44	Jimmie	119
46	Clyde	117
47	Don	116
47	Eddie	116
49	Gene	114
50	Gary	107
51	Melvin	105
52	Samuel	103
53	Cecil	101
54	Harry	100
55	Glenn	99
56	Arthur	97
57	Norman	96
58	Gerald	94
59	Jesse	91
60	Lawrence	90
61	Bill	89
62	Claude	87
63	Charlie	82
64	Herbert	81
64	Marvin	81
64	Wendell	81
67	Floyd	78
68	Curtis	77
68	Leonard	77
70	Douglas	76
70	Herman	76
72	Michael	75
73	Lewis	74
74	Roger	71
75	Terry	69
76	Dennis	68
77	Ronnie	67
78	Glen	66
78	Lloyd	66
80	Daniel	64
80	Freddie	64
82	Hugh	62
82	Johnnie	62
82	Lee	62
85	Andrew	61
86	Alvin	60
86	Luther	60
88	Clifford	59
89	Alfred	58
89	Leroy	58
89	Lester	58
92	Elmer	56
93	Leon	55
93	Lonnie	55
95	Doyle	54
95	Louis	54
97	Hubert	53
97	Milton	53
97	Phillip	53
100	Jim	52