Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,615
2	William	1,465
3	Robert	1,344
4	Charles	1,206
5	John	1,089
6	Jerry	763
7	Billy	725
8	Bobby	661
9	Thomas	603
10	Larry	541
11	David	535
12	George	469
13	Jimmy	453
14	Donald	441
15	Kenneth	435
16	Joe	423
17	Richard	360
18	Paul	359
19	Ronald	324
19	Roy	324
21	Harold	279
22	Edward	265
22	Willie	265
24	Carl	243
25	Walter	217

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	215
27	Joseph	204
28	Tommy	198
29	Jack	196
30	Ralph	193
31	Frank	183
32	Henry	182
33	Raymond	169
34	Wayne	166
35	Fred	165
36	Howard	161
37	Earl	158
38	Albert	156
39	Gary	153
40	Jackie	151
41	Gerald	143
42	Don	141
43	Samuel	138
44	Eddie	135
45	Clarence	134
46	Ronnie	130
47	Ray	129
48	Ernest	123
49	Franklin	121
50	Eugene	118
50	Melvin	118
52	Jimmie	113
53	Clyde	107
54	Bill	105
55	Gene	103
56	Arthur	92
56	Charlie	92
56	Harry	92
59	Alvin	91
60	Cecil	87
60	Lawrence	87
60	Terry	87
63	Glenn	85
63	Jesse	85
65	Herman	84
66	Daniel	83
66	Dennis	83
66	Herbert	83
66	Michael	83
70	Marvin	82
71	Douglas	78
71	Floyd	78
73	Phillip	77
74	Lee	70
75	Sammy	69
76	Hugh	68
76	Roger	68
78	Norman	67
79	Lloyd	66
80	Clifford	64
80	Leroy	64
82	Curtis	62
83	Allen	61
83	Claude	61
83	Louis	61
83	Sam	61
87	Danny	60
88	Johnnie	59
88	Leon	59
90	Freddie	58
90	Jessie	58
90	Leonard	58
93	Calvin	56
94	Alfred	55
94	Glen	55
94	Lewis	55
97	Elmer	53
97	Steve	53
99	Hubert	52
99	Lonnie	52