Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,903
2	William	1,588
3	Robert	1,441
4	Charles	1,296
5	John	1,144
6	Jerry	871
7	David	671
8	Billy	652
9	Thomas	642
10	Larry	586
11	Bobby	556
12	George	499
13	Donald	468
14	Jimmy	449
15	Joe	426
16	Richard	405
17	Kenneth	387
18	Ronald	368
19	Paul	360
20	Roy	335
21	Douglas	321
22	Harold	313
23	Johnny	293
24	Edward	274
25	Willie	251

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	246
27	Carl	219
28	Jack	216
29	Raymond	213
30	Frank	212
31	Tommy	200
32	Walter	194
33	Fred	188
33	Gary	188
35	Henry	187
36	Ralph	173
37	Clarence	171
38	Wayne	170
39	Albert	158
39	Howard	158
39	Ronnie	158
42	Gerald	156
43	Earl	154
44	Michael	151
45	Jackie	139
46	Eddie	138
47	Samuel	136
48	Phillip	130
49	Don	128
49	Eugene	128
51	Ray	125
52	Clyde	122
53	Arthur	121
54	Harry	112
55	Franklin	111
55	Jimmie	111
57	Terry	108
58	Melvin	107
59	Marvin	105
60	Ernest	104
61	Herbert	100
62	Glenn	97
63	Bill	94
64	Leonard	91
65	Claude	90
65	Floyd	90
65	Jesse	90
68	Alvin	89
69	Daniel	88
70	Charlie	87
71	Gene	86
72	Lawrence	84
72	Lee	84
74	Cecil	81
74	Mack	81
74	Roger	81
77	Dennis	80
77	Leroy	80
79	Norman	79
79	Stanley	79
81	Freddie	76
82	Hugh	75
82	Lewis	75
84	Danny	72
84	Glen	72
86	Curtis	70
87	Leon	66
88	Lonnie	65
88	Louis	65
90	Donnie	63
90	Sam	63
92	Allen	61
92	Chester	61
94	Calvin	60
94	Vernon	60
96	Herman	59
96	Willard	59
98	Clifford	58
98	Elmer	58
98	Jessie	58