Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,926
2	William	1,591
3	Robert	1,440
4	Charles	1,363
5	John	1,272
6	Jerry	864
7	David	738
8	Thomas	673
9	Larry	657
10	Billy	601
11	Bobby	560
12	George	496
13	Jimmy	489
14	Richard	479
15	Donald	476
16	Kenneth	458
17	Ronald	401
18	Paul	398
19	Joe	386
20	Roy	366
21	Edward	329
22	Johnny	321
23	Harold	317
24	Willie	281
25	Carl	269

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	232
27	Joseph	231
28	Tommy	215
29	Ronnie	211
30	Raymond	207
31	Frank	204
32	Jack	195
33	Henry	192
34	Eddie	188
35	Fred	185
36	Douglas	180
37	Wayne	177
38	Ralph	176
39	Michael	175
40	Gary	172
41	Jackie	170
42	Roger	168
43	Clarence	160
44	Gerald	154
45	Samuel	149
46	Earl	147
47	Howard	145
48	Ernest	143
49	Ray	142
50	Jimmie	140
51	Don	132
52	Albert	129
53	Eugene	128
54	Arthur	125
55	Danny	124
56	Clyde	123
56	Dennis	123
58	Harry	122
59	Terry	118
60	Marvin	109
61	Charlie	108
62	Jesse	107
63	Glenn	106
64	Lawrence	102
65	Bill	95
66	Floyd	93
66	Phillip	93
68	Cecil	90
68	Clifford	90
68	Daniel	90
71	Melvin	86
72	Freddie	83
73	Alvin	81
74	Claude	78
74	Curtis	78
76	Gene	77
76	Lee	77
78	Allen	75
79	Leroy	74
80	Jessie	73
80	Leonard	73
82	Elmer	71
82	Herbert	71
82	Herman	71
82	Sammy	71
86	Stanley	70
87	Louis	69
88	Andrew	68
89	Lonnie	67
90	Norman	66
91	Hugh	65
91	Lewis	65
93	Leon	64
94	Lloyd	61
94	Sam	61
96	Franklin	60
97	Stephen	59
98	Donnie	58
98	Steve	58
100	Calvin	57