Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,770
2	William	1,542
3	Robert	1,386
4	Charles	1,228
5	John	1,189
6	Jerry	906
7	David	777
8	Larry	713
9	Thomas	663
10	Billy	568
11	Richard	528
12	Jimmy	505
13	George	490
14	Bobby	473
15	Donald	468
16	Kenneth	417
17	Ronald	415
18	Paul	394
19	Johnny	347
20	Joe	339
21	Roy	300
22	Edward	299
22	Willie	299
24	Harold	297
25	Gary	295

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Tommy	244
27	Michael	225
28	Carl	217
29	Raymond	215
30	Walter	212
31	Roger	209
32	Joseph	203
33	Frank	201
34	Ronnie	188
35	Ralph	187
36	Jack	177
37	Henry	176
38	Eddie	169
38	Fred	169
38	Howard	169
41	Terry	168
42	Wayne	156
43	Danny	148
44	Douglas	142
45	Clarence	141
45	Gerald	141
47	Ernest	140
47	Jackie	140
47	Samuel	140
50	Don	134
51	Ray	131
52	Earl	130
53	Harry	127
54	Albert	119
55	Dennis	117
56	Clyde	111
57	Arthur	108
58	Marvin	104
59	Lawrence	101
60	Glenn	98
60	Jesse	98
62	Melvin	94
63	Bill	92
64	Jimmie	91
65	Eugene	88
65	Leonard	88
67	Claude	86
67	Franklin	86
69	Cecil	85
69	Charlie	85
69	Donnie	85
72	Freddie	84
73	Floyd	83
74	Daniel	80
75	Herbert	79
75	Stanley	79
77	Alvin	77
78	Phillip	73
79	Allen	72
79	Calvin	72
81	Lee	71
81	Leon	71
83	Gene	70
83	Johnnie	70
83	Stephen	70
86	Curtis	69
87	Norman	68
88	Clifford	67
88	Lonnie	67
90	Jessie	65
91	Louis	64
92	Glen	63
92	Sammy	63
94	Harvey	62
95	Dewey	61
95	Lloyd	61
97	Herman	60
98	Alfred	58
99	Steve	57
100	Dwight	56