Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,593
2	William	1,464
3	Robert	1,309
4	John	1,221
5	Charles	1,220
6	Jerry	816
7	David	722
8	Larry	687
9	Thomas	685
10	Jimmy	519
11	Richard	504
12	Billy	497
13	Donald	447
14	George	443
15	Gary	429
16	Bobby	417
17	Kenneth	389
18	Ronald	385
19	Joe	367
20	Paul	357
21	Johnny	341
22	Roy	318
23	Michael	300
24	Willie	287
25	Edward	272

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	248
27	Tommy	237
28	Ronnie	229
29	Carl	213
30	Roger	207
31	Joseph	203
32	Walter	195
33	Danny	186
34	Frank	185
35	Terry	183
36	Raymond	178
37	Jack	172
38	Eddie	170
39	Wayne	164
40	Henry	162
41	Ernest	157
42	Howard	156
43	Dennis	154
44	Ralph	144
45	Jackie	143
46	Albert	141
47	Fred	139
48	Harry	137
48	Samuel	137
50	Ray	132
51	Douglas	130
52	Marvin	117
53	Eugene	115
54	Gerald	113
55	Don	112
56	Phillip	110
57	Clarence	109
58	Lawrence	106
59	Jimmie	105
60	Earl	101
61	Daniel	94
62	Dwight	93
62	Melvin	93
64	Clyde	91
65	Glenn	90
66	Stephen	87
67	Bill	84
68	Arthur	83
69	Steve	80
70	Sammy	79
71	Charlie	78
72	Stanley	77
73	Claude	73
73	Jesse	73
75	Floyd	72
75	Louis	72
77	Curtis	71
77	Herbert	71
79	Donnie	69
79	Lonnie	69
81	Franklin	68
81	Leroy	68
81	Tony	68
84	Freddie	66
85	Leonard	62
85	Norman	62
87	Andrew	61
88	Allen	59
88	Lee	59
90	Alvin	58
90	Clifford	58
92	Gene	56
92	Jessie	56
92	Lewis	56
95	Herman	55
95	Jim	55
97	Cecil	54
98	Sam	52
98	Vernon	52
100	Benny	51
100	Calvin	51
100	Leon	51