Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,959
2	William	1,657
3	Robert	1,579
4	John	1,414
5	Charles	1,380
6	Larry	1,065
7	Jerry	1,024
8	David	978
9	Thomas	734
10	Richard	696
11	Gary	631
12	Donald	603
13	Ronald	585
14	Billy	569
15	Jimmy	523
16	George	519
17	Kenneth	491
18	Bobby	481
19	Michael	458
20	Johnny	453
21	Paul	436
22	Joe	392
23	Ronnie	388
24	Danny	320
25	Roy	318

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	312
27	Harold	299
28	Willie	297
29	Edward	286
30	Tommy	272
31	Terry	255
32	Roger	243
33	Walter	241
34	Carl	235
35	Raymond	228
36	Wayne	210
37	Frank	201
38	Dennis	200
39	Eddie	195
40	Fred	193
41	Jack	186
42	Howard	179
43	Ralph	178
44	Don	175
45	Samuel	167
46	Henry	159
47	Harry	158
48	Gerald	156
49	Jackie	151
50	Douglas	149
51	Bill	136
52	Albert	135
53	Clarence	132
54	Earl	129
54	Ernest	129
54	Ray	129
57	Arthur	126
58	Daniel	123
59	Stephen	120
60	Clyde	118
61	Glenn	116
61	Jimmie	116
63	Phillip	115
64	Donnie	110
65	Eugene	108
65	Melvin	108
67	Lee	105
67	Marvin	105
67	Steve	105
70	Lawrence	102
71	Leonard	100
72	Sammy	99
73	Tony	94
74	Floyd	86
74	Stanley	86
76	Freddie	84
77	Herbert	82
78	Cecil	80
79	Claude	79
80	Lonnie	78
80	Mike	78
82	Barry	77
82	Charlie	77
84	Jesse	76
85	Dwight	75
86	Alfred	71
86	Jim	71
86	Louis	71
89	Allen	70
90	Andrew	69
90	Anthony	69
92	Alvin	68
93	Lewis	67
93	Steven	67
95	Garry	66
96	Russell	65
97	Herman	64
97	Hugh	64
97	Norman	64
100	Johnnie	63