Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,282
2	William	1,928
3	Robert	1,752
4	John	1,527
5	Charles	1,456
6	Larry	1,357
7	David	1,196
8	Jerry	1,112
9	Thomas	852
10	Richard	783
11	Ronald	758
12	Gary	688
13	Donald	610
14	Michael	607
15	Jimmy	600
16	Billy	587
17	George	578
18	Kenneth	561
19	Bobby	502
20	Ronnie	482
21	Johnny	440
22	Danny	429
23	Joe	423
24	Paul	420
25	Terry	356

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	351
27	Roy	346
28	Harold	345
29	Willie	311
30	Roger	287
31	Joseph	285
32	Carl	283
33	Dennis	275
34	Tommy	249
35	Walter	243
36	Eddie	242
37	Jack	223
38	Wayne	221
39	Stephen	219
40	Raymond	214
41	Frank	212
42	Henry	195
43	Ralph	194
44	Phillip	190
45	Howard	188
46	Fred	186
47	Samuel	180
48	Gerald	164
49	Jackie	163
50	Daniel	161
51	Harry	155
51	Steve	155
53	Douglas	153
54	Arthur	152
55	Ernest	146
56	Glenn	145
57	Ray	141
58	Earl	139
59	Don	135
60	Clarence	133
61	Melvin	131
62	Albert	129
63	Eugene	126
63	Lawrence	126
65	Clyde	121
65	Tony	121
67	Lonnie	120
68	Jimmie	118
69	Bill	113
70	Mike	112
71	Donnie	110
71	Steven	110
73	Marvin	107
74	Freddie	103
74	Sammy	103
76	Floyd	102
77	Jesse	100
78	Anthony	99
79	Charlie	98
79	Stanley	98
81	Curtis	97
82	Allen	95
82	Barry	95
84	Leonard	94
85	Herbert	90
85	Lee	90
85	Randall	90
88	Bruce	83
88	Claude	83
88	Louis	83
91	Jim	78
91	Lewis	78
93	Cecil	77
94	Alvin	76
95	Herman	75
96	Benny	74
96	Clifford	74
96	Philip	74
99	Gene	73
100	Russell	72