Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,960
2	William	1,677
3	Robert	1,588
4	John	1,462
5	Larry	1,439
6	Charles	1,319
7	David	1,228
8	Jerry	1,034
9	Thomas	799
10	Michael	737
11	Ronald	736
12	Gary	706
13	Richard	600
14	Donald	580
15	Kenneth	558
16	George	544
17	Billy	504
18	Jimmy	495
19	Bobby	430
19	Danny	430
21	Johnny	413
22	Ronnie	412
23	Joe	391
24	Paul	381
25	Roger	371

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	343
27	Roy	321
28	Joseph	314
29	Willie	313
30	Edward	303
31	Harold	286
32	Tommy	279
33	Dennis	261
34	Carl	251
35	Eddie	243
35	Stephen	243
37	Walter	233
38	Wayne	212
39	Ralph	210
40	Phillip	196
41	Frank	195
41	Raymond	195
43	Henry	182
44	Samuel	175
45	Daniel	173
46	Jack	172
46	Steve	172
48	Fred	170
49	Ernest	157
49	Jackie	157
51	Clarence	156
52	Harry	155
53	Douglas	153
54	Gerald	148
55	Ray	142
56	Steven	138
57	Howard	137
58	Earl	133
59	Melvin	127
60	Donnie	124
60	Tony	124
62	Arthur	116
63	Don	112
64	Allen	111
65	Lawrence	110
66	Albert	108
67	Eugene	103
67	Glenn	103
69	Jimmie	102
70	Stanley	101
71	Clyde	99
71	Freddie	99
73	Marvin	98
74	Bill	97
74	Leonard	97
76	Lonnie	93
77	Andrew	91
78	Calvin	89
78	Charlie	89
78	Jesse	89
81	Barry	88
82	Mike	87
83	Lee	86
84	Curtis	84
85	Alvin	83
86	Anthony	82
86	Herbert	82
88	Dwight	81
89	Randall	80
90	Floyd	79
91	Louis	78
92	Johnnie	76
93	Alfred	75
94	Claude	73
95	Sammy	72
96	Cecil	71
97	Randy	70
98	Mark	69
99	Clifford	68
99	Herman	68
99	Lloyd	68