Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,849
2	William	1,720
3	John	1,511
4	Robert	1,501
5	Charles	1,346
6	Larry	1,338
7	David	1,295
8	Jerry	930
9	Michael	890
10	Thomas	780
11	Gary	760
12	Ronald	708
13	Richard	627
14	Donald	599
15	Kenneth	539
16	George	483
17	Billy	477
18	Jimmy	467
19	Johnny	428
20	Roger	404
21	Danny	399
22	Ronnie	385
22	Terry	385
24	Bobby	348
25	Paul	342

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	330
27	Joe	324
28	Joseph	321
29	Stephen	307
30	Harold	302
31	Willie	293
32	Roy	287
33	Carl	264
34	Dennis	257
35	Eddie	251
36	Tommy	237
37	Steven	231
38	Phillip	216
39	Walter	211
40	Daniel	208
41	Raymond	188
42	Frank	182
42	Samuel	182
44	Wayne	178
45	Henry	176
46	Steve	174
47	Ralph	172
48	Jackie	161
49	Gerald	157
50	Donnie	154
51	Jack	152
52	Fred	148
53	Clarence	140
54	Melvin	137
55	Harry	132
56	Howard	130
57	Douglas	129
57	Ernest	129
59	Arthur	127
60	Randall	122
61	Glenn	120
62	Don	115
62	Lawrence	115
64	Stanley	114
65	Eugene	113
66	Albert	112
67	Earl	108
68	Anthony	105
69	Charlie	103
70	Ray	100
71	Marvin	97
72	Floyd	91
73	Allen	88
73	Barry	88
75	Jimmie	86
76	Lee	85
76	Lonnie	85
78	Timothy	84
79	Leonard	83
80	Clyde	82
81	Bruce	81
81	Tony	81
83	Clifford	80
83	Herbert	80
85	Mark	79
86	Jesse	78
87	Alan	77
87	Alvin	77
87	Calvin	77
87	Freddie	77
87	Patrick	77
87	Sammy	77
93	Garry	76
93	Philip	76
95	Andrew	75
96	Micheal	72
97	Curtis	71
97	Herman	71
97	Russell	71
100	Mike	69