Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,835
2	William	1,673
3	Robert	1,569
4	Larry	1,388
5	John	1,385
6	Charles	1,370
7	David	1,224
8	Michael	1,029
9	Jerry	902
10	Gary	859
11	Thomas	766
12	Ronald	663
13	Richard	617
14	Donald	607
15	Kenneth	541
16	Danny	490
17	Billy	470
18	George	459
19	Roger	439
20	Jimmy	415
21	Johnny	385
22	Terry	380
23	Paul	379
24	Ronnie	370
25	Bobby	369

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	334
27	Joe	326
27	Stephen	326
29	Dennis	302
30	Willie	300
31	Joseph	295
32	Steven	264
33	Roy	259
34	Harold	248
35	Carl	247
36	Walter	245
37	Phillip	199
38	Eddie	193
39	Tommy	189
40	Daniel	182
41	Frank	179
41	Samuel	179
43	Henry	178
44	Ralph	177
45	Raymond	173
46	Douglas	168
46	Wayne	168
48	Donnie	159
49	Steve	156
50	Howard	153
51	Jack	151
52	Jackie	147
53	Gerald	144
54	Clarence	140
54	Ernest	140
56	Marvin	137
57	Fred	136
58	Lawrence	135
59	Melvin	133
60	Stanley	122
61	Harry	119
62	Earl	116
63	Albert	114
64	Ray	112
65	Bruce	110
65	Jesse	110
65	Mark	110
68	Anthony	109
69	Eugene	107
69	Glenn	107
71	Arthur	106
72	Don	105
73	Calvin	104
73	Randall	104
75	Timothy	103
76	Tony	101
77	Clyde	95
77	Gregory	95
79	Herbert	94
80	Allen	93
81	Leonard	92
82	Lonnie	90
83	Alvin	89
83	Dale	89
85	Charlie	85
86	Dwight	84
87	Freddie	81
87	Micheal	81
87	Philip	81
90	Lee	79
91	Jimmie	77
92	Barry	76
92	Clifford	76
92	Ricky	76
95	Rickey	74
96	Andrew	73
96	Floyd	73
98	Louis	72
98	Randy	72
100	Curtis	70