Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,676
2	William	1,654
3	Robert	1,623
4	David	1,349
5	Larry	1,323
6	John	1,309
7	Charles	1,285
8	Michael	1,231
9	Jerry	887
10	Gary	826
11	Thomas	808
12	Richard	748
13	Donald	662
14	Ronald	641
15	Kenneth	548
16	Danny	501
17	George	467
18	Billy	447
19	Jimmy	402
20	Bobby	394
21	Stephen	392
22	Johnny	391
22	Roger	391
24	Terry	389
25	Paul	360

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	348
27	Joseph	339
28	Steven	332
29	Dennis	329
30	Ronnie	326
31	Carl	276
32	Roy	262
33	Willie	254
34	Joe	239
35	Harold	235
36	Eddie	220
37	Daniel	215
38	Phillip	202
39	Tommy	196
40	Samuel	193
40	Walter	193
42	Douglas	190
43	Henry	186
43	Raymond	186
45	Steve	182
46	Frank	181
47	Jackie	180
48	Donnie	170
49	Wayne	167
50	Jack	160
50	Ralph	160
52	Stanley	158
53	Anthony	146
54	Randall	145
55	Mark	144
56	Gerald	141
57	Howard	138
58	Bruce	136
59	Barry	135
60	Randy	130
61	Clarence	128
62	Glenn	127
63	Albert	124
64	Allen	122
65	Arthur	121
65	Timothy	121
67	Ernest	120
68	Lawrence	119
68	Marvin	119
70	Fred	115
71	Micheal	114
72	Ricky	112
73	Melvin	111
74	Harry	110
75	Gregory	107
76	Eugene	104
77	Don	102
78	Earl	101
79	Herbert	98
80	Andrew	95
81	Curtis	93
82	Lonnie	92
83	Calvin	91
84	Ray	85
85	Alvin	84
86	Alan	81
87	Dwight	80
87	Lee	80
89	Clyde	79
89	Floyd	79
91	Jesse	78
91	Tony	78
93	Louis	77
94	Garry	76
95	Dale	75
96	Darrell	74
97	Charlie	73
98	Clifford	71
99	Philip	70
99	Rickey	70