Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,504
2	William	1,702
3	David	1,478
4	Robert	1,464
5	Michael	1,305
6	John	1,279
7	Charles	1,260
8	Larry	1,224
9	Gary	902
10	Jerry	853
11	Richard	788
12	Thomas	767
13	Ronald	663
14	Donald	612
15	Kenneth	601
16	Danny	472
17	Terry	466
18	Billy	435
19	George	428
20	Stephen	420
21	Steven	411
22	Paul	368
23	Bobby	366
24	Johnny	357
25	Edward	342

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	341
27	Jimmy	326
28	Dennis	325
29	Joseph	309
30	Ronnie	307
31	Joe	284
32	Willie	256
33	Carl	248
34	Walter	237
35	Harold	233
35	Roy	233
37	Daniel	215
38	Eddie	202
39	Ricky	197
40	Phillip	196
41	Anthony	195
42	Jackie	184
43	Samuel	183
43	Tommy	183
45	Mark	180
46	Randy	169
47	Douglas	162
47	Jack	162
47	Raymond	162
50	Donnie	159
51	Ralph	157
52	Steve	155
53	Stanley	153
54	Henry	152
55	Timothy	149
56	Gregory	148
57	Randall	147
58	Wayne	139
59	Frank	137
60	Barry	133
61	Gerald	132
62	Melvin	129
63	Arthur	122
64	Fred	121
64	Rickey	121
66	Albert	118
66	Micheal	118
68	Howard	117
69	Ernest	115
70	Glenn	113
71	Clarence	111
71	Lawrence	111
73	Calvin	110
74	Bruce	109
74	Harry	109
76	Allen	103
76	Ray	103
78	Tony	100
79	Dwight	97
80	Earl	96
81	Marvin	93
82	Lonnie	91
83	Curtis	90
84	Alan	88
85	Philip	86
86	Herbert	85
87	Don	84
87	Floyd	84
89	Andrew	83
90	Darrell	81
91	Patrick	80
92	Eugene	77
92	Mike	77
94	Leonard	75
95	Clyde	74
95	Keith	74
97	Jeffrey	73
98	Dale	72
98	Lee	72
100	Clifford	69