Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,495
2	Michael	1,536
3	William	1,511
4	Robert	1,495
5	David	1,473
6	John	1,328
7	Charles	1,245
8	Larry	1,039
9	Richard	853
10	Jerry	811
11	Gary	797
12	Thomas	756
13	Donald	589
14	Kenneth	574
15	Ronald	542
16	Terry	506
17	Danny	458
18	Steven	441
19	Roger	438
20	Billy	416
21	Dennis	399
22	Johnny	385
23	George	383
24	Bobby	375
25	Stephen	369

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	358
26	Paul	358
28	Jimmy	329
29	Ronnie	325
30	Edward	308
31	Ricky	273
32	Mark	262
33	Joe	261
34	Willie	247
35	Randy	243
35	Roy	243
37	Walter	230
38	Carl	227
39	Daniel	223
40	Anthony	218
41	Eddie	190
42	Douglas	188
42	Steve	188
44	Samuel	186
45	Harold	185
46	Jackie	182
47	Phillip	181
48	Tommy	180
49	Timothy	175
50	Gregory	171
51	Henry	164
51	Stanley	164
53	Jack	163
54	Randall	161
54	Raymond	161
56	Frank	159
57	Donnie	152
58	Micheal	150
58	Rickey	150
60	Ralph	147
61	Wayne	146
62	Barry	143
63	Melvin	139
63	Tony	139
65	Clarence	128
66	Fred	117
67	Albert	114
68	Dwight	113
68	Marvin	113
70	Ernest	112
70	Howard	112
70	Jeffrey	112
73	Bruce	111
73	Darrell	111
75	Glenn	109
76	Andrew	103
76	Gerald	103
78	Calvin	101
79	Philip	100
80	Eugene	96
81	Allen	94
82	Curtis	91
83	Alan	89
84	Don	88
84	Earl	88
84	Garry	88
84	Harry	88
88	Lawrence	85
89	Ray	84
90	Arthur	83
91	Herbert	82
92	Lee	81
93	Dale	77
93	Leonard	77
95	Keith	76
95	Patrick	76
97	Clifford	74
98	Lonnie	71
99	Alvin	70
100	Freddie	69