Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,512
2	Michael	1,607
3	William	1,596
4	David	1,550
5	Robert	1,480
6	John	1,340
7	Charles	1,195
8	Larry	990
9	Gary	923
10	Richard	800
11	Thomas	744
12	Jerry	728
13	Donald	630
14	Terry	615
15	Ronald	614
16	Danny	584
17	Kenneth	544
18	Steven	540
19	Billy	416
20	Stephen	408
21	George	385
22	Roger	377
23	Johnny	372
24	Dennis	363
24	Paul	363

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bobby	359
27	Mark	353
28	Ricky	344
28	Ronnie	344
30	Jimmy	333
31	Joseph	326
32	Edward	304
33	Joe	279
34	Daniel	278
35	Randy	267
36	Willie	260
37	Anthony	249
37	Carl	249
37	Steve	249
40	Roy	248
41	Gregory	217
41	Timothy	217
43	Phillip	216
44	Stanley	209
45	Douglas	206
46	Harold	205
47	Walter	203
48	Eddie	202
49	Samuel	192
50	Rickey	184
50	Tommy	184
52	Barry	177
52	Randall	177
54	Jackie	173
55	Donnie	169
56	Tony	168
57	Jack	167
58	Frank	161
59	Micheal	159
60	Raymond	155
61	Howard	150
62	Darrell	149
63	Jeffrey	146
64	Wayne	145
65	Henry	141
66	Melvin	138
67	Gerald	133
68	Bruce	125
69	Ralph	123
70	Marvin	122
71	Calvin	118
72	Keith	115
73	Ray	114
74	Clarence	111
75	Fred	107
76	Curtis	106
77	Glenn	104
78	Andrew	103
78	Lawrence	103
80	Ernest	102
81	Allen	99
81	Patrick	99
83	Philip	94
84	Albert	90
84	Dale	90
86	Arthur	89
87	Alan	88
87	Jeffery	88
89	Earl	86
89	Harry	86
89	Lee	86
89	Lonnie	86
93	Clyde	85
93	Garry	85
95	Rodney	83
96	Russell	82
97	Eugene	81
97	Herbert	81
97	Unknown	81
100	Kevin	79