Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,405
2	David	1,625
3	Michael	1,612
4	William	1,460
5	Robert	1,443
6	John	1,289
7	Charles	1,108
8	Larry	811
9	Gary	799
10	Richard	791
11	Thomas	751
12	Jerry	692
13	Terry	663
14	Steven	579
15	Kenneth	574
16	Donald	553
17	Ronald	542
18	Danny	539
19	Ricky	478
20	Mark	446
21	Billy	422
22	Stephen	409
23	Johnny	402
24	Dennis	400
24	George	400

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Randy	372
27	Joseph	354
28	Paul	348
29	Roger	343
30	Ronnie	319
31	Bobby	318
32	Jimmy	303
33	Anthony	299
33	Timothy	299
35	Edward	298
36	Joe	273
37	Gregory	258
38	Roy	244
39	Steve	243
40	Carl	224
41	Daniel	223
42	Randall	220
43	Willie	219
44	Jeffrey	216
45	Harold	214
46	Rickey	202
47	Walter	197
48	Frank	190
48	Tommy	190
50	Micheal	189
51	Eddie	185
52	Phillip	184
53	Stanley	183
54	Douglas	169
55	Samuel	168
56	Jack	163
56	Tony	163
58	Darrell	159
59	Barry	155
60	Jackie	152
61	Raymond	144
62	Donnie	141
63	Wayne	139
64	Gerald	137
64	Henry	137
64	Marvin	137
67	Melvin	135
67	Ralph	135
69	Bruce	132
70	Keith	128
71	Jeffery	127
72	Howard	123
73	Alan	116
74	Arthur	114
75	Calvin	109
76	Glenn	108
77	Ernest	99
77	Russell	99
79	Albert	98
79	Fred	98
81	Curtis	95
82	Dwight	94
83	Andrew	93
83	Philip	93
85	Lawrence	92
86	Allen	90
86	Christopher	90
86	Clarence	90
86	Eugene	90
90	Kevin	87
91	Earl	86
91	Ray	86
93	Don	84
93	Garry	84
95	Mike	82
96	Patrick	81
97	Harry	80
98	Dale	79
99	Lee	78
100	Lonnie	75
100	Rodney	75