Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,241
2	Michael	1,652
3	David	1,514
4	William	1,476
5	Robert	1,391
6	John	1,171
7	Charles	1,064
8	Larry	812
9	Gary	764
10	Richard	683
11	Kenneth	662
12	Terry	627
13	Thomas	626
14	Jerry	613
15	Mark	593
16	Ronald	588
17	Steven	585
18	Donald	583
19	Ricky	532
20	Danny	469
21	Randy	431
22	Billy	422
23	Dennis	368
23	Johnny	368
25	Paul	365

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bobby	362
27	Stephen	361
28	George	349
29	Timothy	348
30	Joseph	329
31	Anthony	327
31	Jimmy	327
33	Edward	326
34	Roger	318
35	Gregory	300
36	Ronnie	294
37	Steve	268
38	Rickey	265
39	Joe	260
40	Willie	244
41	Daniel	242
42	Randall	237
43	Jeffrey	230
44	Carl	225
45	Douglas	206
46	Stanley	204
47	Roy	202
48	Tony	200
49	Barry	198
49	Walter	198
51	Micheal	184
52	Samuel	175
53	Phillip	172
54	Jeffery	168
55	Eddie	166
56	Frank	165
57	Harold	160
58	Jack	158
59	Raymond	156
60	Darrell	154
61	Wayne	152
62	Bruce	149
63	Jackie	146
63	Tommy	146
65	Keith	139
66	Ralph	131
67	Gerald	126
68	Howard	123
69	Marvin	121
70	Melvin	120
71	Alan	118
71	Glenn	118
73	Kevin	117
74	Calvin	116
75	Henry	114
76	Christopher	109
76	Don	109
78	Donnie	108
79	Clarence	106
79	Philip	106
79	Russell	106
82	Mike	103
83	Fred	99
83	Lawrence	99
85	Curtis	96
86	Dale	95
87	Patrick	94
88	Dwight	93
89	Garry	92
90	Ray	90
91	Andrew	87
91	Lee	87
93	Joel	86
94	Ernest	85
94	Reginald	85
96	Allen	83
97	Albert	82
98	Clyde	80
99	Harry	79
99	Lonnie	79