Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,220
2	Michael	1,621
3	David	1,484
4	Robert	1,393
5	William	1,390
6	John	1,176
7	Charles	1,005
8	Terry	729
9	Richard	716
10	Mark	703
11	Gary	677
12	Thomas	676
13	Larry	668
14	Jerry	605
15	Kenneth	588
16	Ricky	587
17	Donald	527
18	Steven	504
19	Danny	493
20	Ronald	489
21	Randy	451
22	Billy	413
23	Timothy	399
24	Paul	364
25	Joseph	349

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jimmy	342
27	Bobby	338
28	Anthony	336
29	Johnny	332
30	George	327
31	Gregory	324
32	Stephen	323
33	Dennis	307
34	Steve	306
35	Ronnie	302
36	Roger	291
37	Jeffrey	274
37	Tony	274
39	Joe	267
40	Edward	255
41	Rickey	233
42	Randall	228
43	Carl	219
44	Darrell	217
45	Daniel	214
45	Tommy	214
47	Jeffery	212
48	Douglas	209
49	Eddie	200
50	Micheal	198
51	Barry	195
52	Willie	193
53	Roy	190
54	Harold	179
55	Phillip	178
56	Keith	175
57	Samuel	174
58	Walter	171
59	Mike	169
60	Stanley	165
61	Frank	156
62	Jack	152
63	Raymond	141
64	Jackie	132
65	Melvin	128
66	Donnie	126
66	Kevin	126
66	Wayne	126
69	Bruce	123
70	Gerald	116
70	Howard	116
72	Alan	110
73	Henry	107
74	Calvin	105
75	Curtis	104
76	Philip	103
76	Ray	103
76	Russell	103
79	Glenn	100
80	Marvin	99
81	Andrew	97
81	Don	97
83	Christopher	96
83	Lawrence	96
83	Ralph	96
86	Allen	94
87	Clarence	92
88	Dale	91
89	Patrick	89
90	Alvin	87
91	Fred	86
91	Scott	86
93	Garry	85
94	Albert	80
95	Jesse	79
95	Lee	79
97	Joel	78
98	Brian	76
98	Perry	76
100	Arthur	75