Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,057
2	Michael	1,606
3	David	1,486
4	William	1,262
5	Robert	1,226
6	John	1,156
7	Charles	1,062
8	Ricky	754
9	Mark	716
10	Richard	710
11	Terry	686
12	Timothy	632
13	Larry	605
14	Jerry	593
15	Gary	590
16	Kenneth	572
17	Thomas	564
18	Ronald	485
19	Donald	461
20	Randy	458
21	Danny	452
22	Steven	419
23	Anthony	383
24	Gregory	379
25	Billy	359

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	344
27	Bobby	341
28	Jeffrey	338
29	Dennis	329
29	George	329
31	Paul	311
31	Ronnie	311
33	Jimmy	310
34	Tony	306
35	Joseph	303
36	Rickey	289
37	Stephen	288
38	Mike	273
39	Steve	268
40	Roger	265
41	Joe	263
42	Randall	246
43	Edward	232
44	Jeffery	227
45	Tommy	221
46	Eddie	204
46	Roy	204
48	Carl	201
49	Darrell	197
50	Phillip	194
51	Daniel	185
52	Micheal	184
53	Willie	177
54	Douglas	173
55	Barry	170
55	Harold	170
57	Stanley	167
58	Keith	166
59	Christopher	160
59	Samuel	160
61	Walter	151
62	Kevin	146
63	Jackie	139
64	Raymond	138
65	Donnie	128
66	Frank	126
67	Jack	125
68	Tim	124
69	Brian	121
70	Bruce	117
70	Jeff	117
72	Henry	116
72	Marvin	116
74	Gerald	115
75	Wayne	111
76	Melvin	105
76	Reginald	105
78	Scott	104
79	Howard	102
80	Alan	101
80	Calvin	101
80	Don	101
83	Curtis	100
84	Ralph	99
85	Ernest	97
85	Glenn	97
87	Philip	96
87	Russell	96
89	Albert	90
90	Allen	88
91	Ray	87
92	Clarence	82
92	Rodney	82
94	Joel	81
94	Lawrence	81
96	Andrew	77
96	Fred	77
98	Eric	76
99	Timmy	75
100	Dale	74
100	Kenny	74