Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,023
2	David	1,523
3	Michael	1,489
4	William	1,273
5	Robert	1,143
6	John	1,138
7	Charles	927
8	Mark	819
9	Ricky	810
10	Timothy	694
11	Terry	686
12	Richard	622
13	Kenneth	597
14	Larry	583
14	Thomas	583
16	Gary	549
17	Jerry	534
18	Steven	454
19	Jeffrey	449
20	Ronald	413
21	Donald	411
22	Billy	404
23	Gregory	392
24	Danny	388
25	Randy	377

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	369
27	Johnny	348
28	Jimmy	343
29	Bobby	336
30	Tony	327
31	Joseph	314
32	Paul	312
33	Steve	309
34	Dennis	304
35	Rickey	283
36	George	271
37	Jeffery	263
38	Roger	251
39	Ronnie	248
39	Stephen	248
41	Mike	239
42	Joe	230
42	Randall	230
44	Barry	213
44	Tommy	213
46	Edward	211
47	Phillip	204
48	Keith	200
49	Douglas	189
50	Eddie	188
51	Tim	187
52	Carl	185
53	Daniel	184
54	Willie	178
55	Kevin	172
56	Micheal	170
57	Darrell	168
58	Jeff	163
59	Christopher	159
60	Roy	154
61	Stanley	153
62	Walter	151
63	Samuel	142
64	Eric	136
65	Donnie	134
66	Wayne	130
67	Brian	128
68	Harold	126
69	Jackie	123
70	Raymond	122
71	Frank	121
72	Reginald	118
73	Bruce	117
74	Philip	116
75	Scott	114
76	Andrew	111
76	Marvin	111
78	Jack	109
79	Gerald	106
80	Timmy	105
81	Russell	104
82	Melvin	103
83	Henry	101
83	Ralph	101
85	Allen	98
86	Calvin	95
87	Alan	94
88	Curtis	92
88	Howard	92
90	Chris	91
91	Dale	86
92	Clarence	85
92	Lawrence	85
94	Fred	81
94	Greg	81
94	Rodney	81
97	Kenny	78
98	Ray	76
99	Albert	75
99	Earl	75
99	Lee	75
99	Patrick	75