Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,929
2	David	1,487
3	Michael	1,478
4	Robert	1,143
5	William	1,128
6	John	1,056
7	Mark	888
8	Charles	856
9	Timothy	718
10	Jeffrey	646
11	Terry	621
12	Kenneth	593
13	Ricky	564
14	Richard	544
15	Gary	523
16	Thomas	515
17	Jerry	503
18	Gregory	454
19	Anthony	442
20	Donald	430
21	Steven	423
22	Larry	416
23	Danny	400
24	Billy	391
25	Tony	387

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffery	381
27	Ronald	376
28	Randy	373
29	Johnny	355
30	Jimmy	346
31	Paul	339
32	Bobby	333
33	Joseph	302
33	Roger	302
35	Ronnie	285
36	Christopher	271
37	Kevin	259
38	Jeff	255
39	Stephen	252
40	Dennis	248
41	Steve	236
42	Barry	234
43	George	231
44	Randall	230
45	Keith	226
46	Mike	217
47	Phillip	206
48	Tommy	195
49	Daniel	190
50	Douglas	189
51	Edward	188
52	Carl	187
53	Darrell	186
54	Joe	183
55	Tim	176
56	Eddie	172
57	Willie	154
58	Scott	153
59	Rickey	152
60	Stanley	150
61	Micheal	148
61	Roy	148
63	Darryl	146
64	Harold	145
65	Eric	141
65	Samuel	141
67	Brian	140
68	Alan	137
69	Chris	136
70	Jackie	124
71	Frank	122
71	Russell	122
73	Raymond	119
74	Walter	115
75	Allen	114
76	Curtis	110
77	Reginald	108
78	Timmy	106
79	Bruce	103
80	Andrew	102
80	Dale	102
82	Donnie	99
82	Greg	99
82	Patrick	99
85	Gerald	98
85	Jack	98
87	Glenn	96
88	Rodney	95
89	Victor	93
90	Calvin	90
91	Joel	87
92	Dwayne	85
92	Henry	85
92	Howard	85
92	Marvin	85
92	Wayne	85
97	Tracy	84
98	Melvin	82
98	Ralph	82
100	Don	80
100	Troy	80