Tennessee · 1937

Top 100 names in Tennessee, 1937, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,742
#2	Betty	1,340
#3	Barbara	1,006
#4	Shirley	920
#5	Dorothy	631
#6	Peggy	465
#7	Martha	458
#8	Margaret	423
#9	Nancy	416
#10	Helen	365
#11	Joyce	359
#12	Patricia	359
#13	Frances	286
#14	Carolyn	285
#15	Doris	281
#16	Wilma	273
#17	Virginia	272
#18	Ruby	266
#19	Elizabeth	257
#20	Patsy	251
#21	Wanda	247
#22	Mildred	236
#23	Norma	228
#24	Evelyn	214
#25	Annie	213
#26	Anna	204
#27	Shelby	195
#28	Bobbie	192
#29	Jo	184
#30	Ruth	181
#31	Alice	170
#32	Ann	170
#33	Edna	162
#34	Sarah	160
#35	Jean	158
#36	Charlotte	146
#37	Emma	146
#38	Billie	144
#39	Thelma	141
#40	Juanita	133
#41	Joan	131
#42	Louise	131
#43	Lois	131
#44	Willie	130
#45	Linda	121
#46	Margie	121
#47	Sylvia	120
#48	Clara	119
#49	Bonnie	116
#50	Hazel	115
#51	Phyllis	114
#52	Sue	110
#53	Jane	107
#54	Marie	105
#55	Beverly	103
#56	Carol	100
#57	Gloria	100
#58	Gladys	98
#59	Joann	97
#60	Georgia	97
#61	Lillie	96
#62	Mattie	96
#63	Katherine	96
#64	Sandra	95
#65	Marjorie	93
#66	Edith	92
#67	Alma	91
#68	Nellie	91
#69	Ella	90
#70	Janice	90
#71	Ethel	89
#72	Geraldine	89
#73	June	87
#74	Bettye	84
#75	Sara	83
#76	Eva	83
#77	Rebecca	82
#78	Glenda	79
#79	Bessie	79
#80	Bertha	79
#81	Pauline	78
#82	Reba	77
#83	Geneva	76
#84	Minnie	75
#85	Jessie	72
#86	Loretta	72
#87	Lucille	71
#88	Lillian	71
#89	Laura	70
#90	Rose	69
#91	Eleanor	68
#92	Bernice	65
#93	Faye	62
#94	Christine	62
#95	Velma	61
#96	Marilyn	60
#97	Johnnie	60
#98	Lula	58
#99	Grace	56
#100	Bettie	56

Uniquely popular in Tennessee

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Geburten	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Robbie	45	17	3
Bettye	84	32	6
Reba	77	29	6
Bobby	24	9	2
Nannie	25	9	2
Iva	41	15	4
Bobbie	192	72	18
Shelby	195	74	19
Polly	36	14	3
Jewell	31	12	3
Freddie	23	9	2
Wilma	273	103	28

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.