Tennessee · 1917

Top 100 names in Tennessee, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,744
#2	Margaret	482
#3	Dorothy	459
#4	Ruth	457
#5	Mildred	434
#6	Ruby	433
#7	Helen	386
#8	Frances	366
#9	Annie	363
#10	Martha	324
#11	Virginia	318
#12	Louise	314
#13	Elizabeth	313
#14	Willie	283
#15	Gladys	280
#16	Edith	271
#17	Hazel	253
#18	Edna	252
#19	Thelma	252
#20	Anna	242
#21	Pauline	236
#22	Mattie	227
#23	Evelyn	222
#24	Sarah	217
#25	Lucille	207
#26	Lillian	196
#27	Emma	192
#28	Ethel	190
#29	Irene	185
#30	Katherine	178
#31	Clara	174
#32	Myrtle	174
#33	Alice	168
#34	Nellie	161
#35	Grace	158
#36	Minnie	158
#37	Bessie	150
#38	Georgia	150
#39	Pearl	145
#40	Marie	143
#41	Lillie	142
#42	Geneva	136
#43	Ida	135
#44	Beatrice	133
#45	Jessie	130
#46	Lena	126
#47	Bonnie	125
#48	Bertha	125
#49	Eva	122
#50	Elsie	122
#51	Lois	117
#52	Alma	115
#53	Laura	114
#54	Beulah	113
#55	Fannie	113
#56	Hattie	109
#57	Ella	108
#58	Lula	108
#59	Sara	101
#60	Christine	99
#61	Carrie	97
#62	Maggie	97
#63	Juanita	96
#64	Viola	95
#65	Florence	95
#66	Velma	94
#67	Opal	92
#68	Mamie	90
#69	Julia	86
#70	Josephine	85
#71	Betty	83
#72	Flora	83
#73	Nell	83
#74	Mabel	83
#75	Catherine	82
#76	Mable	80
#77	Ada	80
#78	Gertrude	79
#79	Wilma	79
#80	Lucy	78
#81	Nancy	77
#82	Bernice	76
#83	Vera	75
#84	Marjorie	75
#85	Nannie	73
#86	Cora	73
#87	Mae	72
#88	Ollie	71
#89	Agnes	70
#90	Rose	69
#91	Stella	69
#92	Rosa	65
#93	Lola	65
#94	Lorene	65
#95	Ann	64
#96	Dora	63
#97	Doris	63
#98	Eunice	62
#99	Kathryn	62
#100	Nora	62

Uniquely popular in Tennessee

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

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Trula	21	9	0
Lennie	20	8	1
Nelle	33	14	2
Robbie	34	14	2
Rubye	33	14	2
Nannie	73	30	6
Callie	40	16	3
Dovie	26	11	2
Nell	83	34	7
Bonnie	125	51	11
Frankie	37	15	3
Birdie	23	9	2

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.