Tennessee · 1918

Top 100 names in Tennessee, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,909
#2	Margaret	600
#3	Ruby	520
#4	Mildred	506
#5	Dorothy	475
#6	Ruth	457
#7	Helen	403
#8	Frances	374
#9	Virginia	368
#10	Martha	365
#11	Willie	334
#12	Annie	329
#13	Louise	327
#14	Elizabeth	318
#15	Gladys	308
#16	Hazel	296
#17	Edith	278
#18	Anna	274
#19	Edna	273
#20	Pauline	266
#21	Evelyn	252
#22	Sarah	246
#23	Thelma	236
#24	Mattie	201
#25	Lucille	196
#26	Marie	195
#27	Ethel	181
#28	Jessie	177
#29	Nellie	176
#30	Lillian	175
#31	Clara	174
#32	Lillie	174
#33	Bessie	171
#34	Emma	169
#35	Grace	167
#36	Myrtle	162
#37	Irene	160
#38	Alice	159
#39	Katherine	158
#40	Minnie	155
#41	Eva	148
#42	Georgia	146
#43	Beatrice	145
#44	Alma	137
#45	Ida	137
#46	Bertha	131
#47	Ella	130
#48	Lula	129
#49	Laura	126
#50	Pearl	123
#51	Beulah	119
#52	Lois	118
#53	Geneva	115
#54	Bernice	112
#55	Juanita	110
#56	Opal	109
#57	Elsie	107
#58	Mabel	106
#59	Betty	106
#60	Fannie	105
#61	Florence	104
#62	Stella	101
#63	Lena	100
#64	Maggie	99
#65	Christine	99
#66	Lucy	99
#67	Wilma	98
#68	Hattie	98
#69	Mable	97
#70	Bonnie	96
#71	Mae	95
#72	Mamie	94
#73	Nancy	92
#74	Velma	91
#75	Marjorie	89
#76	Josephine	89
#77	Gertrude	89
#78	Johnnie	88
#79	Eula	85
#80	Carrie	84
#81	Sara	83
#82	Ada	82
#83	Catherine	78
#84	Julia	77
#85	Kathleen	75
#86	Agnes	74
#87	Cora	73
#88	Lorene	73
#89	Vera	72
#90	Nannie	71
#91	Reba	71
#92	Nell	69
#93	Ellen	68
#94	Jane	68
#95	Flora	68
#96	Ollie	67
#97	Nora	66
#98	Susie	66
#99	Rachel	65
#100	Jennie	65

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
Rubye	44	17	2
Robbie	51	20	3
Nelle	23	9	1
Nannie	71	28	5
Bobbie	29	11	2
Birdie	28	11	2
Allie	45	18	4
Reba	71	28	6
Nell	69	27	6
Lou	37	14	3
Tommie	26	10	2
Johnnie	88	34	8

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.