Tennessee · 1924

Top 100 names in Tennessee, 1924, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,474
#2	Dorothy	967
#3	Margaret	707
#4	Mildred	641
#5	Helen	606
#6	Frances	541
#7	Ruby	541
#8	Ruth	523
#9	Martha	507
#10	Virginia	424
#11	Betty	405
#12	Annie	393
#13	Evelyn	346
#14	Willie	335
#15	Gladys	328
#16	Anna	325
#17	Louise	317
#18	Elizabeth	317
#19	Edna	288
#20	Hazel	275
#21	Edith	263
#22	Thelma	260
#23	Pauline	256
#24	Sarah	237
#25	Juanita	221
#26	Doris	209
#27	Lillian	205
#28	Lois	202
#29	Mattie	200
#30	Clara	199
#31	Katherine	195
#32	Emma	193
#33	Marie	189
#34	Alice	183
#35	Georgia	178
#36	Ethel	177
#37	Wilma	176
#38	Irene	167
#39	Bessie	155
#40	Lucille	154
#41	Geneva	153
#42	Nellie	153
#43	Minnie	151
#44	Marjorie	147
#45	Alma	147
#46	Myrtle	139
#47	Lillie	139
#48	Christine	139
#49	Beatrice	138
#50	Opal	136
#51	Jessie	135
#52	Eva	132
#53	Ella	132
#54	Nancy	132
#55	Laura	129
#56	Bonnie	126
#57	Grace	120
#58	Elsie	117
#59	Bertha	116
#60	Ida	114
#61	Bernice	114
#62	Jean	110
#63	Geraldine	109
#64	Agnes	107
#65	Beulah	103
#66	Florence	102
#67	Sara	101
#68	Margie	101
#69	Mable	100
#70	Josephine	99
#71	Maggie	99
#72	June	99
#73	Pearl	99
#74	Catherine	98
#75	Mae	96
#76	Velma	94
#77	Julia	90
#78	Lula	88
#79	Eula	88
#80	Carrie	87
#81	Hattie	86
#82	Reba	84
#83	Kathleen	84
#84	Cora	84
#85	Mamie	84
#86	Lucy	83
#87	Vera	82
#88	Jewel	81
#89	Ann	81
#90	Jane	81
#91	Barbara	80
#92	Jewell	79
#93	Fannie	79
#94	Johnnie	78
#95	Lena	77
#96	Imogene	76
#97	Ellen	75
#98	Rachel	74
#99	Mabel	73
#100	Kathryn	71

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
Dimple	23	8	1
Robbie	53	18	3
Rubye	32	11	2
Lona	20	7	1
Freddie	24	8	2
Cecil	20	7	1
Maudie	33	11	2
Reba	84	28	6
Bettye	45	15	4
Callie	32	11	3
Nell	63	21	5
Jewel	81	27	7

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.