Tennessee · 1928

Top 100 names in Tennessee, 1928, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,116
#2	Dorothy	1,025
#3	Betty	903
#4	Helen	521
#5	Mildred	515
#6	Margaret	510
#7	Martha	491
#8	Frances	443
#9	Virginia	430
#10	Ruby	426
#11	Ruth	389
#12	Annie	319
#13	Evelyn	303
#14	Elizabeth	294
#15	Doris	273
#16	Anna	269
#17	Louise	259
#18	Willie	256
#19	Gladys	231
#20	Edna	226
#21	Juanita	223
#22	Sarah	216
#23	Thelma	215
#24	Hazel	196
#25	Pauline	188
#26	Wilma	185
#27	Lois	182
#28	Edith	182
#29	Marie	181
#30	Barbara	177
#31	Jean	174
#32	Mattie	170
#33	Clara	168
#34	Katherine	156
#35	Emma	156
#36	Billie	151
#37	Lucille	148
#38	Alice	145
#39	Lillian	145
#40	Geneva	140
#41	Nancy	132
#42	Alma	132
#43	Peggy	132
#44	Marjorie	132
#45	Bonnie	131
#46	Ethel	130
#47	Georgia	130
#48	Eva	127
#49	Irene	125
#50	Minnie	124
#51	Bessie	124
#52	Christine	124
#53	Wanda	121
#54	Joyce	120
#55	Ella	115
#56	Jessie	115
#57	Lillie	114
#58	Nellie	112
#59	Velma	104
#60	Myrtle	104
#61	Sara	103
#62	Laura	103
#63	Imogene	101
#64	Opal	100
#65	Bernice	99
#66	Margie	98
#67	Norma	98
#68	Reba	96
#69	June	96
#70	Ann	92
#71	Elsie	90
#72	Bettye	88
#73	Bertha	88
#74	Beatrice	88
#75	Geraldine	88
#76	Jane	87
#77	Cora	86
#78	Bobbie	84
#79	Carolyn	82
#80	Grace	81
#81	Ida	81
#82	Josephine	79
#83	Catherine	78
#84	Fannie	77
#85	Lena	76
#86	Rosa	75
#87	Hattie	74
#88	Pearl	73
#89	Agnes	72
#90	Patricia	72
#91	Mable	72
#92	Lucy	71
#93	Mamie	71
#94	Beulah	71
#95	Kathleen	70
#96	Vera	68
#97	Maxine	67
#98	Jewell	67
#99	Rose	67
#100	Johnnie	66

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	8	0
Robbie	48	18	3
Bettye	88	33	6
Reba	96	36	6
Callie	27	10	2
Jewell	67	25	6
Nannie	41	15	4
Joe	20	7	2
Reva	25	9	2
Emogene	22	8	2
Nell	43	16	4
Georgie	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.