Tennessee · 1934

Top 100 names in Tennessee, 1934, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,958
#2	Betty	1,532
#3	Dorothy	797
#4	Barbara	714
#5	Martha	485
#6	Helen	466
#7	Peggy	430
#8	Margaret	413
#9	Shirley	357
#10	Joyce	356
#11	Ruby	340
#12	Frances	337
#13	Mildred	334
#14	Doris	333
#15	Virginia	324
#16	Nancy	300
#17	Ruth	271
#18	Anna	264
#19	Annie	257
#20	Elizabeth	253
#21	Wilma	239
#22	Evelyn	237
#23	Wanda	231
#24	Bobbie	222
#25	Norma	209
#26	Carolyn	203
#27	Patricia	200
#28	Edna	197
#29	Billie	196
#30	Thelma	191
#31	Lois	173
#32	Jo	173
#33	Sarah	168
#34	Jean	167
#35	Alice	161
#36	Gladys	159
#37	Louise	158
#38	Clara	157
#39	Juanita	155
#40	Willie	152
#41	Bonnie	151
#42	Ann	147
#43	Bettye	143
#44	Edith	132
#45	Joan	132
#46	Patsy	132
#47	Pauline	130
#48	Alma	127
#49	Hazel	127
#50	Katherine	125
#51	Emma	122
#52	Lillian	118
#53	Georgia	113
#54	Marie	110
#55	Charlotte	110
#56	Eva	108
#57	Marjorie	105
#58	Margie	105
#59	Sue	104
#60	Mattie	101
#61	Reba	99
#62	Christine	99
#63	Nellie	98
#64	Ethel	97
#65	Sara	93
#66	Geraldine	93
#67	Jane	91
#68	Minnie	90
#69	Geneva	89
#70	Bessie	88
#71	Lillie	87
#72	Gloria	86
#73	June	86
#74	Imogene	85
#75	Joann	84
#76	Jessie	84
#77	Laura	83
#78	Sylvia	79
#79	Velma	78
#80	Ella	75
#81	Vivian	74
#82	Elsie	72
#83	Catherine	70
#84	Myrtle	70
#85	Lucille	69
#86	Dorthy	68
#87	Irene	67
#88	Josephine	66
#89	Opal	66
#90	Lena	65
#91	Ida	65
#92	Rebecca	65
#93	Rosie	65
#94	Stella	65
#95	Maxine	63
#96	Carol	61
#97	Beulah	60
#98	Hattie	58
#99	Jimmie	57
#100	Maggie	57

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
Bettye	143	53	7
Robbie	57	21	3
Reba	99	37	6
Dorris	22	8	1
Peggie	22	8	2
Bobby	30	11	2
Dorthy	68	25	6
Imogene	85	32	7
Freddie	24	9	2
Allie	21	8	2
Jewell	44	16	4
Bobbie	222	83	21

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.