Tennessee · 1938

Top 100 names in Tennessee, 1938, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,831
#2	Betty	1,333
#3	Barbara	1,076
#4	Shirley	915
#5	Dorothy	603
#6	Peggy	491
#7	Nancy	485
#8	Martha	443
#9	Margaret	442
#10	Carolyn	416
#11	Joyce	388
#12	Patricia	370
#13	Helen	351
#14	Doris	322
#15	Wanda	318
#16	Frances	293
#17	Patsy	262
#18	Virginia	261
#19	Elizabeth	248
#20	Norma	243
#21	Linda	231
#22	Ruby	231
#23	Wilma	219
#24	Anna	212
#25	Mildred	205
#26	Ruth	194
#27	Annie	193
#28	Alice	193
#29	Jo	192
#30	Evelyn	192
#31	Shelby	173
#32	Sarah	170
#33	Edna	166
#34	Ann	164
#35	Bobbie	160
#36	Janice	156
#37	Lois	150
#38	Charlotte	149
#39	Thelma	145
#40	Billie	143
#41	Jean	139
#42	Emma	138
#43	Juanita	132
#44	Sandra	131
#45	Jane	128
#46	Carol	125
#47	Clara	124
#48	Sylvia	122
#49	Phyllis	122
#50	Bonnie	121
#51	Sue	112
#52	Louise	109
#53	Hazel	104
#54	Alma	103
#55	Willie	103
#56	Mattie	102
#57	Geraldine	100
#58	Margie	100
#59	Beverly	99
#60	Sara	97
#61	Edith	96
#62	Joan	96
#63	Reba	94
#64	Bettye	94
#65	Rebecca	93
#66	Georgia	93
#67	Gladys	91
#68	Katherine	90
#69	Nellie	90
#70	Joann	89
#71	Gloria	86
#72	June	85
#73	Ella	84
#74	Marie	83
#75	Minnie	83
#76	Laura	79
#77	Faye	78
#78	Marjorie	77
#79	Donna	75
#80	Jessie	74
#81	Rosie	73
#82	Lillie	73
#83	Marilyn	72
#84	Ethel	72
#85	Loretta	72
#86	Glenda	71
#87	Rose	70
#88	Eva	68
#89	Lillian	67
#90	Julia	66
#91	Anne	64
#92	Robbie	63
#93	Geneva	63
#94	Christine	63
#95	Bessie	63
#96	Judy	62
#97	Cora	62
#98	Bertha	61
#99	Pauline	60
#100	Judith	60

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	24	9	1
Robbie	63	23	3
Reba	94	35	5
Jewell	51	19	3
Peggie	24	9	2
Bettye	94	35	7
Joe	29	11	2
Imogene	50	18	4
Shelby	173	64	16
Nannie	20	7	2
Jewel	34	13	3
Iva	34	13	3

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.