Tennessee · 1939

Top 100 names in Tennessee, 1939, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,734
#2	Betty	1,245
#3	Barbara	975
#4	Shirley	827
#5	Dorothy	557
#6	Martha	508
#7	Peggy	484
#8	Patricia	458
#9	Nancy	452
#10	Margaret	449
#11	Carolyn	412
#12	Joyce	398
#13	Wanda	392
#14	Linda	361
#15	Helen	334
#16	Virginia	289
#17	Elizabeth	275
#18	Doris	269
#19	Norma	261
#20	Patsy	257
#21	Wilma	256
#22	Frances	247
#23	Ruby	234
#24	Anna	222
#25	Mildred	210
#26	Jo	192
#27	Sarah	190
#28	Evelyn	186
#29	Janice	180
#30	Annie	174
#31	Alice	171
#32	Ruth	165
#33	Sandra	163
#34	Bobbie	157
#35	Charlotte	156
#36	Edna	149
#37	Judith	149
#38	Carol	144
#39	Judy	144
#40	Lois	143
#41	Juanita	141
#42	Phyllis	136
#43	Emma	132
#44	Thelma	130
#45	Ann	130
#46	Shelby	126
#47	Jean	126
#48	Sue	124
#49	Sylvia	123
#50	Billie	121
#51	Clara	118
#52	Willie	117
#53	Hazel	116
#54	Glenda	114
#55	Margie	108
#56	Bonnie	108
#57	Beverly	108
#58	Joan	108
#59	Jane	107
#60	Edith	107
#61	Rebecca	104
#62	Gladys	99
#63	Marjorie	97
#64	Louise	97
#65	Marie	96
#66	Bettye	95
#67	Marilyn	95
#68	Alma	94
#69	Joann	93
#70	Julia	91
#71	Sara	91
#72	Laura	90
#73	Faye	89
#74	Gloria	89
#75	Donna	88
#76	Geraldine	88
#77	Reba	85
#78	Georgia	85
#79	Ethel	84
#80	Ella	84
#81	Eva	83
#82	Mattie	83
#83	Katherine	80
#84	Nellie	79
#85	Lillian	76
#86	Delores	71
#87	Eleanor	69
#88	Loretta	69
#89	Rachel	68
#90	Johnnie	68
#91	Geneva	67
#92	Christine	66
#93	Bessie	66
#94	Brenda	65
#95	Bertha	65
#96	Pauline	65
#97	June	64
#98	Jessie	63
#99	Josephine	62
#100	Minnie	61

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
Reba	85	31	5
Robbie	46	17	3
Bettye	95	35	6
Imogene	46	17	4
Jewell	33	12	3
Shelby	126	46	11
Virgie	29	11	3
Peggie	21	8	2
Frankie	47	17	4
Wilma	256	94	25
Bobbie	157	58	15
Wanda	392	144	42

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.