Tennessee · 1942

Top 100 names in Tennessee, 1942, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,867
#2	Betty	1,134
#3	Barbara	1,083
#4	Linda	1,049
#5	Patricia	762
#6	Carolyn	753
#7	Shirley	734
#8	Joyce	579
#9	Martha	532
#10	Dorothy	525
#11	Nancy	508
#12	Peggy	499
#13	Brenda	473
#14	Sandra	452
#15	Wanda	426
#16	Margaret	406
#17	Judy	383
#18	Elizabeth	327
#19	Virginia	315
#20	Patsy	310
#21	Helen	304
#22	Frances	285
#23	Doris	274
#24	Judith	254
#25	Carol	231
#26	Janice	230
#27	Phyllis	226
#28	Norma	225
#29	Sarah	221
#30	Wilma	208
#31	Glenda	207
#32	Mildred	203
#33	Jo	201
#34	Charlotte	199
#35	Alice	191
#36	Anna	182
#37	Ruby	180
#38	Evelyn	177
#39	Annie	176
#40	Bonnie	175
#41	Ruth	160
#42	Donna	160
#43	Edna	158
#44	Billie	157
#45	Ann	156
#46	Gloria	156
#47	Bobbie	154
#48	Rebecca	148
#49	Beverly	145
#50	Lois	145
#51	Joan	137
#52	Jane	135
#53	Jean	127
#54	Geraldine	123
#55	Juanita	122
#56	Thelma	122
#57	Emma	116
#58	Katherine	110
#59	Sue	110
#60	Clara	109
#61	Margie	105
#62	Willie	104
#63	Marie	103
#64	Hazel	101
#65	Gladys	100
#66	Louise	99
#67	Rose	99
#68	Sara	97
#69	Georgia	95
#70	Julia	94
#71	Sylvia	93
#72	Marilyn	91
#73	Faye	90
#74	Janet	89
#75	Carole	88
#76	Eva	84
#77	Alma	82
#78	Edith	82
#79	Mattie	81
#80	Minnie	81
#81	Sharon	81
#82	Nellie	80
#83	Lynda	78
#84	Bettye	77
#85	Johnnie	76
#86	Joann	75
#87	Ella	75
#88	Vivian	75
#89	Kay	74
#90	Susan	73
#91	Laura	73
#92	Delores	73
#93	Lillie	72
#94	Reba	71
#95	Bessie	67
#96	Rita	67
#97	Diane	66
#98	Pauline	66
#99	Lillian	66
#100	Rosie	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
Robbie	51	16	2
Reba	71	23	4
Jewell	48	15	3
Bettye	77	25	5
Frankie	54	17	4
Imogene	27	9	2
Delois	21	7	2
Bobbie	154	49	12
Shelby	54	17	4
Wanda	426	136	35
Billie	157	50	14
Opal	38	12	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.