Tennessee ★ 1917

Top names in Tennessee, 1917

Mary led for girls with 1,744 babies ; James for boys with 1,778. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,744
2	Margaret	482
3	Dorothy	459
4	Ruth	457
5	Mildred	434
6	Ruby	433
7	Helen	386
8	Frances	366
9	Annie	363
10	Martha	324
11	Virginia	318
12	Louise	314
13	Elizabeth	313
14	Willie	283
15	Gladys	280
16	Edith	271
17	Hazel	253
18	Edna	252
18	Thelma	252
20	Anna	242
21	Pauline	236
22	Mattie	227
23	Evelyn	222
24	Sarah	217
25	Lucille	207
26	Lillian	196
27	Emma	192
28	Ethel	190
29	Irene	185
30	Katherine	178
31	Clara	174
31	Myrtle	174
33	Alice	168
34	Nellie	161
35	Grace	158
35	Minnie	158
37	Bessie	150
37	Georgia	150
39	Pearl	145
40	Marie	143
41	Lillie	142
42	Geneva	136
43	Ida	135
44	Beatrice	133
45	Jessie	130
46	Lena	126
47	Bertha	125
47	Bonnie	125
49	Elsie	122
49	Eva	122
51	Lois	117
52	Alma	115
53	Laura	114
54	Beulah	113
54	Fannie	113
56	Hattie	109
57	Ella	108
57	Lula	108
59	Sara	101
60	Christine	99
61	Carrie	97
61	Maggie	97
63	Juanita	96
64	Florence	95
64	Viola	95
66	Velma	94
67	Opal	92
68	Mamie	90
69	Julia	86
70	Josephine	85
71	Betty	83
71	Flora	83
71	Mabel	83
71	Nell	83
75	Catherine	82
76	Ada	80
76	Mable	80
78	Gertrude	79
78	Wilma	79
80	Lucy	78
81	Nancy	77
82	Bernice	76
83	Marjorie	75
83	Vera	75
85	Cora	73
85	Nannie	73
87	Mae	72
88	Ollie	71
89	Agnes	70
90	Rose	69
90	Stella	69
92	Lola	65
92	Lorene	65
92	Rosa	65
95	Ann	64
96	Dora	63
96	Doris	63
98	Daisy	62
98	Eunice	62
98	Kathryn	62

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,778
2	William	1,325
3	John	1,099
4	Robert	845
5	Charles	622
6	George	536
7	Thomas	430
8	Willie	292
9	Joe	272
10	Walter	270
11	Paul	258
12	Henry	241
13	Edward	237
14	Frank	234
15	Fred	224
16	Joseph	222
17	Roy	217
18	Clarence	197
19	Carl	176
20	Charlie	173
21	Earl	166
22	Howard	156
23	Ernest	152
24	Raymond	150
25	Clyde	148
26	Albert	146
27	Jack	142
28	Richard	140
29	Ralph	139
30	Jesse	138
31	Samuel	133
32	Arthur	125
33	David	122
34	Eugene	114
35	Harry	113
36	Harold	106
37	Herbert	97
38	Woodrow	94
39	Cecil	92
39	Claude	92
39	Herman	92
42	Jessie	90
43	Leonard	89
44	Floyd	87
44	Hubert	87
46	Sam	86
47	Lawrence	83
48	Kenneth	80
49	Lee	79
50	Andrew	78
51	Horace	77
51	Willard	77
53	Hugh	74
53	Ray	74
55	Louis	73
56	Elmer	72
57	Luther	71
58	Marvin	69
59	Homer	66
60	Edgar	65
60	Johnnie	65
60	Lester	65
60	Lewis	65
64	Clifford	64
65	Alfred	57
65	Oscar	57
67	Leon	56
68	Alvin	54
68	Ben	54
70	Allen	53
70	Glenn	53
72	Lloyd	51
73	Daniel	49
73	Eddie	49
73	Virgil	49
76	Earnest	47
77	Guy	46
77	Jim	46
79	Bill	45
79	Jimmie	45
81	Vernon	44
82	Melvin	43
83	Gilbert	42
83	Leroy	42
83	Otis	42
86	Benjamin	41
86	Chester	41
86	Donald	41
86	Marion	41
86	Marshall	41
91	Harvey	40
92	Curtis	38
92	Edwin	38
92	Will	38
95	Archie	37
95	Everett	37
95	Loyd	37
98	Norman	36
98	Russell	36
98	Wilson	36