Tennessee ★ 1928

Top names in Tennessee, 1928

Mary led for girls with 2,116 babies ; James for boys with 2,304. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,116
2	Dorothy	1,025
3	Betty	903
4	Helen	521
5	Mildred	515
6	Margaret	510
7	Martha	491
8	Frances	443
9	Virginia	430
10	Ruby	426
11	Ruth	389
12	Annie	319
13	Evelyn	303
14	Elizabeth	294
15	Doris	273
16	Anna	269
17	Louise	259
18	Willie	256
19	Gladys	231
20	Edna	226
21	Juanita	223
22	Sarah	216
23	Thelma	215
24	Hazel	196
25	Pauline	188
26	Wilma	185
27	Edith	182
27	Lois	182
29	Marie	181
30	Barbara	177
31	Jean	174
32	Mattie	170
33	Clara	168
34	Emma	156
34	Katherine	156
36	Billie	151
37	Lucille	148
38	Alice	145
38	Lillian	145
40	Geneva	140
41	Alma	132
41	Marjorie	132
41	Nancy	132
41	Peggy	132
45	Bonnie	131
46	Ethel	130
46	Georgia	130
48	Eva	127
49	Irene	125
50	Bessie	124
50	Christine	124
50	Minnie	124
53	Wanda	121
54	Joyce	120
55	Ella	115
55	Jessie	115
57	Lillie	114
58	Nellie	112
59	Myrtle	104
59	Velma	104
61	Laura	103
61	Sara	103
63	Imogene	101
64	Opal	100
65	Bernice	99
66	Margie	98
66	Norma	98
68	June	96
68	Reba	96
70	Ann	92
71	Elsie	90
72	Beatrice	88
72	Bertha	88
72	Bettye	88
72	Geraldine	88
76	Jane	87
77	Cora	86
78	Bobbie	84
79	Carolyn	82
80	Grace	81
80	Ida	81
82	Josephine	79
83	Catherine	78
84	Fannie	77
85	Lena	76
86	Rosa	75
87	Hattie	74
88	Pearl	73
89	Agnes	72
89	Mable	72
89	Patricia	72
92	Beulah	71
92	Lucy	71
92	Mamie	71
95	Kathleen	70
96	Vera	68
97	Jewell	67
97	Maxine	67
97	Rose	67
100	Johnnie	66

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,304
2	William	1,479
3	John	1,150
4	Robert	1,103
5	Charles	1,079
6	George	507
7	Thomas	485
8	Billy	414
9	Joe	373
10	Jack	334
11	Edward	321
12	Paul	308
13	Herbert	307
14	Willie	300
15	Roy	278
16	Carl	270
17	Richard	242
18	Frank	241
19	Henry	240
20	Kenneth	233
20	Walter	233
22	Harold	228
23	Ralph	217
24	Joseph	209
25	Clarence	205
26	Raymond	201
27	Earl	196
28	Fred	195
29	Howard	192
30	Donald	182
31	Eugene	179
32	David	172
33	Albert	152
34	Samuel	148
35	Bobby	142
35	Floyd	142
37	Clyde	136
38	Harry	133
39	Arthur	132
39	Charlie	132
41	Ray	129
42	Ernest	117
43	Jessie	99
44	Marvin	92
45	Cecil	91
46	Claude	88
46	Junior	88
48	Alfred	87
48	Bill	87
48	Herman	87
51	Elmer	86
52	Louis	85
53	Hugh	84
54	Gene	83
54	Hubert	83
54	Lee	83
57	Jesse	81
57	Jimmie	81
59	Lawrence	78
59	Luther	78
61	Billie	74
62	Clifford	72
62	Leonard	72
64	Alvin	71
64	Johnnie	71
66	Melvin	70
66	Sam	70
68	Andrew	67
68	Earnest	67
70	Lewis	66
71	Homer	65
71	Johnny	65
71	Leroy	65
74	Curtis	64
74	Lloyd	64
76	Horace	63
77	Eddie	62
78	Allen	60
79	Glenn	59
79	Oscar	59
81	Jerry	58
82	Calvin	57
82	Chester	57
82	Edgar	57
85	Vernon	56
85	Wayne	56
87	Ben	55
88	Glen	52
88	Leon	52
88	Tommy	52
91	Jimmy	51
92	Willard	48
93	Harvey	47
93	Milton	47
95	Lester	46
95	Wallace	46
97	Dewey	45
97	Everett	45
99	Arnold	44
99	Marion	44