Tennessee ★ 1929

Top names in Tennessee, 1929

Mary led for girls with 2,027 babies ; James for boys with 2,309. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,027
2	Betty	1,060
3	Dorothy	932
4	Margaret	571
5	Helen	556
6	Martha	449
7	Mildred	421
8	Virginia	395
9	Ruby	383
10	Frances	360
11	Ruth	347
12	Doris	289
13	Elizabeth	286
14	Annie	276
15	Evelyn	271
16	Thelma	258
17	Willie	254
18	Anna	223
19	Barbara	220
20	Jean	211
21	Edna	205
21	Louise	205
23	Gladys	202
24	Hazel	200
25	Wilma	194
26	Sarah	181
27	Juanita	176
28	Billie	169
29	Marie	164
29	Pauline	164
31	Peggy	161
32	Clara	160
33	Lois	157
34	Edith	155
35	Emma	153
36	Joyce	149
37	Mattie	146
38	Nancy	142
39	Alma	138
40	Katherine	136
41	Georgia	130
42	Alice	129
42	Bobbie	129
44	Bessie	125
45	Marjorie	124
46	Lillian	123
47	Ethel	122
48	Christine	121
49	Geneva	116
50	Eva	114
50	Jessie	114
52	Margie	113
53	Bettye	111
53	Ella	111
53	Wanda	111
56	Nellie	110
57	Ann	109
58	Bonnie	107
59	Imogene	106
60	Irene	104
60	Lucille	104
62	Laura	102
63	Minnie	100
64	Lillie	99
65	Norma	98
66	Velma	93
67	Jane	92
68	Bertha	89
68	Geraldine	89
70	Elsie	87
70	Ida	87
70	Opal	87
70	Reba	87
74	Myrtle	85
75	Sara	84
76	Carolyn	82
76	Maxine	82
78	Vivian	80
79	Bernice	79
79	Catherine	79
81	June	77
82	Lena	75
83	Rosie	74
84	Patricia	73
85	Shirley	72
86	Beatrice	71
87	Jo	70
87	Mae	70
87	Mamie	70
90	Josephine	69
91	Charlotte	68
91	Viola	68
93	Eula	67
93	Pearl	67
93	Robbie	67
96	Fannie	66
96	Julia	66
96	Lorene	66
96	Vera	66
100	Dora	65

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,309
2	William	1,520
3	Robert	1,244
4	John	1,099
5	Charles	1,013
6	Billy	525
7	George	496
8	Thomas	453
9	Joe	372
10	Jack	335
11	Herbert	320
12	Willie	313
13	Paul	305
14	Edward	273
15	Roy	272
16	Harold	246
17	Walter	241
18	Frank	240
19	Richard	230
20	Carl	228
21	Bobby	226
22	Henry	218
23	David	215
24	Joseph	203
25	Fred	200
25	Kenneth	200
27	Raymond	196
28	Donald	191
29	Eugene	186
30	Clarence	179
31	Ralph	173
32	Earl	171
33	Howard	165
34	Albert	156
35	Ernest	141
36	Ray	134
37	Harry	129
38	Clyde	128
39	Charlie	123
40	Samuel	115
41	Herman	113
42	Arthur	112
43	Floyd	105
44	Jessie	99
45	Billie	97
46	Leonard	94
47	Sam	92
48	Curtis	86
48	Gene	86
50	Bill	85
51	Elmer	84
51	Johnnie	84
53	Cecil	83
54	Glenn	82
55	Claude	81
56	Jesse	79
56	Luther	79
58	Eddie	78
58	Lawrence	78
58	Melvin	78
61	Jimmie	77
62	Marvin	75
63	Alfred	74
63	Clifford	74
63	Hubert	74
63	Lee	74
67	Alvin	72
68	Hugh	71
68	Lloyd	71
70	Johnny	70
71	Jerry	69
71	Lewis	69
73	Jimmy	68
74	Leroy	65
75	Tommy	61
75	Wayne	61
77	Junior	59
78	Louis	58
78	Willard	58
80	Gerald	57
80	Vernon	57
82	Oscar	55
83	Andrew	54
83	Earnest	54
83	Edgar	54
83	Homer	54
83	Horace	54
88	Lester	52
89	Allen	51
89	Chester	51
91	Leon	50
92	Max	49
93	Dewey	48
93	Edwin	48
93	Virgil	48
96	Russell	44
97	Gordon	43
97	Norman	43
99	Ben	41
99	Calvin	41