Tennessee ★ 1936

Top names in Tennessee, 1936

Mary led for girls with 1,790 babies ; James for boys with 2,188. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,790
2	Betty	1,347
3	Shirley	1,112
4	Barbara	826
5	Dorothy	620
6	Peggy	479
7	Martha	474
8	Margaret	442
9	Helen	397
10	Joyce	359
11	Nancy	350
12	Virginia	311
13	Frances	308
14	Ruby	284
15	Doris	266
16	Patricia	259
17	Mildred	255
17	Wilma	255
19	Carolyn	253
20	Norma	237
21	Wanda	231
22	Anna	226
22	Elizabeth	226
24	Evelyn	224
25	Patsy	219
26	Bobbie	208
27	Sarah	198
28	Edna	192
28	Jo	192
30	Annie	186
31	Ruth	182
32	Thelma	180
33	Billie	165
34	Jean	164
34	Lois	164
36	Alice	160
37	Emma	151
38	Ann	146
39	Joan	142
40	Bonnie	141
41	Juanita	137
42	Willie	136
43	Louise	130
44	Margie	124
45	Gladys	123
46	Jane	116
47	Charlotte	114
48	Clara	112
49	Sue	110
50	Bettye	103
51	Phyllis	102
51	Sara	102
53	Eva	100
53	Marie	100
53	Reba	100
53	Shelby	100
57	Hazel	98
57	Sylvia	98
59	Mattie	97
60	Georgia	95
61	Katherine	94
62	Marjorie	93
63	Joann	92
64	Carol	90
65	Bessie	89
66	Alma	86
66	Edith	86
68	June	85
68	Rose	85
70	Geraldine	84
70	Lillian	84
72	Lillie	83
72	Nellie	83
74	Janice	82
75	Jessie	81
75	Rebecca	81
77	Ethel	78
78	Linda	77
79	Gloria	76
80	Faye	74
80	Laura	74
80	Myrtle	74
80	Pauline	74
84	Geneva	73
85	Loretta	72
85	Marilyn	72
87	Elsie	71
87	Minnie	71
89	Bertha	70
90	Delores	69
91	Catherine	68
92	Ella	67
93	Christine	65
93	Johnnie	65
93	Lula	65
93	Velma	65
97	Bernice	63
98	Eleanor	62
99	Beverly	60
100	Robbie	59

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,188
2	William	1,251
3	Robert	1,243
4	Charles	1,126
5	John	994
6	Billy	805
7	Bobby	743
8	Joe	510
9	George	473
10	Thomas	438
11	Donald	398
12	Kenneth	340
13	Paul	334
14	David	329
15	Jimmy	327
16	Jerry	322
17	Harold	298
18	Richard	288
19	Jack	276
20	Edward	260
21	Willie	253
22	Roy	240
23	Walter	207
24	Carl	205
24	Frank	205
26	Raymond	198
27	Fred	180
28	Howard	171
28	Joseph	171
30	Johnny	170
30	Ralph	170
32	Clarence	151
33	Franklin	149
34	Tommy	145
35	Larry	144
36	Earl	143
37	Ray	131
38	Henry	128
39	Wayne	125
40	Albert	122
40	Eugene	122
40	Jimmie	122
43	Marvin	116
44	Clyde	115
45	Arthur	113
46	Ronald	107
47	Don	105
47	Gerald	105
49	Gene	104
49	Samuel	104
51	Bill	101
51	Jackie	101
53	Ernest	95
54	Charlie	94
55	Harry	93
56	Glenn	85
57	Alvin	83
58	Leroy	81
59	Floyd	80
60	Eddie	79
60	Herbert	79
62	Jesse	78
63	Hubert	76
63	Lawrence	76
63	Melvin	76
66	Freddie	71
66	Gordon	71
66	Leonard	71
66	Louis	71
70	Johnnie	70
71	Claude	69
72	Lee	68
73	Billie	67
73	Herman	67
75	Cecil	65
75	Jessie	65
77	Lewis	64
77	Norman	64
79	Alfred	63
80	Clifford	62
81	Douglas	61
82	Bobbie	59
82	Homer	59
82	Sam	59
85	Elmer	58
86	Glen	57
86	Hugh	57
86	Leon	57
89	Lloyd	56
89	Luther	56
91	Andrew	54
91	Lester	54
93	Bob	52
94	Vernon	51
94	Wallace	51
96	Allen	50
96	Curtis	50
96	Horace	50
99	Jim	49
100	Ben	47