Tennessee ★ 1938

Top names in Tennessee, 1938

Mary led for girls with 1,831 babies ; James for boys with 2,411. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,831
2	Betty	1,333
3	Barbara	1,076
4	Shirley	915
5	Dorothy	603
6	Peggy	491
7	Nancy	485
8	Martha	443
9	Margaret	442
10	Carolyn	416
11	Joyce	388
12	Patricia	370
13	Helen	351
14	Doris	322
15	Wanda	318
16	Frances	293
17	Patsy	262
18	Virginia	261
19	Elizabeth	248
20	Norma	243
21	Linda	231
21	Ruby	231
23	Wilma	219
24	Anna	212
25	Mildred	205
26	Ruth	194
27	Alice	193
27	Annie	193
29	Evelyn	192
29	Jo	192
31	Shelby	173
32	Sarah	170
33	Edna	166
34	Ann	164
35	Bobbie	160
36	Janice	156
37	Lois	150
38	Charlotte	149
39	Thelma	145
40	Billie	143
41	Jean	139
42	Emma	138
43	Juanita	132
44	Sandra	131
45	Jane	128
46	Carol	125
47	Clara	124
48	Phyllis	122
48	Sylvia	122
50	Bonnie	121
51	Sue	112
52	Louise	109
53	Hazel	104
54	Alma	103
54	Willie	103
56	Mattie	102
57	Geraldine	100
57	Margie	100
59	Beverly	99
60	Sara	97
61	Edith	96
61	Joan	96
63	Bettye	94
63	Reba	94
65	Georgia	93
65	Rebecca	93
67	Gladys	91
68	Katherine	90
68	Nellie	90
70	Joann	89
71	Gloria	86
72	June	85
73	Ella	84
74	Marie	83
74	Minnie	83
76	Laura	79
77	Faye	78
78	Marjorie	77
79	Donna	75
80	Jessie	74
81	Lillie	73
81	Rosie	73
83	Ethel	72
83	Loretta	72
83	Marilyn	72
86	Glenda	71
87	Rose	70
88	Eva	68
89	Lillian	67
90	Julia	66
91	Anne	64
92	Bessie	63
92	Christine	63
92	Geneva	63
92	Robbie	63
96	Cora	62
96	Judy	62
98	Bertha	61
99	Annette	60
99	Judith	60

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,411
2	William	1,326
3	Charles	1,217
4	Robert	1,192
5	John	957
6	Billy	835
7	Bobby	701
8	Thomas	511
9	Jerry	477
10	Donald	468
11	Joe	462
12	George	426
13	Jimmy	395
14	David	391
15	Kenneth	358
16	Harold	305
17	Richard	299
18	Paul	293
19	Roy	249
20	Willie	243
21	Edward	240
22	Jack	226
23	Carl	225
24	Larry	215
25	Joseph	213
26	Walter	208
27	Frank	188
28	Ronald	187
29	Howard	174
30	Raymond	173
31	Henry	167
32	Johnny	163
33	Fred	162
34	Ralph	160
35	Earl	158
36	Ray	146
36	Tommy	146
38	Wayne	145
39	Jackie	139
40	Eugene	135
41	Albert	131
42	Clarence	130
42	Don	130
44	Ernest	128
45	Jimmie	122
46	Gene	114
47	Eddie	112
48	Samuel	110
49	Marvin	106
50	Clyde	105
51	Glenn	100
52	Franklin	99
52	Harry	99
54	Herbert	98
55	Gerald	97
56	Lawrence	96
57	Charlie	90
58	Melvin	89
58	Norman	89
60	Floyd	87
61	Cecil	86
61	Herman	86
63	Bill	81
63	Jesse	81
65	Arthur	78
66	Gary	76
67	Clifford	74
67	Hugh	74
69	Elmer	73
70	Leonard	70
71	Claude	69
72	Leon	67
73	Alvin	66
73	Billie	66
73	Lee	66
76	Gordon	65
77	Curtis	64
77	Hubert	64
77	Louis	64
80	Johnnie	63
80	Sam	63
82	Glen	62
83	Jessie	61
84	Lewis	60
85	Douglas	58
85	Luther	58
87	Edwin	57
87	Homer	57
87	Lloyd	57
90	Vernon	56
91	Dan	55
91	Ronnie	55
93	Freddie	54
93	Willard	54
95	Oscar	53
96	Alfred	52
96	Buddy	52
98	Lonnie	51
99	Roger	50
99	Stanley	50