Tennessee ★ 1939

Top names in Tennessee, 1939

Mary led for girls with 1,734 babies ; James for boys with 2,503. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,734
2	Betty	1,245
3	Barbara	975
4	Shirley	827
5	Dorothy	557
6	Martha	508
7	Peggy	484
8	Patricia	458
9	Nancy	452
10	Margaret	449
11	Carolyn	412
12	Joyce	398
13	Wanda	392
14	Linda	361
15	Helen	334
16	Virginia	289
17	Elizabeth	275
18	Doris	269
19	Norma	261
20	Patsy	257
21	Wilma	256
22	Frances	247
23	Ruby	234
24	Anna	222
25	Mildred	210
26	Jo	192
27	Sarah	190
28	Evelyn	186
29	Janice	180
30	Annie	174
31	Alice	171
32	Ruth	165
33	Sandra	163
34	Bobbie	157
35	Charlotte	156
36	Edna	149
36	Judith	149
38	Carol	144
38	Judy	144
40	Lois	143
41	Juanita	141
42	Phyllis	136
43	Emma	132
44	Ann	130
44	Thelma	130
46	Jean	126
46	Shelby	126
48	Sue	124
49	Sylvia	123
50	Billie	121
51	Clara	118
52	Willie	117
53	Hazel	116
54	Glenda	114
55	Beverly	108
55	Bonnie	108
55	Joan	108
55	Margie	108
59	Edith	107
59	Jane	107
61	Rebecca	104
62	Gladys	99
63	Louise	97
63	Marjorie	97
65	Marie	96
66	Bettye	95
66	Marilyn	95
68	Alma	94
69	Joann	93
70	Julia	91
70	Sara	91
72	Laura	90
73	Faye	89
73	Gloria	89
75	Donna	88
75	Geraldine	88
77	Georgia	85
77	Reba	85
79	Ella	84
79	Ethel	84
81	Eva	83
81	Mattie	83
83	Katherine	80
84	Nellie	79
85	Lillian	76
86	Delores	71
87	Eleanor	69
87	Loretta	69
89	Johnnie	68
89	Rachel	68
91	Geneva	67
92	Bessie	66
92	Christine	66
94	Bertha	65
94	Brenda	65
94	Pauline	65
97	June	64
98	Jessie	63
99	Josephine	62
100	Minnie	61

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,503
2	William	1,296
3	Robert	1,196
4	Charles	1,121
5	John	1,037
6	Billy	751
7	Bobby	677
8	Jerry	597
9	Thomas	494
10	Donald	468
11	David	467
11	George	467
13	Joe	430
14	Jimmy	360
15	Kenneth	345
16	Richard	342
17	Paul	333
18	Harold	304
19	Larry	283
20	Willie	266
21	Roy	262
22	Edward	252
23	Johnny	249
24	Carl	235
25	Jack	218
26	Walter	190
27	Tommy	188
28	Raymond	186
29	Frank	175
30	Fred	173
31	Ronald	166
32	Ralph	163
33	Joseph	160
34	Wayne	159
35	Henry	157
35	Howard	157
37	Jackie	148
38	Don	141
39	Earl	139
40	Jimmie	138
41	Gerald	136
42	Ray	132
43	Albert	130
44	Samuel	120
45	Clyde	118
46	Clarence	117
47	Ernest	116
48	Harry	112
49	Arthur	110
50	Bill	107
50	Eugene	107
50	Glenn	107
53	Gene	105
54	Melvin	102
55	Eddie	92
56	Marvin	87
57	Charlie	84
58	Cecil	83
59	Franklin	80
59	Lee	80
61	Herbert	79
62	Glen	78
63	Herman	77
64	Alvin	76
65	Floyd	75
66	Johnnie	74
67	Douglas	72
67	Norman	72
69	Gary	71
70	Jesse	69
70	Lawrence	69
72	Michael	68
73	Hugh	66
74	Curtis	65
74	Jessie	65
76	Claude	63
76	Daniel	63
76	Leonard	63
76	Lloyd	63
80	Leon	61
81	Andrew	59
82	Alfred	57
82	Lewis	57
82	Stanley	57
85	Jim	56
85	Louis	56
85	Willard	56
88	Clifford	55
88	Ronnie	55
90	Luther	54
91	Leroy	53
91	Lonnie	53
91	Roger	53
94	Elmer	52
95	Bob	51
96	Allen	49
96	Oscar	49
98	Billie	48
98	Buddy	48
98	Freddie	48