Tennessee ★ 1940

Top names in Tennessee, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,783 babies ; James for boys with 2,408. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,783
2	Betty	1,160
3	Barbara	998
4	Shirley	721
5	Linda	539
6	Patricia	532
7	Nancy	520
8	Dorothy	516
9	Peggy	480
10	Carolyn	474
11	Martha	467
12	Joyce	439
13	Wanda	429
14	Margaret	421
15	Helen	353
16	Doris	282
17	Elizabeth	271
18	Virginia	266
19	Frances	264
20	Patsy	259
21	Wilma	255
22	Norma	236
23	Judy	234
24	Sandra	233
25	Ruby	223
26	Brenda	222
27	Alice	210
28	Judith	205
29	Mildred	204
30	Charlotte	200
31	Ruth	191
31	Sarah	191
33	Anna	184
34	Janice	180
35	Phyllis	175
36	Annie	174
36	Evelyn	174
38	Lois	172
39	Jo	166
40	Ann	163
41	Carol	161
42	Juanita	160
43	Emma	153
44	Edna	151
45	Bonnie	142
46	Gloria	136
47	Jean	135
48	Bobbie	132
48	Rebecca	132
50	Thelma	130
51	Margie	127
52	Glenda	124
53	Jane	120
54	Billie	117
55	Willie	114
56	Hazel	113
57	Gladys	112
57	Shelby	112
59	Clara	111
60	Beverly	109
61	Geraldine	107
62	Joan	106
63	Sue	101
64	Louise	99
65	Alma	96
65	Sara	96
67	Sylvia	94
68	Marie	92
69	Bettye	90
69	Joann	90
71	June	89
72	Donna	88
73	Lillian	86
74	Marilyn	85
75	Delores	84
76	Faye	83
76	Reba	83
78	Edith	82
78	Laura	82
78	Marjorie	82
81	Christine	78
82	Mattie	76
82	Rose	76
84	Georgia	75
85	Katherine	73
85	Lillie	73
87	Eva	72
88	Nellie	71
88	Vivian	71
90	Maxine	69
91	Ethel	68
92	Geneva	67
93	Anne	65
93	Ida	65
93	Johnnie	65
96	Bessie	64
96	Julia	64
98	Anita	63
99	Pauline	62
100	Bertha	61

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,408
2	William	1,304
3	Robert	1,267
4	Charles	1,177
5	John	1,034
6	Billy	746
7	Jerry	688
8	Bobby	658
9	Thomas	561
10	David	539
11	Donald	451
12	George	433
13	Joe	418
14	Kenneth	396
15	Richard	375
16	Paul	349
17	Larry	346
18	Jimmy	341
19	Harold	299
20	Roy	290
21	Willie	264
22	Johnny	258
23	Edward	246
24	Ronald	223
25	Carl	222
26	Jack	216
27	Walter	207
28	Joseph	191
29	Frank	182
30	Henry	179
31	Tommy	178
32	Ralph	168
33	Fred	166
33	Raymond	166
35	Wayne	163
36	Jackie	152
37	Howard	150
38	Clarence	149
39	Ernest	144
40	Earl	143
41	Ray	141
42	Albert	136
43	Eugene	123
44	Franklin	119
44	Jimmie	119
46	Clyde	117
47	Don	116
47	Eddie	116
49	Gene	114
50	Gary	107
51	Melvin	105
52	Samuel	103
53	Cecil	101
54	Harry	100
55	Glenn	99
56	Arthur	97
57	Norman	96
58	Gerald	94
59	Jesse	91
60	Lawrence	90
61	Bill	89
62	Claude	87
63	Charlie	82
64	Herbert	81
64	Marvin	81
64	Wendell	81
67	Floyd	78
68	Curtis	77
68	Leonard	77
70	Douglas	76
70	Herman	76
72	Michael	75
73	Lewis	74
74	Roger	71
75	Terry	69
76	Dennis	68
77	Ronnie	67
78	Glen	66
78	Lloyd	66
80	Daniel	64
80	Freddie	64
82	Hugh	62
82	Johnnie	62
82	Lee	62
85	Andrew	61
86	Alvin	60
86	Luther	60
88	Clifford	59
89	Alfred	58
89	Leroy	58
89	Lester	58
92	Elmer	56
93	Leon	55
93	Lonnie	55
95	Doyle	54
95	Louis	54
97	Hubert	53
97	Milton	53
97	Phillip	53
100	Jim	52