Tennessee ★ 1942

Top names in Tennessee, 1942

Mary led for girls with 1,867 babies ; James for boys with 2,903. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,867
2	Betty	1,134
3	Barbara	1,083
4	Linda	1,049
5	Patricia	762
6	Carolyn	753
7	Shirley	734
8	Joyce	579
9	Martha	532
10	Dorothy	525
11	Nancy	508
12	Peggy	499
13	Brenda	473
14	Sandra	452
15	Wanda	426
16	Margaret	406
17	Judy	383
18	Elizabeth	327
19	Virginia	315
20	Patsy	310
21	Helen	304
22	Frances	285
23	Doris	274
24	Judith	254
25	Carol	231
26	Janice	230
27	Phyllis	226
28	Norma	225
29	Sarah	221
30	Wilma	208
31	Glenda	207
32	Mildred	203
33	Jo	201
34	Charlotte	199
35	Alice	191
36	Anna	182
37	Ruby	180
38	Evelyn	177
39	Annie	176
40	Bonnie	175
41	Donna	160
41	Ruth	160
43	Edna	158
44	Billie	157
45	Ann	156
45	Gloria	156
47	Bobbie	154
48	Rebecca	148
49	Beverly	145
49	Lois	145
51	Joan	137
52	Jane	135
53	Jean	127
54	Geraldine	123
55	Juanita	122
55	Thelma	122
57	Emma	116
58	Katherine	110
58	Sue	110
60	Clara	109
61	Margie	105
62	Willie	104
63	Marie	103
64	Hazel	101
65	Gladys	100
66	Louise	99
66	Rose	99
68	Sara	97
69	Georgia	95
70	Julia	94
71	Sylvia	93
72	Marilyn	91
73	Faye	90
74	Janet	89
75	Carole	88
76	Eva	84
77	Alma	82
77	Edith	82
79	Mattie	81
79	Minnie	81
79	Sharon	81
82	Nellie	80
83	Lynda	78
84	Bettye	77
85	Johnnie	76
86	Ella	75
86	Joann	75
86	Vivian	75
89	Kay	74
90	Delores	73
90	Laura	73
90	Susan	73
93	Lillie	72
94	Reba	71
95	Bessie	67
95	Rita	67
97	Diane	66
97	Lillian	66
97	Pauline	66
97	Rosie	66

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,903
2	William	1,588
3	Robert	1,441
4	Charles	1,296
5	John	1,144
6	Jerry	871
7	David	671
8	Billy	652
9	Thomas	642
10	Larry	586
11	Bobby	556
12	George	499
13	Donald	468
14	Jimmy	449
15	Joe	426
16	Richard	405
17	Kenneth	387
18	Ronald	368
19	Paul	360
20	Roy	335
21	Douglas	321
22	Harold	313
23	Johnny	293
24	Edward	274
25	Willie	251
26	Joseph	246
27	Carl	219
28	Jack	216
29	Raymond	213
30	Frank	212
31	Tommy	200
32	Walter	194
33	Fred	188
33	Gary	188
35	Henry	187
36	Ralph	173
37	Clarence	171
38	Wayne	170
39	Albert	158
39	Howard	158
39	Ronnie	158
42	Gerald	156
43	Earl	154
44	Michael	151
45	Jackie	139
46	Eddie	138
47	Samuel	136
48	Phillip	130
49	Don	128
49	Eugene	128
51	Ray	125
52	Clyde	122
53	Arthur	121
54	Harry	112
55	Franklin	111
55	Jimmie	111
57	Terry	108
58	Melvin	107
59	Marvin	105
60	Ernest	104
61	Herbert	100
62	Glenn	97
63	Bill	94
64	Leonard	91
65	Claude	90
65	Floyd	90
65	Jesse	90
68	Alvin	89
69	Daniel	88
70	Charlie	87
71	Gene	86
72	Lawrence	84
72	Lee	84
74	Cecil	81
74	Mack	81
74	Roger	81
77	Dennis	80
77	Leroy	80
79	Norman	79
79	Stanley	79
81	Freddie	76
82	Hugh	75
82	Lewis	75
84	Danny	72
84	Glen	72
86	Curtis	70
87	Leon	66
88	Lonnie	65
88	Louis	65
90	Donnie	63
90	Sam	63
92	Allen	61
92	Chester	61
94	Calvin	60
94	Vernon	60
96	Herman	59
96	Willard	59
98	Clifford	58
98	Elmer	58
98	Jessie	58