Tennessee ★ 1947

Top names in Tennessee, 1947

Linda led for girls with 2,785 babies ; James for boys with 3,282. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,785
2	Mary	1,928
3	Brenda	1,333
4	Patricia	1,290
5	Barbara	1,191
6	Carolyn	1,051
7	Judy	1,013
8	Betty	1,001
9	Sandra	880
10	Shirley	702
11	Nancy	663
12	Wanda	625
13	Joyce	550
14	Martha	534
15	Janice	514
16	Margaret	501
17	Dorothy	479
18	Donna	431
19	Peggy	427
20	Carol	399
21	Sharon	379
22	Patsy	378
23	Elizabeth	367
24	Phyllis	358
25	Helen	316
26	Virginia	310
27	Judith	307
28	Glenda	304
29	Susan	290
30	Doris	260
30	Rebecca	260
32	Frances	249
33	Gloria	244
34	Beverly	237
35	Charlotte	234
36	Jo	212
37	Alice	207
38	Janet	200
39	Evelyn	198
40	Connie	194
40	Sarah	194
42	Pamela	193
43	Wilma	181
44	Ruby	175
45	Marilyn	173
46	Ann	159
46	Anna	159
46	Sherry	159
49	Joan	157
50	Annie	154
50	Ruth	154
52	Mildred	153
53	Jane	151
53	Lois	151
55	Diane	149
56	Bonnie	146
57	Karen	144
58	Cheryl	142
58	Norma	142
60	Lynda	140
61	Cynthia	138
62	Edna	128
63	Sue	126
64	Sheila	122
65	Bobbie	118
65	Diana	118
67	Janie	113
68	Jean	112
69	Deborah	109
69	Katherine	109
71	Rita	107
72	Sylvia	104
73	Billie	103
73	Gwendolyn	103
73	Jacqueline	103
76	Thelma	101
77	Laura	99
78	Emma	98
79	Gail	97
80	Gladys	95
81	Julia	94
82	Anita	92
83	Juanita	91
83	Margie	91
85	Geraldine	89
85	Paula	89
87	Catherine	87
87	Sara	87
89	Clara	83
89	Vivian	83
91	Edith	82
91	Ellen	82
93	Dianne	81
94	Rose	80
95	Georgia	79
95	Marie	79
97	Eva	78
97	Kay	78
99	Delores	76
100	Elaine	75

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	3,282
2	William	1,928
3	Robert	1,752
4	John	1,527
5	Charles	1,456
6	Larry	1,357
7	David	1,196
8	Jerry	1,112
9	Thomas	852
10	Richard	783
11	Ronald	758
12	Gary	688
13	Donald	610
14	Michael	607
15	Jimmy	600
16	Billy	587
17	George	578
18	Kenneth	561
19	Bobby	502
20	Ronnie	482
21	Johnny	440
22	Danny	429
23	Joe	423
24	Paul	420
25	Terry	356
26	Edward	351
27	Roy	346
28	Harold	345
29	Willie	311
30	Roger	287
31	Joseph	285
32	Carl	283
33	Dennis	275
34	Tommy	249
35	Walter	243
36	Eddie	242
37	Jack	223
38	Wayne	221
39	Stephen	219
40	Raymond	214
41	Frank	212
42	Henry	195
43	Ralph	194
44	Phillip	190
45	Howard	188
46	Fred	186
47	Samuel	180
48	Gerald	164
49	Jackie	163
50	Daniel	161
51	Harry	155
51	Steve	155
53	Douglas	153
54	Arthur	152
55	Ernest	146
56	Glenn	145
57	Ray	141
58	Earl	139
59	Don	135
60	Clarence	133
61	Melvin	131
62	Albert	129
63	Eugene	126
63	Lawrence	126
65	Clyde	121
65	Tony	121
67	Lonnie	120
68	Jimmie	118
69	Bill	113
70	Mike	112
71	Donnie	110
71	Steven	110
73	Marvin	107
74	Freddie	103
74	Sammy	103
76	Floyd	102
77	Jesse	100
78	Anthony	99
79	Charlie	98
79	Stanley	98
81	Curtis	97
82	Allen	95
82	Barry	95
84	Leonard	94
85	Herbert	90
85	Lee	90
85	Randall	90
88	Bruce	83
88	Claude	83
88	Louis	83
91	Jim	78
91	Lewis	78
93	Cecil	77
94	Alvin	76
95	Herman	75
96	Benny	74
96	Clifford	74
96	Philip	74
99	Gene	73
100	Russell	72