Tennessee ★ 1953

Top names in Tennessee, 1953

Linda led for girls with 1,487 babies ; James for boys with 2,495. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,487
2	Mary	1,461
3	Deborah	1,380
4	Patricia	1,127
5	Brenda	1,073
6	Barbara	720
7	Sandra	717
8	Judy	654
9	Kathy	625
10	Donna	595
11	Pamela	579
12	Carolyn	577
13	Debra	575
14	Nancy	557
15	Janice	540
16	Susan	522
17	Betty	516
18	Sharon	497
19	Shirley	438
20	Joyce	412
21	Wanda	409
22	Teresa	405
23	Rebecca	397
24	Karen	386
25	Martha	354
26	Margaret	346
27	Elizabeth	334
28	Beverly	322
29	Janet	316
30	Peggy	307
31	Cynthia	296
32	Carol	284
33	Sherry	276
34	Marilyn	275
35	Connie	270
36	Phyllis	260
37	Dorothy	256
38	Cathy	242
39	Sheila	238
40	Gloria	222
41	Doris	219
42	Rita	218
43	Virginia	210
44	Vickie	203
45	Patsy	202
46	Glenda	190
47	Helen	188
48	Diane	180
49	Jo	178
50	Charlotte	169
51	Katherine	168
52	Frances	166
53	Vicki	164
54	Paula	162
55	Alice	149
55	Jacqueline	149
57	Judith	146
58	Rhonda	145
59	Catherine	141
60	Anita	140
60	Gwendolyn	140
62	Evelyn	139
63	Bonnie	137
64	Marsha	134
65	Jane	128
66	Sarah	125
67	Shelia	123
68	Rose	122
69	Cheryl	119
70	Ann	118
70	Ruth	118
72	Laura	114
72	Theresa	114
74	Norma	110
74	Ruby	110
76	Lois	108
76	Wilma	108
78	Annie	105
78	Joan	105
80	Anna	103
81	Kathryn	102
82	Gail	101
83	Diana	95
84	Kathleen	93
85	Angela	89
86	Mildred	85
87	Debbie	84
87	Jennifer	84
89	Vivian	81
90	Delores	79
90	Julia	79
90	Regina	79
93	Victoria	77
94	Denise	76
95	Darlene	75
95	Janie	75
95	Unknown	75
98	Edna	73
98	Yvonne	73
100	Clara	72

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,495
2	Michael	1,536
3	William	1,511
4	Robert	1,495
5	David	1,473
6	John	1,328
7	Charles	1,245
8	Larry	1,039
9	Richard	853
10	Jerry	811
11	Gary	797
12	Thomas	756
13	Donald	589
14	Kenneth	574
15	Ronald	542
16	Terry	506
17	Danny	458
18	Steven	441
19	Roger	438
20	Billy	416
21	Dennis	399
22	Johnny	385
23	George	383
24	Bobby	375
25	Stephen	369
26	Joseph	358
26	Paul	358
28	Jimmy	329
29	Ronnie	325
30	Edward	308
31	Ricky	273
32	Mark	262
33	Joe	261
34	Willie	247
35	Randy	243
35	Roy	243
37	Walter	230
38	Carl	227
39	Daniel	223
40	Anthony	218
41	Eddie	190
42	Douglas	188
42	Steve	188
44	Samuel	186
45	Harold	185
46	Jackie	182
47	Phillip	181
48	Tommy	180
49	Timothy	175
50	Gregory	171
51	Henry	164
51	Stanley	164
53	Jack	163
54	Randall	161
54	Raymond	161
56	Frank	159
57	Donnie	152
58	Micheal	150
58	Rickey	150
60	Ralph	147
61	Wayne	146
62	Barry	143
63	Melvin	139
63	Tony	139
65	Clarence	128
66	Fred	117
67	Albert	114
68	Dwight	113
68	Marvin	113
70	Ernest	112
70	Howard	112
70	Jeffrey	112
73	Bruce	111
73	Darrell	111
75	Glenn	109
76	Andrew	103
76	Gerald	103
78	Calvin	101
79	Philip	100
80	Eugene	96
81	Allen	94
82	Curtis	91
83	Alan	89
84	Don	88
84	Earl	88
84	Garry	88
84	Harry	88
88	Lawrence	85
89	Ray	84
90	Arthur	83
91	Herbert	82
92	Lee	81
93	Dale	77
93	Leonard	77
95	Keith	76
95	Patrick	76
97	Clifford	74
98	Lonnie	71
99	Alvin	70
100	Freddie	69