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Top names in Tennessee

Name: Top baby names in Tennessee, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,281 Tennessee births in 1910 across 503 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Tennessee more than they say America.

#67Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#71Nannie#197 nationally
#78Bufordoutside the national top 200
#83Ollieoutside the national top 200
#67Bonnie#183 nationally
#96Nelloutside the national top 200
#84Flossie#178 nationally
#65Addie#157 nationally
#64Ollie#150 nationally
#72Ora#158 nationally
#89Elbert#166 nationally
#48Bill#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary735US #1
#2Ruby168US #27
#3Annie163US #19
#4Ruth163US #5
#5Elizabeth154US #7
#6Louise151US #20
#7Margaret149US #3
#8Willie147US #56
#9Ethel133US #13
#10Lillie129US #54
#11Gladys125US #15
#12Mildred125US #8
#13Edna120US #18
#14Bessie114US #37
#15Edith113US #35
#16Pearl113US #39
#17Mattie109US #60
#18Sarah104US #40
#19Dorothy102US #4
#20Martha96US #28
#21Thelma95US #25
#22Anna94US #6
#23Emma94US #34
#24Lucille93US #31
#25Alice92US #10
#26Lillian92US #14
#27Hazel90US #24
#28Helen90US #2
#29Minnie88US #50
#30Nellie86US #51
#31Grace85US #23
#32Myrtle85US #43
#33Frances83US #11
#34Jessie80US #63
#35Virginia79US #29
#36Irene78US #21
#37Hattie76US #73
#38Clara74US #32
#39Laura71US #53
#40Marie69US #9
#41Pauline69US #42
#42Bertha68US #33
#43Lena67US #66
#44Georgia66US #91
#45Beulah65US #82
#46Katherine64US #57
#47Mae64US #65
#48Mamie64US #86
#49Ida63US #47
#50Eva62US #45
#51Fannie62US #78
#52Alma61US #61
#53Beatrice59US #36
#54Carrie58US #70
#55Elsie57US #44
#56Maggie56US #95
#57Evelyn55US #17
#58Lula53US #93
#59Gertrude51US #26
#60Daisy50US #101
#61Florence47US #12
#62Ada46US #94
#63Cora46US #85
#64Ollie46US #150
#65Addie45US #157
#66Betty45US #69
#67Bonnie45US #183
#68Nancy44US #105
#69Catherine43US #22
#70Mabel43US #46
#71Nannie43US #197
#72Ora42US #158
#73Ella41US #62
#74Geneva41US #117
#75Lucy41US #75
#76Sallie41US #144
#77Stella41US #72
#78Viola41US #48
#79Rosie40US #114
#80Susie40US #102
#81Christine39US #123
#82Della39US #137
#83Dora39US #103
#84Flossie39US #178
#85Opal39US #87
#86Rosa39US #83
#87Leona38US #79
#88Maude38US #141
#89Nora38US #111
#90Vera38US #71
#91Blanche37US #74
#92Katie37US #122
#93Lois37US #76
#94Eula35US #135
#95Julia35US #49
#96Nell35
#97Effie33US #143
#98Flora32US #108
#99Lela32US #161
#100Ann31US #52

Boys

#1James419US #2
#2William364US #3
#3John319US #1
#4Robert214US #4
#5Charles130US #7
#6George129US #5
#7Willie129US #11
#8Thomas91US #12
#9Frank87US #8
#10Walter84US #13
#11Henry83US #10
#12Joe71US #25
#13Clarence67US #20
#14Paul67US #15
#15Charlie60US #34
#16Edward56US #9
#17Roy55US #29
#18Albert53US #14
#19Sam53US #40
#20Fred52US #22
#21Joseph52US #6
#22Raymond51US #19
#23Jack48US #23
#24Ernest47US #31
#25Howard43US #27
#26Arthur41US #17
#27Claude36US #78
#28Clyde36US #57
#29Carl35US #26
#30Samuel35US #32
#31Earl33US #33
#32Harry33US #16
#33Jesse33US #60
#34David32US #30
#35Lee29US #49
#36Richard29US #21
#37Eddie28US #59
#38Jessie28US #72
#39Ralph28US #28
#40Herbert27US #41
#41Andrew26US #42
#42Floyd26US #55
#43Leroy26US #50
#44Herman25US #52
#45Ben24US #79
#46Louis24US #24
#47Will23US #113
#48Bill22US #124
#49Leonard21US #46
#50Alfred20US #38
#51Johnnie20US #74
#52Oscar20US #73
#53Alvin19US #85
#54Clifford19US #66
#55Edgar19US #80
#56Hubert19US #106
#57Luther19US #87
#58Ray19US #68
#59Cecil18US #77
#60Eugene18US #39
#61Horace18US #123
#62Jim18US #100
#63Lawrence18US #35
#64Milton18US #76
#65Marvin17US #84
#66Virgil17US #111
#67Malcolm16
#68Oliver16US #103
#69Otis16US #109
#70Daniel15US #53
#71Jimmie15US #125
#72Lewis15US #65
#73Theodore15US #54
#74Elmer14US #48
#75Hugh14US #112
#76Lester14US #64
#77Mack14US #150
#78Buford13
#79Chester13US #61
#80Curtis13US #114
#81Ed13US #140
#82Harold13US #18
#83Ollie13
#84Roosevelt13US #144
#85Tom13US #82
#86Wallace13US #132
#87Allen12US #92
#88Earnest12US #128
#89Elbert12US #166
#90Homer12US #98
#91Johnie12US #157
#92Norman12US #63
#93Russell12US #58
#94Guy11US #133
#95Lonnie11US #148
#96Marion11US #108
#97Melvin11US #75
#98Sidney11US #93
#99Everett10US #88
#100Isaac10US #130

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.