State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,744 Tennessee births in 1911 across 489 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#85Nannieoutside the national top 200
#85Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#87Jessoutside the national top 200
#89Sammieoutside the national top 200
#91Deweyoutside the national top 200
#72Bonnie#181 nationally
#95Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#90Lorene#188 nationally
#68Addie#161 nationally
#69Ora#158 nationally
#65Will#149 nationally
#77Lonnie#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary721US #1
#2Ruby201US #22
#3Ruth180US #5
#4Annie168US #24
#5Mildred158US #8
#6Margaret150US #3
#7Elizabeth147US #7
#8Louise127US #19
#9Willie126US #61
#10Gladys122US #18
#11Martha119US #28
#12Bessie118US #40
#13Edna117US #17
#14Mattie115US #65
#15Ethel114US #15
#16Thelma112US #27
#17Sarah107US #42
#18Lucille102US #32
#19Hazel101US #25
#20Emma100US #35
#21Anna98US #6
#22Frances97US #10
#23Dorothy93US #4
#24Virginia91US #26
#25Helen90US #2
#26Lillie90US #60
#27Minnie89US #52
#28Grace87US #23
#29Myrtle86US #50
#30Pauline86US #38
#31Lillian84US #13
#32Edith78US #31
#33Marie78US #9
#34Beatrice77US #37
#35Eva76US #46
#36Georgia75US #96
#37Jessie73US #66
#38Clara72US #33
#39Maggie71US #111
#40Pearl71US #48
#41Nellie69US #54
#42Bertha68US #36
#43Evelyn67US #16
#44Irene67US #21
#45Laura67US #57
#46Elsie63US #41
#47Florence63US #12
#48Mae60US #71
#49Beulah58US #79
#50Carrie58US #78
#51Hattie58US #86
#52Alice57US #11
#53Alma56US #62
#54Lena56US #70
#55Mabel55US #43
#56Mamie54US #89
#57Ella53US #63
#58Ida53US #45
#59Lucy53US #77
#60Lula53US #94
#61Viola52US #47
#62Ada51US #97
#63Fannie51US #88
#64Katherine51US #55
#65Lois48US #68
#66Cora46US #91
#67Rosa45US #92
#68Addie44US #161
#69Ora44US #158
#70Eula42US #143
#71Stella42US #72
#72Bonnie41US #181
#73Velma41US #90
#74Catherine40US #20
#75Daisy40US #108
#76Dora40US #104
#77Gertrude39US #30
#78Rosie39US #131
#79Betty38US #69
#80Nancy38US #110
#81Opal38US #81
#82Vera37US #67
#83Julia36US #44
#84Maude36US #145
#85Nannie36
#86Alberta35US #114
#87Sallie35US #159
#88Agnes34US #39
#89Ellen34US #84
#90Lorene34US #188
#91Sadie34US #113
#92Della32US #130
#93Rose32US #14
#94Mable31US #127
#95Nettie31US #136
#96Christine30US #124
#97Josephine30US #29
#98Lola30US #120
#99Effie29US #147
#100Esther29US #34

Boys

#1James433US #3
#2William332US #2
#3John312US #1
#4Robert235US #5
#5George140US #4
#6Charles128US #7
#7Willie105US #14
#8Henry101US #11
#9Thomas88US #10
#10Roy73US #31
#11Joe71US #29
#12Walter70US #12
#13Frank68US #8
#14Charlie66US #45
#15Edward59US #9
#16Clarence58US #23
#17Fred58US #22
#18Joseph54US #6
#19Paul51US #17
#20Albert46US #15
#21Carl42US #26
#22Earl40US #34
#23Richard40US #20
#24Ernest39US #32
#25Jack39US #25
#26Harry38US #13
#27Samuel38US #30
#28Clyde37US #61
#29Howard37US #28
#30Raymond35US #19
#31Arthur33US #18
#32David33US #27
#33Ralph31US #24
#34Elmer30US #48
#35Herman30US #49
#36Jesse29US #72
#37Herbert28US #41
#38Sam28US #47
#39Andrew25US #42
#40Claude24US #87
#41Eugene24US #43
#42Tom24US #105
#43Ben23US #86
#44Cecil23US #76
#45Ray23US #71
#46Jessie22US #79
#47Lee22US #67
#48Leonard22US #46
#49Melvin22US #73
#50Johnnie21US #90
#51Clifford20US #62
#52Luther20US #100
#53Marvin20US #82
#54Edgar19US #83
#55Floyd19US #57
#56Lester19US #65
#57Lewis19US #66
#58Oscar19US #68
#59Alfred18US #39
#60Harold18US #16
#61Harvey18US #91
#62Homer18US #95
#63Leroy18US #59
#64Otis18US #122
#65Will18US #149
#66Bill17US #135
#67Daniel17US #53
#68Hubert17US #119
#69Louis17US #21
#70Virgil16US #107
#71Alvin15US #89
#72Chester15US #58
#73Lawrence15US #37
#74Milton15US #70
#75Allen14US #98
#76Earnest14US #125
#77Lonnie14US #158
#78Eddie13US #78
#79Horace13US #123
#80Jim13US #134
#81Kenneth13US #40
#82Leon13US #77
#83Lloyd13US #74
#84Rufus13US #148
#85Aubrey12
#86Curtis12US #118
#87Jess12
#88Mack12US #167
#89Sammie12
#90Stanley12US #44
#91Dewey11
#92Gilbert11US #103
#93Isaac11US #143
#94Jimmie11US #137
#95Malcolm11
#96Martin11US #75
#97Clifton10US #163
#98Donald10US #36
#99Gordon10US #97
#100Russell10US #55

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑48Melvin#49
↑43Tom#42
↑40Elmer#34
↑28Lois#65
↑28Homer#62
↑24Eula#70
↑22Harold#60
↑20Lester#56

Falling

↓41Eddie#78
↓28Malcolm#95
↓27Alice#52
↓24Pearl#40
↓23Louis#69
↓23Jimmie#94
↓20Leroy#63
↓19Sam#38

Every state

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